Show:
Animal Farm
"Blessing"
The Princess Bride
Literary Devices
Production Features
100
This is the last name of the last human owner of Manor Farm.
What is Jones?
100

This precious resource is so scarce in "Blessing" that its sudden abundance is described as a miracle.

What is water?


100
Before becoming her love interest, Westley works as Buttercup's "farm boy," doing whatever she asks, while obediently answering her commands with these three words.
What are "As you wish"?
100
"Surely Comrades you don’t want Jones back?" is an example of one of these?
What is a rhetorical question?
100

This production feature involves camera angles, lighting, and color to visually tell the story.

What is cinematography? 

200
This character "refused to learn any but the six letters which spelt her own name. She would form these very neatly out of pieces of twig, and would then decorate them with a flower or two and walk round them admiring them."
Who is Mollie?
200

This part of the body is said to "crack like a pod" in the poem's opening line.

What is the skin?

200
This is the (fictional) country where the story takes place.
What is Florin?
200

In the poem "Ispahan Carpet," this poetic device is used in the phrase “flickering fire.”


What is alliteration?

200

This refers to objects used by characters or placed in the setting to help tell the story visually.


What are props?

300
Mr. Jones's "especial pet," he was "a spy and a tale-bearer, but also a clever talker. He claimed to know of the existence of a mysterious country called Sugarcandy Mountain, to which all animals went when they died."
Who is Moses the Raven?
300

The sound of water dripping into a tin mug is compared to this divine image.

What is the voice of a kindly god?

300
A colorless, odorless, and deadly poison from Australia that Westley spent two years building up an immunity to. He uses it to trick Vizzini in their battle of wits.
What is iocaine powder?
300

The flowing structure of a poem without end-stopped lines demonstrates this structural device.

What is enjambment?

300

This type of lighting uses strong contrasts between light and dark to create depth and drama.

What is chiaroscuro lighting?


400
The number of dogs in Napoleon's personal guard.
What is 9?
400

This causes the rush of water that leads to celebration and chaos.


What is a burst municipal pipe?

400
This is the real name of the man Westley inherited the title of "Dread Pirate Roberts" from.
What is Ryan?
400
A word's one of these refers to the associations called up by it, that go beyond its dictionary meaning.
What is its connotation?
400

This refers to everything seen in a scene, from actors to props to color and lighting.

What is mise-en-scène?


500
"Animal Farm" is one of these, a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
What is an allegory?
500

This metaphor describes the chaotic voices of people rushing to get water.

What is a roar of tongues?

500
A master swordsmith, and the father of Inigo, this man was murdered by Count Rugen for refusing to sell him a sword for a tenth of the promised price?
Who is Domingo Montoya?
500

In the poem "Ispahan Carpet," the carpet is a symbol of both intricate beauty and this darker reality.

What is exploitation (or child labor)?

500

This type of sound exists within the world of the film and can be heard by the characters.


What is diegetic sound?