He exploded with rage. In this sentence, the word "exploded" is an example.
What is figuratively?
100
The actual meaning of a word.
What is literal?
100
He is on trial for murder.
Who is Steve Harmon?
100
The main character in a story, usually the "good guy."
What is protagonist?
100
The pattern of rhyme in a rhyming poem.
What is the rhyme scheme?
200
"Reading between the lines" or having to interpret facts from a reading.
What is inferring, or making an inference?
200
Using ideas or statements that are exaggerated to persuade people to buy, think or do certain things. Often political, and most famously used in posters for WWII.
What is propaganda?
200
When a lawyer questions a witness to try to disprove or discredit earlier answers given by the same witness.
What is cross-examining?
200
The protagonist in "Flowers for Algernon."
Who is Charlie?
200
Shakespeare wrote many of these 14-line poems with a formal rhyme scheme and 10 syllable per line.
What is a sonnet?
300
The crime of killing someone without intending to.
What is manslaughter?
300
A play on words that sound similar but mean something different.
What is a pun?
300
The format through which "Monster" is told.
What is screenplay and journals?
300
A character who changes, grows, learns throughout the course of a story.
What is a dynamic character?
300
Making a reference to another piece of literature, artwork, song in a story or poem.
What is an allusion?
400
"Cheap," "thrifty," "stingy," and "frugal" all have different nuance of meaning, but they all have the same this.
What is literal meaning?
400
Prejudice is a negative attitude about a person or group formed without examining individual characteristics while this is an oversimplification or generalization about a group of people without regard to individual differences.
What is stereotype?
400
This person is the reason the "movie" and book is called "Monster."
Who is Sandra Pertrocelli?
400
Because the book is written from her perspective, we know many traits of Katniss Everdeen, which makes her an example of this type of character.
What is a round character?
400
The "Hangman" is an allegory for this event in history.
What is the Holocaust?
500
This is brain activity that one is aware of, while this is brain activity that one is unaware of.
What is conscious and subconscious?
500
Jews, gypsies, and mentally and physically disabled people were among the millions of people killed in the Holocaust. Jews, however, were the main group blamed by Hitler, called this.
What is a scapegoat?
500
Steve's verdict.
What is not guilty, cleared of all charges?
500
A character in a story who has very few traits and does not change.
What is a flat, static character?
500
Give an example of a metaphor, simile, personification, and hyperbole.