Short Stories
Anthem
Persuasive Writing
Literary Devices
Miscellaneous
100

What happens to the character who "wins" the Lottery?

Stoned to death

100

What is the name of the main character in Anthem?

Equality 7-2521
100

What is Pathos an appeal to?

The emotions

100

METAPHOR

A comparison that does not use like or as

100

How many years has BuffSci been in our current building?

2

200

What is the name of the miserable old man from "A Christmas Carol?"

Ebenezer Scrooge

200

What is the name of the woman that the main character of Anthem is in love with?

Liberty 5-3000 (or The Golden One)

200

Who wrote the song "Ice, Ice, Baby"?

Vanilla Ice

200

HYPERBOLE

Exaggeration

200
What year of high school do you take the ELA Regents exam?

Junior year

300

What crime is Harrison Bergeron accused of?

Plotting to overthrow the government

300

What is the underground lair the the main character finds?

A train station

300

What does I.C.E. stand for?

Introduce, cite, explain

300

FORESHADOWING

Dropping hints about what will happen later

300

Where was Ayn Rand born?

Russia

400

What is the name of the character who gets stoned to death at the end of The Lottery?

Tessie Hutchinson

400

Who wrote Anthem?

Ayn Rand

400

Who was the first black woman to make a serious run at a presidential nomination?

Shirley Chisholm

400

REPETITION

Repeating something over and over

400

Where is Mr. Share from?

Syracuse

500

Who wrote "A Christmas Carol"?

Charles Dickens

500

Anthem is a critique of what system of government?

Communism

500

What is the system we learned for evaluating the credibility of a source?

R.A.V.E.N.

500

ANECDOTE

A brief story about something that happened to you

500

Who was actually elected president in 1972, the year that Shirley Chisholm ran?

Richard Nixon