The Lottery
This object, stained and splintered, represents tradition in the story.
What is the black box?
Descriptive writing that appeals to the senses.
What is imagery?
Harrison Bergeron is told from this point of view.
What is third person point of view?
"Your eyes shine like diamonds."
What is a simile?
What is metaphor?
The children gathering stones at the beginning of the story is an example of this literary device.
What is foreshadowing?
A direct comparison without using the word 'like' or 'as'
What is a metaphor?
Harrison Bergeron is a story from which genre?
What is Dystopian Literature?
Life is a rollercoaster.
What is a metaphor?
In the film Inside Out, emotions like Joy and Sadness are presented using this literary device.
What is personification?
This is the example of irony presented through the text.
What is that the lottery winner is actually NOT fortunate in that they die?
A reference to a well-known person, character, place, event, or work.
What is allusion?
"He flung away his rubber-ball nose, revealed a man that would have awed Thor," is an example of what literary device?
What is allusion?
Our finanancial future fell into a freefall.
What is alliteration?
In Barbie, Barbie claims that she is having a "giant existential crisis." This is an example of which device?
What is hyperbole?
What is peaceful/calm?
When the author uses one thing to represent another.
What is symbolism?
It is ironic that this character, the Handicapper General, enforces the madate of handicaps while not wearing any herself.
Who is Diana Moon Glampers?
I have a million things to do today.
What is hyperbole?
In Deadpool, the main character constantly says the opposite of what he means in a sarcastic way. What type of irony is this?
What is verbal irony?
The Lottery can be interpreted as a ___________ to represent the broader theme about society's resistance to change and the dangers of tradition.
What is allegory?
When the entire story is used as a representation of a theme or larger concept.
What is allegory?
What is a theme presented in Harrison Bergeron?
What is equality/equality vs. individuality/injustice/good vs. evil/rebellion/rebelling against authority?
That reminds me of when I was a child and we rode our bikes to Riis Park on nice days when school was out.
What is anecdote?
In Netflix's You, the viewers know Joe's dark secrets before the other characters do. This is an example of which type of irony?
What is dramatic irony?