Characters and Characterization
Inferences
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Inferences
Vocabulary
100

The name of play's central protagonist?

Who is Evan?

100

When Heidi says her conversation with Evan is "stellar," she is using v_____ i_____.

What is verbal irony?

100

Evan would probably agree with one of the authors that, "We lie to avoid being/feeling a________."

What is awkward?

100

The name of this punctuation mark

. . . 



What is an ellipsis?


*Daily Double*: The ellipsis is used to primarily show the characters'  . . . ?

100

This is a song of remembrance and the title of the song Zoe sings about not wanting to falsely remember her brother, Connor.

What is requiem?

200

The name of the boy who commits suicide

Who is Connor?

200
Because we know about Evan's lie but characters don't, this is best called d______ i______.

What is dramatic irony?

200

On reason we lie, according to the author, is to protect ourselves and others from h____ t______.

What are hard truths?

200

For the most part, Heidi is quite unaware of Evan's true feelings, making her this "N" word meaning "gullible" or "unaware."

What is naive?

200

Evan must maintain a different outer ______ than his inner ______, making him complex.

What is persona?



300

The name of Zoe and Connor's parents

Who are Larry and Cyntha?

300

When Cynthia says, "Are you going to get involved here or are you too busy on your email, Larry," she implies that her husband is . . . 

What is disinterested (or similar answers)?

300

The quote, "Do you teach children to lie? I do. All the time. And you do, too!" can be best called _____ because it is contradictory to our expectations.



What is irony (ironic)

*Daily Double* Name/categorize the type of irony in which one's expectations might with incongruous results?

300

Another stellar conversation for the scrapbook.
Another stumble as I'm reaching for the right thing to say.
I'm kinda coming up empty,
Can't find my way to you…
Does anybody have a map?

Which line above is a metaphor for being "lost as a parent?"

What is "I'm reaching for the right thing to say" or "Does anybody have a map," or "Can't find my way"

300

From the given list, Alana begins ______ Evan and Jared's fake email account, which results in the lie unraveling.

PROBING, SURROGATE, INFLATE, NOMINAL, ALOOF, NAIVE, EXPLICIT, IMPLICIT, CALUMNIOUS, FERVENT, BASE, DREG, SUPERFLUOUS, OSTRACIZE

What is probing?

400

She is best described as someone who doesn't wish to honor Conor's memory with false memories.

Who is Zoe?

400

Which event is said to "seal Evan's fate" and bury hi further into his lie?

What is kissing Zoe?

400

The articles tell us that lying is a normal cognitive m________, or developmental step.

What is a milestone?

400

Evan says that he is a tree falling in the forest or that he is waving through a window with no one waving back shows that he is . . . 

What is isolated/ignored (Answers will vary)?

400

From the given list, one of the motivations Evan has for continuing his lie is to pacify, mollify, or _____ the Murphy's, making them feel better.

PROBING, SURROGATE, INFLATE, NOMINAL, ALOOF, NAIVE, EXPLICIT, IMPLICIT, CALUMNIOUS, FERVENT, BASE, DREG, SUPERFLUOUS, OSTRACIZE, ASSUAGE

What is assuage?

500

The name of the character who frequently describes Connor as a "close acquaintance"


*Daily Double*: "Close acquaintance," like "darkest day" and "brightest night," is this type of figurative language in which two "O"pposites are jammed together

Who is Alana?

500

Name any type of sound or figurative device used below:

Why should I have a heavy heart?
Why should I start to break in pieces?
Why should I go and fall apart for you?
Why should I play the grieving girl and lie,
Saying that I miss you,
And that my world has gone dark without your light?

What are rhetorical questions, anaphora, metaphors, visual imagery, alliteration?

500

"These are what scientists call 'prosocial lies'—falsehoods told for someone else’s benefit, as opposed to 'antisocial lies'that are told strictly for your own personal gain. The National Geographic article might call "prosocial lies" as a________ lies, or lies meant to help.

What is altruistic?

500

"Just because Connor isn't here, trying to punch through my door- screaming at the top of his lungs that he's going to kill me for no reason- that doesn't mean that, all of a sudden, we're the %#% Brady Bunch." What "A" figurative language term is Zoe using when she makes an outside reference to the 1970's TV show the Brady Bunch?

What is allusion?

500

Evan's lie starts of much more innocently, or ___________ than the more serious turn that it takes.

PROBING, SURROGATE, INFLATE, NOMINAL, ALOOF, NAIVE, EXPLICIT, IMPLICIT, CALUMNIOUS, FERVENT, BASE, DREG, SUPERFLUOUS, OSTRACIZE, INNOCUOUS

What is innocuously?