Literary Devices
Vocabulary 2
Ben and Me
The Green Ember
A Night Divided
Christmas
Mixed Bag
Mixed Bag
100
What is the literary device in this sentence?
Guilt rose in his throat like a gag, and he slumped to the ground, beating the rock floor of the cave.
Simile
100
What does ominous mean?
Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen or threatening.
100
How many total children are in Amos' family?
26 (like the alphabet)
100
Who was kidnapped with Mother, Father, and Baby Jacks?
Lady Glen
100
Which of the Lowe children went with Papa to West Berlin?
Dominic
100
What are the white and red striped sweet that can hang on a Christmas tree?
Candy canes
200
What is the literary device in this sentence:
Like the blazing branch they had only just escaped, the rain came down suddenly, with no pitter-patter of polite introduction.
Onomatopoeia
200
What does gingerly mean?
Doing something in a careful or cautious manner.
200
What time period was Ben and Me set?
Colonial period - 1776
200
Helmer tells Lord Ramner that Picket has three weaknesses: his fear of heights, his fear of birds and THIS.
Picket believes that they will win the war.
200
Gerta and her family, separated by the Berlin Wall, is an example of what kind of conflict?
1. Man vs. God
2. Man vs. Self
3. Man vs. Society
4. Man vs. Animal
Man vs. Society
200
Name all the short stories we read at the beginning of the semester.
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Peter Rabbit, and Martin the Cobbler
300
What is the literary device in this sentence:
Berlin was a symphony of whispers.
Metaphor
300
What is the word that means expressing or representing something by extravagant and exaggerated mime?
Pantomime
300
What was one of Ben's inventions discussed in Ben and Me?
lightning rod, Franklin stove, printing press, bifocal glasses
300
What conflict is not resolved at the end of the book, The Green Ember?
Heather and Picket's family have not been rescued.
300
What happens during the "Denouement" of A Night Divided?
Officer Mueller dies from his gunshot wounds saving Gerta. Fritz has been shot, but is okay. Everyone else makes it to West Germany.
300
Name all 5 main categories of conflict.
Man vs. Man
Man vs. Nature or Animal
Man vs. God or Fate
Man vs. Self
Man vs. Society
400
What is the literary device in this passage:
But this day was fine. There was no snow, no chill, nothing whatsoever to dampen their joy. At least, not yet.
Foreshadowing
400
Which of these words are considered verbs?
1. intercept
2. strew
3. bramble
4. capitalism
intercept and strew
400
For what purpose did Ben and Amos go to France?
To ask the French king for help with the Revolutionary War effort for the colonists. (Money, resources)
400
The Green Ember ends with a cliffhanger. What happens?
Picket and Helmer receive news from Captain Frye from the network, reliable word, that they know where prisoners are being held. They believe Picket & Heather's family is among them. The story ends with "Picket nodded and took up his sword, buckling it on his belt".
400
Which theme is not part of the story, A Night Divided?
Freedom
Family
Greed
Loyalty
Greed
400
Name every student (first name only) in 4th - 6th Grade Literature class:
Addy, Ben, Brighton, Digiovonni, Gabe, Josiah, Liberty, Natalie, Noah, Seth, Zeke
500
Name two literary devices in this sentence:
The truth crashed into me like I'd just tumbled through waves of the ocean.
Personification - The truth "crashed"
Simile - Comparing truth to the waves of the ocean
500
Which of these words are adjectives? (Describing words)
1. shards
2. furrowed
3. barbed
4. venture
barbed
500
What was the climax of the story in Ben and Me?
When Sophie's children are saved from imprisonment in the French court during the ball celebrating Ben.
500
What is the Green Ember and what is its purpose?
The Green Ember is an emerald stone that fits into the King's crown. When an heir to the throne was selected by the reigning King, the Green Ember was removed and given to the heir as a down payment of the stewardship of authority he would one day fully own.
500
Name 5 characters not in the Lowe family.
Anna, Peter, Anna's parents, Officer Muller (his wife or baby), Herr Krause, Frau Eberhart, Viktor, mystery woman (part of resistance), Stasi, Grenzers
500
Get up and AS A GROUP sing Jingle Bells.
No seriously, sing! :)