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Literature 2
100

He remains the weakest most helpless human being I ever met, and yet he was one of the most powerful. What literary device is this?

What is IRONY

100

From the poem "The Road Not Taken" what does the line "and both that morning they equally lay" AND "knowing how way leads on to way?"

TWO PARTS

What is both roads looked the same to the speaker AND one choice leads to the next leads to the next.

100

The bicycle has been damaged.

Tom ate the slice of pizza.

Which is active voice which is passive?

The bicycle has been damaged. - passive

Tom ate the slice of pizza.- active

100

What does the prefix AMB mean?

What is BOTH?
100

Swish, bam, boom, crash.  What literary device is this?

What is Onomatopoeia?

200

This helps us tell where props are located, describes where the actors go, what the setting is.

What are STAGE DIRECTIONS?
200

In "Mother to Son" what symbolizes the hard life? Good life? 

What does reachin' landins' mean?

THREE PARTS

What is 

A. tacks, splinters, boards torn up

B.  crystal stair

C. Reaching goals, accomplishments

200

It was the boy's dream TO BE a millionaire?

Which verbal is being used here?

Infinitive, participle, gerund

What is an infinitive?

200

What does the prefix "para" mean?

What is BESIDE?
200

What type of character changes from the beginning of the story to the end?

What is a dynamic character?
300

It increased my fury as the beating of a drum stimulates the soldier into courage.  This is an example of 

What is a SIMILE?

300

What does Kino see in the pearl at first (three things) and what does he see by the end (three things)

Before: harpoon, rifle, new clothes, being married in a church, son going to school

After: wife beaten up, Coyotito dead, dead man lying in the path.

300

 Tom's confusing message did nothing to solve the mystery.

Which verbal is being used?

Infinitive, Participle, Gerund

What is participle?

300

What does the suffix "Cian" mean?

What is one who is skilled in?

300
When reading The Outsiders, Ponyboy reads a poem called "Nothing Gold Can Stay."  This is an example of what literary device?

What is an allusion?

400

Gramps tells Brink he will stay up in the tree for a million years is an example of what literary device?

What is a HYPERBOLE

400

In The Outsiders at the end after the brothers talk and decide not to fight what do they do and what does it symbolize? (Two Parts)

What is they race home and it symbolizes unity or a brotherly bond.
400

They are sure the extra planning will make the difference.

What verbal is being used?

Infinitive, Participle or Gerund

What is a gerund?

400

What does the base "cep" mean?

What is to take?

400

Read the line from the poem "The Road Not Taken."

 "Her hardest hue to hold."

Which two literary devices are being used?

What is:  Personification and Alliteration

500

We know that the narrator wants to kill the old man but the old man has NO idea.  What type of irony is this?

What is Dramatic IRONY
500

Gramps and Brink have an ANTAGONISTIC relationship. 1.Describe what this means and 2. Provide one example.

3. What literary device is Brink?


1.Showing opposition towards someone.

2. Gramps puts words in Brink's mouth.

(Any example provided)

3. Personification

500

Find the mistake.

After taking four years of french, Gerard is ready to study abroad.

What is FRENCH?

500

What does the base "cise" mean?

What is to cut?

500

As I walked out of the darkness of the movie house I had two things on my mind...

What is the POV of this line from the novel The Outsiders?

What is First Person?