Vocabulary
Lit Terms
Figurative Language
Conflict
Comics
100

Someone who takes the law into their own hands

Vigilante

100

The time and place of the action in a literary work is called the

Setting

100

A/an _______________________ is a figure of speech in which two things are compared without the use of “like”or “as.”Example:“On the football team, the defensive line was a concrete wall.”

Metaphor

100

You get into an argument with your best friend's sister. 

Person vs. Person (or Human vs. Human) 

100

A/An _______ is an individual frame, or single drawing, in a comic strip or comic book

Panel

200

Give two synonyms for the word "origin"

Start, beginning, commencement, etc. 

200

The _____________________ is the central message of a literary work. It is a generalization about human beings or about life.

Theme

200

______________________ is a type of figurative language in which a non-human subject is given human characteristics. An example is:“Sorrow walked through my door and sat down next to me.”

Personification

200

Mr. Heuisler drives through a snowstorm. 

Person vs. Nature (Human vs. Nature) 

200

Who said, "With great power comes great responsibility." 

Peter Parker's Uncle Ben

300

To give (someone) the authority or power to do something

Empower

300

___________________ is the use of clues that suggest or predict what will occur later in the story. 

Foreshadowing

300

______________________ is the use of words that imitate sounds. Examples are: crash, bang, clang.

Onomatopoeia

300

Omarion can't decide where he wants to go to college. 

Person vs. Self (Human vs. Self) 

300

What was the central conflict of Ms. Marvel #1?

Person vs. Self (Kamala's struggles to fit in and find her place.) 

400

Relating to a city, town, or local area

Civic

400

The ________________________ is the character or force in conflict with the main character in a literary work.

Antagonist

400

Give an example of personification. 

Answers vary. 

400

Ashley runs against Donald Trump in the next election. 

Person vs. Person (Human vs. Human) 

400

What is Harvey Dent's job in Gotham City? 

District Attorney

500

What are the names of the two real-world vigilantes we read about and discussed in class. 

Bree Newsome and George Zimmerman

500

A/an _____________________ is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work,or work of art.

Allusion
500

__________ is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech.

Hyperbole

500
You feel like an outcast in your school and the world at large. It feels like everyone is against you. 

Person vs. Society (Human vs. Society) 

500

Finish the quote: "You either die the hero or ____________________." 

you live long enough to see yourself become the villain."

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