Figurative Language/Elements Literature

Mystery 1

100

JJ Ford, Sydelle Pulaski, Theo Theodorakis, for example

Characters

200

"he rushed into the sizzling, crackling kitchen" is an example of 

onomatopoeia

300

The part of the story that introduces the situation and gets the reader hooked is called . . . 

the exposition/lead

400

The biggest one in the book is that the heirs are competing against one another to see who wins Sam Westing's fortune

conflict

500

"Some pair they made: Attila the Hun and Gracie the useless" is an example of ...

Allusion

Mystery 2

100

Time and place of the action

Setting

200

"Why are you standing there like a statue?" is an example of ...

a simile

300

When the author uses a setting like Halloween and details like "his flesh is rotting off his mean old bones" to make us feel suspense, this is called ...

mood

400

Gracie is starting to think she really is a bad person.  This kind of conflict would be considered ________

internal

500

"a fine kettle of fish" is an example of ...

an idiom

Mystery 3

100

"a crystal chandelier is tinkling.  It tinkles and twinkles ..." is an example of ...

alliteration

200

"The big problems were yet to come" at the end of a chapter is an example of ...

foreshadowing

300

*Sam Westing's dead body is found

*When his will is read, it creates a game that the heirs have to play to win his fortune

*The heirs try different methods to solve their clues and win the game.   These events are called ...

the plot

400

James Shin Hoo is angry with Sam Westing for stealing his disposable paper diaper idea.  This struggle would be considered ___________

an external conflict

500

The name of the chairman of the board of Westing Paper Products after Sam Westing's death is ...

Julian Eastman

Mystery 4

100

conversation between characters is called ...

dialogue

200

a comparison of unlike things without using like or as; when one thing is called another

metaphor

300

Because they represent Sydelle's desire for attention, her crutches could be considered a ...

symbol

400

the central message or lesson of the story is called the ...

theme

500

Name three characters that limp and tell why

Sydelle--at first faking her disease, later because she broke her ankle

Someone in the Westing House--we don't know why

Crow--her corn surgery or Turtle kicks her

Denton Deere, Doug Hoo, Theo--kicked by Turtle

Mystery 5

100

"she thought she might choke on her thumping heart" is an example of ...

hyperbole

200

Sydelle wants attention more than anything.  This is her __________ for wanting to paint her crutches and fake a disease.

motivation

400

"staring at the froth on the angry lake" is an example of ...

personification

500

Tell five of the clues 

Choose from:

O BEAUTIFUL FOR SPACIOUS SKIES FOR AM WAVES OF GRAIN, FOR PURPLE MOUNTAIN MAJESTIES ABOVE FRUITED PLAIN, AMERICA AM GOD SHED HIS GRACE ON THEE, AND N THY GOOD WITH BROTHER HOOD FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA