literary devices
murders
Who said it?
vocabulary
Fill in the blank
100
"Music moved with him in the white halls."
What is personification
100
"He tucked it in his teeth like a walnut, gritted, heard it crack, handed it back to the appalled psychiatrist as if he had done them both a favor."
What is the description of Brock's "murder" of the psychiatrist's wrist radio?
100
"I'm here to help you."
What is the psychiatrist?
100
Insinkerator
What is a disposal?
100
"You seem to like ____ a lot."
What is ice cream?
200
"He moved himself before her eyes like a hand."
What is a simile?
200
Brock's first victim.
What is his telephone.
200
the "Ghost Machine."
Who is Brock's Uncle talking about the telephone.
200
something outstanding
What is a sockdolager?
200
"If a little music and 'keeping in touch' was charming, they figured a lot would be ten times as ______."
What is charming?
300
The psychiatrist moved in the beehive of offices."
What is imagery?
300
The "Fourth of July on wheels."
What was Brock's description of his murder of the intercommunication system?
300
"mmm."
Who is the psychiatrist?
300
"Then you should have taken it like a _______, don't you think?"
What is a good soldier?
400
"The blue eyes sparkled serenely above that display of self-assured dentistry."
What is imagery?
400
"This is People's Poll Number Nine. What did you eat for lunch?"
What is the message that made Brock decide to kick or stomp the wrist radio?
400
"No, only to machines that yak-yak-yak."
Who is Brock?
400
the leader of thought, taste, or opinion in a field.
What is a vanguard?
400
"Any day now. Maybe today. Watch for a sudden spurt, a rise in sales for __________________.
What is French chocolate ice cream?
500
The telephone "just sits there and demands you call someone who doesn't want to be called."
What is personification?
500
French chocolate ice cream
What was the murder tool for killing the car radio transmitter?
500
"What gum are you chewing at this very instant?"
What is a stranger on the radio wristwatch.
500
merry
What is convivial?
500
"A duplicate wrist radio in his desk drawer buzzed like a ___."
What is a wounded grasshopper?
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