Literary Devices
What is alliteration?
The difference between a simile and a metaphor.
What is 'using like or as' versus saying something is something else?
What is instinct versus reason?
The two literary devices that contribute to setting.
What is mood and tone?
The theme of St. Lucy's.
What is culture shock?
"BANG! The pan fell to the ground with a loud crash." is an example of which literary device?
What is Onomatopoeia?
What happens when the author hints at events yet to come in a story, such as when Obi-Wan looks at Anakin and says 'one day, you'll be the death of me.'?
The ethnicity of Zaroff and Ivan.
What are Cossacks?
The process of learning to behave in a way that is acceptable to society.
What is socialization?
The names of the three girls
Jeanette, Mirabella, and Claudette
"They are stomping as loud as elephants." is an example of which literary device?
What is a simile?
The act of placing two or more things side-by-side to compare or contrast.
What is juxtaposition?
The historical event referenced in 'The Most Dangerous Game'.
What is the 1917 Russian Revolution?
The theme of the Lottery.
What are the dangers of blindly following tradition?
The girl that adapted the worst and best
Mirabella and Claudette
'OMG I literally died when I heard that', is an example of this literary device.
What is hyperbole?
A figure of speech where abstract ideas are described using characters, events, or other elements.
What is an allegory?
Describe Lazarus and how he dies.
Why did Zaroff have a dog named Lazarus and how did he manage to fall into one of Rainsford's traps?
Define scapegoat and give an example from the story.
Who is Tessie Hutchinson, a person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency?
The real life event that parallels the story.
What is the Native American Boarding School Program?
The three types of their irony and their definitions.
1. What is dramatic irony and why do we have more information about the circumstances than a character?
2. What is situational irony and why does someone says one thing, but means the opposite?
3. What is verbal irony and why do we expect one thing, but get the opposite.
A device that uses vivid description that appeals to a reader's senses to create an image or idea in their head and the five types of it.
What is visual, auditory, olfactory, tactile, and kinesthetic imagery?
A synopsis of the beginning, climax, and conclusion of The Most Dangerous Game.
Why did Rainsford's captain talk about the creepy island, and why did Rainsford fall off the boat, fight Zaroff, jump off a cliff, and kill him at the end?
The reason the town takes part in the Lottery, and what it is.
No one knows, but why do they ritualistically stone people?
The four stages of culture shock
What are the honeymoon, frustration, adaptation, and acceptance stages?