Literary Devices
Vocab Words
Anthem
Persuasive Writing Unit
Macbeth
100

A comparison that uses "like" or "as"

Simile

100

Scornful

Hateful

100

What is the main character's name in Anthem? (Just the word, don't worry about the numbers.)

Equality 7-2521

100

What is the word for an appeal to the emotions?

Pathos

100

Who wrote Macbeth?

Shakespeare

200

A comparison that does not use "like" or "as"

Metaphor

200

Weary

Tired

200

What is the female main character's name? (Just the word, don't worry about the numbers.)

Liberty 5-3000

200

What is the word for an appeal to one's sense of logic and reason?

Logos

200

What is the name of Macbeth's friend that he has murdered?

Banquo

300

An exaggeration

Hyperbole

300

Vocation

Job

300

Who wrote 'Anthem'?

Ayn Rand

300

What does the "ICE" strategy stand for?

Introduce, cite, explain

300

How many witches are there in Macbeth?

Three

400
Giving human traits to a non-human thing

Personification

400

Ostracize

To shun, ignore, or exclude

400

Does Anthem portray a world of individuality, or of conformity?

Conformity

400

What is Shirley Chisholm most famous for?

She was the first black woman to make a serious bid for the Presidency. 

400

Whose whole family does Macbeth have killed?

Macduff's

500

Two opposite words next to each other

Oxymoron

500

Atone

To make up for something

500

Anthem can be seen as a critique of what system of government?

Communism

500

Who gave a famous speech when the space shuttle 'Challenger' exploded?

Ronald Reagan

500

How was Macduff able to get around the witch's prophecy that "no one born of woman may harm" Macbeth?

He was "from the womb untimely ripped", or born by C-section.