Literary Devices
Vocabulary
Plot Points
Authors
Types of Characters
100
Explain the difference between a simile and a metaphor.
What is a simile uses "like" or "as," and a metaphor does not.
100
affecting only the outer part or surface of something : not deep or serious
What is superficial
100
What did Pahom want more and more of?
What is land
100
Who is the author of "How Much Land Does a Man Need"?
Who is Leo Tolstoy
100
Give an example of a flat character in any of the stories we've read.
Teacher's discretion.
200
What is personification?
What is applying human characteristics to non-human things.
200
uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language.
What is ambiguity
200
What happened to Brently Mallard at the end of "Story of an Hour"?
What is he came back; he was not dead after all
200
Who is the author of "The Destructors"?
Who is Graham Greene.
200
What is a round character?
What is a character who is most like a human being with both good qualities and bad qualities.
300
Give an example of an alliteration
Teacher's discretion...
300
an outward appearance that is maintained to conceal a less pleasant or creditable reality.
What is facade
300
In the short film "Most," was the father responsible for his son's death?
What is yes.
300
Who is the author of "Story of an Hour"? (pronunciation must be correct)
Who is Kate Chopin
300
Give an example of a round character in "The Destructors."
Who is T
400
What literary allusion is present throughout the short film "Most"?
What is a literary allusion to the Bible.
400
lying flat
What is prostrate
400
How does Pahom's dream foreshadow his future?
What is it indicates that he will die.
400
Who is the author of "The Invalid's Story"?
Who is Mark Twain
400
What is a static character?
What is a character that does not change or grow.
500
Define irony. Give both definitions.
What is when the opposite of what you expect to happen happens, and a difference between what is said and what is understood.
500
the action of subduing someone or something by force; the restraint, prevention, or inhibition of a feeling or quality
What is repression
500
In "The Invalid's Story" the man's body is switched with a box of what?
What is guns.
500
Who is the author of "There Will Come Soft Rains"?
Who is Ray Bradbury
500
Explain the small difference between a dynamic character and a round character
What is a round character is most like a human being with good and bad qualities whereas a dynamic character is one that changes over time.
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