A technique that implies that everyone else is doing something or buying something, so you should too.
What is bandwagon?
100
What is the term for the introductory portion of a story, in which characters, situations, and conflict are introduced?
What is exposition?
100
Name one of our unit terms which is a RHETORICAL strategy (as opposed to a figurative or sound strategy).
What are chiasmus, epistrophe, anaphora, litotes, meiosis, inverted syntax, periodic sentence, appositive, anthimeria,
100
Name a short story from our unit which employs situational irony in its twist ending.
What is The Gift of the Magi?
100
Who is the antagonist of Anthem?
What is the society Equality lives in?
200
Points out flaws through exaggeration.
What is satire?
200
A story in which characters and situations are symbolic.
What is allegory?
200
The use of a single word to apply to two or more objects, in different senses
What is syllepsis?
200
Who wrote "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County?"
Who is Twain?
200
Which Gothic short story has an anti-hero as its protagonist?
What is "The Cask of Amontillado"?
300
Which character stands in for the Russian Media in Animal Farm?
Who is Squealer?
300
A fairy godmother or a wise old wizard are examples of this type of character.
What is a stock character?
300
I lost my book and my memory.--is an example of which device?
What is syllepsis?
300
Which character from Candor serves as the protagonist?
Who is Oscar?
300
Part human/part machine. All awesome.
What is a cyborg?
400
Name an important longer work of Orwell's that is also about the dangers of totalitarianism.
What is 1984?
400
Normal English word order is subject verb. When this order is altered, to present some part of the verb first, this is called:
What is inverted syntax?
400
Sentences are ________________when each clause shares the same grammatical construction.
What is parallel?
400
Who wrote Anthem?
Who is Ayn Rand?
400
What is the name Equality takes at the end of Anthem, and where does the name come from?
What is Prometheus; from Greek mythology--the Titan who stole fire for man.
500
A propaganda technique which substitutes a harsh explanation or description for a kindler, gentler one.
What is euphemism?
Daily Double: What is the term for the opposite of EUPHEMISM?
500
What error is in evidence in the following example?
Animal Farm is a cautionary tale which warns us of what can happen when one group or individual takes total control. This is shown throughout the story.
What is unclear pronoun reference?
500
A form of understatement which involves negation of an opposite.
Honors: Define dramatic irony.
What is litotes?/When the audience or reader has knowledge that the characters do not.
500
Which character in Anthem does Equality credit with "marking" or choosing him to be his successor?
Who is the Saint of the Pyre?
500
Which novel are we reading next in class and who wrote it?