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Literary Terms
Vocabulary
Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Most Dangerous Game
Gift of the Magi
100
A comparison between two unlike thins, using the words "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
100
Lighted torch.
What is a flambeau?
100
The Galloping Hessian.
Who is the Headless Horseman?
100
Man who lives with General Zaroff on his island?
Who is Ivan?
100
Della's most prized possession.
What is her hair?
200
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
200
Set apart or secluded.
What is sequestered?
200
Pedagogue.
Who is Ichabod Crane?
200
The most dangerous game.
What is hunting humans?
200
Jim's most prized possession.
What is his watch?
300
Something that stands for something beyond itself.
What is a symbol?
300
An excess or abundance.
What is a plethora?
300
Baltus Van Tassel
Who is Katrina's father?
300
The conflict in the story is resolved.
What is General Zaroff is killed by Rainsford?
300
The wisemen in the biblical Christmas story.
Who are the magi?
400
External and internal.
What are two types of conflict?
400
Marked by greatness especially in size or degree.
What is immense?
400
Described as broad-shouldered and double-jointed, with short curly black hair.
Who is Brom Bones?
400
Character in story who behaves in a civilized manner but is actually a murderer.
Who is General Zaroff?
400
The end of the story is an example of this.
What is situational irony?
500
The difference between appearance and reality.
What is irony?
500
Delicious.
What is delectable?
500
The owner of Gunpowder.
Who is Hans Van Ripper?
500
The climax of the story.
What is when Rainsford, being chased by the hounds, leaped into the sea?
500
Della's reason for crying at the beginning of the story.
What is that she only had $1.87 to buy a gift for her husband on Christmas Eve?