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Vocabulary
Harrison Bergeron
Literary Elements
Grammar
Grab Bag
100
To shrink back in fear
Cower
100
Who is Diana Moon Glampers
The antagonist of the story
100
The comparison of two unlike things using like or as
Simile
100
The busy little "p's"; begin a phrase that relates to the subject of a sentence
Prepositions
100
The last state to join the United States of America
What is Hawaii
200
alertness; watchfulness
vigilance
200
One of Harrison's parents who would be considered less than intelligent
Hazel
200
What literary device would this represent?: The temperature outside is hotter than walking on the sun!
Metaphor
200
The part of speech that normally ends in the suffix ending -ly
Adverbs
200
The world number one tennis player currently
Who is Novak Djokevic
300
What means to skip about; jump
gambol
300
The opening of the story begins with what literary element?
Irony
300
The quote, "The shot heard around the world" would be indicative of this literary element
Hyperbole
300
Words that modify or describe nouns or adjectives
Adjectives
300
This insect pollinates 1/3 of the world's food supply
What is the honeybee
400
to determine the scope or range of
calibrate
400
The setting of the story, in regards to the month, for "Harrison Bergeron"
April
400
I know they were speaking of Hogwarts, but I think their vision of reality is a bit askew
Allusion
400
Examples of this would be: Ouch!...Dang!...Oh,...
Interjections
400
When a word can be spelled the same frontward and backward
What is a palindrome
500
alarming amazement
consternation
500
The use of "handicaps" could also be synonymous with this vocabulary word
impediments
500
I'm going to take an educated guess at this question
Inference
500
words that join sentences or clauses together
Conjunctions
500
The band with the largest independent CD/record album of all-time
Who is The Offspring