Show:
The Most Dangerous Game
Romeo and Juliet
Biography Unit
Realism Unit
ACT Vocab
100
A literary referring to how a person, situation, statement, or circumstance is not as it would actually seem.
What is Irony
100
Comparing two things without using "like" or "as."
What is Metaphor
100
The methodical investigation of all published sources for information bearing on a usually scientific or technological subject.
What is Database
100
Time and place where the book occurs.
What is Setting
100
(N) Absense or suppresion of emotion, or excitement.
What is Apathy
200
Occurs when the main character struggles within himself or herself.
What is Internal Conflict
200
Comparing two things using "like" or "as."
What is Simile
200
Repeat or copy out (a group of words from a text or speech), typically with an indication that one is not the original author or speaker.
What is Quote
200
The most exiciting, intense, and important part of the book.
What is Climax
200
Use Mundane (Adj) is a sentence
Adjective, Common or Ordinary (has to fit sentence)
300
Struggle between a literary or dramatic character and an outside force such as nature or another character.
What is External Conflict
300
Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things.
What is Personification
300
A restatement of the meaning of a text or passage using other words
What is Paraphrase
300
Leading up to the climax.
What is Rising Action
300
Define Vile and use it in a sentence
Vile: Adjective, repulsive or disgusting. (has to fit sentence)
400
An idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word or thing.
What is Connotation
400
A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.
What is Pun
400
Mystery Box
300 points!
400
What is the difference between a round character and flat character?
Flat character: Simple, a few sentences to describe them. Round character: Complex, fully described.
400
What part of speech is Allegedly
What is an Adverb.
500
An experience of sudden and striking realization.
What is Epiphany
500
A piece of dialogue intended for the audience and supposedly not heard by the other actors on stage.
What is Aside
500
Broadly, a citation is a reference to a published or unpublished source (not always the original source). Use Easy Bib to make one.
What is Works Cited
500
What is the difference between a Dynamic and Static Character?
Dynamic: Changes throughout the story. Static: Remains the same throughout the book, doesn't change.
500
Define the following: Abstract (Adj) , Ambiguity (N), and Pernicious (Adj)
Abstract: Thought apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances Ambiguity: Doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention. Pernicious: Causing great injury or ruin.