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figurative language
allusion, symbol, theme, point of view
characterization
parts of the plot
irony
100
"his wide shoulders, sturdy neck, dark oily hair wetted and combed sleekly back from his forehead like a rooster's crest," is an example of what?
What is simile
100
"bram Stoker's Dracula" is an example of what?
What is allusion
100
"Bruno had taken out his switchblade knife, and Bruno was using it, in wide sweeping furious strokes, cursing the man, saying repeatedly, "Die! Die! Die!" Bruno is an example of what kind of character?
What is a round character
100
"He grabbed hold of my arm and wrestled me back against the wall, and the things i was carrying - my little beige leather army surplus purse, an armload of library books- went flying" is what part of the plot?
What is climax
100
"little girl- c'mon here," is an example of what?
What is foreshadowing
200
"above all his large head and the shrewed squint of his pebble colored eyes" is an example of what?
What is a metaphor
200
"we swayed and lurched and staggered together, as in a comical dance," is an example of what?
What is a symbol
200
"though i dont remember screaming, and he panted, and cursed, and spoke to me with great urgency, now dragging me to" is and example of what type of characterization?
What is antagonist
200
"we felt, aroused, laughing at his jokes, a shiver of certitude, rippling mong even the dullest of us like a nervous reflex through a school of fish, that we were in the presence of someone distinctive; someone of whom, however we might dislike him, we might be proud" is an example of what?
What is mood
200
the title of "hostage" is an example of what?
What is foreshadowing
300
"he spoke english with a strong accent, musical, yet mocking," is an example of what?
What is imagery
300
"I didn't know him. I didn't belong to his world" is an example of what?
What is point of view
300
"issuing commands, in Polish, to his brothers, in front of customers, in Polish, to his brothers, in front of customers; the neighborhood belief was that he wasnt quite 'right in the head'" is an example of what?
What is foreshadowing
400
"- and he was famous for intimidating, or harassung, or actualling beating up certain of his classmates." is an examle of what?
What is hyperbole
400
"magical sound I had yearned to have the right to say, shouting it in the street as others did," is an example of what?
What is theme
500
"his play at football and basketball was that of a steer loosed happily among heifers," is an example of what?
What is a metaphor
500
"my heart was beating, rapidly, wildly. but that was all." is an example of what?
What is point of view