Literary Devices
Gives human characteristics to something nonhuman.
What is personification?
The author of the book "Night."
Who is Elie Wiesel?
frighten (someone), especially in order to make them do what one wants.
What is intimidate?
Having no meaning; making no sense.
What is nonsensical?
Capable of being imagined or grasped mentally.
What is conceivable?
A figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn't literally true but helps explain an idea or make a comparison.
What is a metaphor?
Story where Indian girls were given new names in Anglo-Indian school?
What is 'By Any Other Name'?
Scatter among or between other things; place here and there.
What is intersperse?
A 20th-century artistic style/avant-garde movement in art and literature .
What is surrealism?
Extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous.
What is harrowing?
Techniques used to persuade an audience by appealing to their logic, emotions, or ethics.
What are rhetorical appeals?
Poem where a first-generation American explains how her mother inspired her and her siblings to find their own voices and speak up.
What is 'A Voice'?
Come or bring together for a meeting or activity; assemble.
What is convene?
(in South Africa) a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race.
What is apartheid?
Deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness.
What is desolate?
Use of descriptive language to create vivid mental pictures or sensations in the reader's mind.
What is imagery?
Title of the document: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s eloquent argument for the end of racial segregation in the United States.
What is 'Letter From Birmingham Jail'?
Clarity of expression; intelligibility.
What is lucidity?
Brisk and cheerful readiness.
What is alacrity?
Knowing everything; often refers to a special power of God or describes a certain type of narration.
What is omniscient?
Places two or more contrasting elements (characters, scenes, words, themes, concepts, etc.) next to one another to highlight their differences.
What is juxtaposition?
Nigerian writer and Igbo chieftain Chinua Achebe wrote this book where he tells the story of a character named Okonkwo.
What is 'Things Fall Apart'?
Lack of interest, concern, or sympathy.
What is indifference?
The origin of a word and the historical development of its meaning.
What is Etymology
Having knowledge or being aware of.
What is Cognizant?