Literary Devices
Vocab
TTTC
R&J
Fix that Typo
100

Describes the emotion, attitude, or mood of a scene

Tone

100

Dehumanize: definition & sentence that shows its meaning

Depriving someone of human qualities, making them seem less than human.

100

Who is Norman Bowker and what happens to him?

A fellow soldier of Tim’s who returns home and, after not receiving any emotional support, kills himself.

100

What are the three major themes we discussed as possible causes of R&J's deaths?

Adult irresponsibility, teenage impulsivity, and fate

100

Shakespear

Shakespeare

200

Strategic word choice

Diction

200

Tangible: definition & sentence that shows its meaning

Something that can be touched or physically sensed.

200

What shape is the hole in the dead man’s eye that O’Brien keeps obsessing over?

Star

200

Which two characters die, and who kills each of them, in the significant fight in act 3, scene 1?

  1. Mercutio, killed by Tybalt

  2. Tybalt, killed by Romeo

200

Doenst

Doesn't

300

When Juliet has taken a sleeping potion, but Romeo doesn’t know of the plan and thinks she’s dead…

that is an example of what literary device?

Dramatic irony

300

Meticulous

Showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise.

300

What happens between Lee Strunk and Dave Jensen in “Friends” and “Enemies”?

One guy breaks the other’s nose, then his own as a way of making up. Later, they make a suicide pact, and Strunk dies, relieving Jensen of the burden of fulfilling it.

300

What is the name of the girl Romeo initially has a crush on?

Rosaline

300

Qoute

Quote

400

A sharp contrast between two things, such as light/dark, good/evil, or fire/ice

Juxtaposition

400

Scourge

A source of great pain and suffering; an extreme punishment.

400

What happens to Rat Kiley at the end of the novel?

He has a mental breakdown, then shoots himself in the foot to get out of the war.

400

What is a charnel-house?

A storage place for bones that are accidentally dug up in the course of digging new graves

400

Greivng

Grieving

500

Define foil

A character that has opposite traits of the protagonist, highlighting their differences

500

Menagerie

A collection of wild animals, or a diverse collection of things.

500

When Tim is trying to escape the draft, where does he go AND what is the name of the person he interacts with?

The Tip-Top House (in Canada), and Elroy Berdahl.

500

The sleeping potion is meant to make Juliet sleep for how many hours?

42

500

Utlimatetly

Ultimately