Vocabulary
Vocabulary II
Figurative Language
Sound Devices
Misc. Unit Review
100

Define "ignorant"

What is, lacking knowledge?

100

The universal message in a piece of literature

What is, theme?
100

Example: He is as fast as lightning

What is, simile?

100

Example: "Take me out to the ball game,

Take me out with the crowd."

What is, rhythm?

100

Summarize the main conflict in "All Summer in a Day"

What is, Margot was locked in a closet while the sun came out.

200

Define "corrupt"

What is, immorally using power for your own gain?

200

The feeling(s) that the reader gets when reading something

What is, mood?

200

Example: She is the sun in my sky.

What is, metaphor?

200

Example: "Star light, star bright,
First star I see tonight"
 

What is, rhyme?

200

Describe diffused responsibility

What is, feeling less responsible for individual actions if you are in a group?

300

Define "accumulate" 

What is, to gather or collect?

300

The author's specific choice of words

What is, diction?

300

Example: I'm so hungry, I could eat a million hamburgers

What is, hyperbole?

300

Example: BANG, BOOM, ZIP

What is, Onomatopoeia? 

300

"Animal Farm" is an allegory for...

What is, the Russian Revolution?

400

Define "vulnerable"

What is, to be susceptible to harm?

400

A group of lines in poetry

What is, stanza?

400

Example: It's raining cats and dogs!

What is, idiom or adage?
400

Example: Tall Terry takes his time to talk to Tyler.

What is, alliteration?

400

In "Hey Come on Out," the items that were thrown into the hole...

What is, later fell from the sky?

500

Define "anonymous"

What is, having no identity, being unidentifiable?

500

When the opposite of what you expect to happen occurs

What is, irony?

500

Example: The leaves danced in the wind

What is, personification?
500

Example: Stop and stare straight ahead,

The street is filled, runners are ready to start.

What is, consonance?

500

In "Lee Sherman and the Toxic Louisiana Bayou" ___________ was responsible for the unsafe fishing conditions

What is, Pittsburgh Plate Glass (PPG).