Plot Twists & Turns
The Art of Persuasion
Lines that Linger
Parts of Speech
Figuratively Speaking
100

What does Madame Loisel want more than anything?

to be rich

100

"The future of America depends on you" -- name the rhetorical device.

pathos

100

"two roads diverged in a yellow wood" is an example of what literary device?

imagery 

100

Are these your keys?

pronoun
100
The scarlet ibis in "The Scarlet Ibis" is a ____ for Doodle. 

symbol 

200

What kind of irony is present at the end of "The Necklace"?

situational irony

200

Who is Obama's audience in his speech?

students 

200

"The wind pried with its stiff fingers at the very foundations" is using what literary technique? 

personification 
200
I found my phone under my bed.

preposition 

200

When an author uses clues to hint what will occur later in the story is called

foreshadowing

300

At the beginning of the "Most Dangerous Game" how does Rainsford view prey?

He believe they cannot feel and is unsympathetic. 

300

By referencing the Declaration of Independence in his speech, MLK uses which rhetorical device? 

ethos

300

In "The Journey" who's life is the only one the speaker  can save? 

her own

300

The discussion about the school schedule lasted two hours. 

noun

300

___ irony is when the opposite of what we expect to happen, actually happens in the story.

situational 

400

The story of the peacock that Doodle tells as his "lie" tells us what about his character?

he is imaginative 

400

What is the main point of MLK's speech?

All Americans deserve equal rights. 

400

When will Frost tell his story about the "two roads"? 

Somewhere ages and ages hence 

400

Inception is one of Nolan's films.

adjective

400

Revealing a character through dialogue, interactions with other characters, or how they look like is ___ characterization.

indirect

500

Old Woman Swamp in "Scarlet Ibis" is symbolic of:

a place of beauty and refuge

500

Obama uses which rhetorical appeal when she alludes to Michael Jordan?

ethos 

500

What does "dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" mean?

 “It is sweet and becoming to die for one’s country." 

500

Wow! I can't believe I got an A on my test! 

Interjection

500

In MLK's speech, the "manacles of segregation" and "lonely island of poverty" is what kind of literary device?

metaphor