Finish the Lyric...
Literary Devices
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Name that Character!
Miscellaneous!
100
I'd catch a grenade for you. Put my head on a _________"
What is "Blade for you?"
100
This device gives non-human things, human traits.
What is Personification?
100
Sir, as a literary scholar of the utmost degree, I can assure you that, "The Great Gatsby" is actually not about Gatsby, but about colors and how they emotionally effect us.
What is ethos?
100
I killed Harrison Bergeron.
Who is Diana Moon Glampers?
100
This man was the first African American to join major league baseball?
Who is Jackie Robinson?
200
Finish the lyrics: "______________, everything you own in a box to the left."
What is "To the left, to the left".
200
A symbol or set of symbols that is constant across space, time and culture.
What is an Archetype?
200
This past week, more than 48% of schoolchildren went to school and didn't eat school lunch.
What is logos?
200
I wore a yellow dress to my wedding.
Who is Lily?
200
This revolutionary device debuted in 2001.
What is the iPod?
300
There's never a good time ______________________
What is "to say goodbye"
300
This device uses adjectives allowing the reader to "see, hear, taste, smell, and touch" the setting of the text.
What is sensory imagery?
300
What a jerk this guy is! Ladies and gentlemen of the court, Mr. Smith over here is a terrible lawyer. His defense case is bad.
What is ad hominem?
300
I stop crime.
What is the auto-cop car?
300
This U.S State is named after a former King of England.
What is Georgia?
400
This Disney song begins with the line, "Ev'rybody wants to ________"
What is "be a cat?
400
Word choice
What is Diction?
400
First it was delivering newspapers and now they want me to rob a bank. Just when I thought I was out...they pull me back in.
What is slippery slope?
400
Mean, exploitative, and in search of the sun.
Who is Mr. Noakes.
400
This country was the first in the West to allow Women to vote.
What is New Zealand?
500
But you know you got to stick to your guns, when it all comes down. Cause' sometimes you can't choose. It's like heads they win, and tails you're gonna lose."
What is "'Fallen Angel', by Poison"
500
A "tool" the author uses to get the reader to figure out the theme more closely.
What is an Archetypal Symbol?
500
This joke is an example of what fallacy? When I was a boy, I laid in my twin-sized bed and wondered where my brother was.
What is non-sequitur?
500
This is the cleanest, most efficient, most courteous, and most sociopathic character we've met.
Who is the house?
500
This weekly publication touts itself as, "America's Finest News Source."
What is The Onion?
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