Lamb to the Slaughter
Determining Definitions
Wildcard
Guess the Element
Guess the Device
100
What is the name of Mary Maloney's husband?
Patrick Maloney
100
The narrative voice (first, second or third person) that a story is told through
Point of View
100
What point of view are memoirs told from?
First Person
100
After it rained the entire evening of prom, my friend remarked "We're so very lucky the weather held out for just one more day!"
Verbal Irony
100
The tacky taffy gave me a toothache.
Alliteration
200
What did Mary Maloney's husband do to cause her to want to kill him?
We never find out
200
When a character is internally struggling with a problem/ decision
Conflict (Character vs. Self)
200
All ten of your summer reading book options received what award?
The Nutmeg Book Award
200
At the end of S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders, Ponyboy Curtis learns that socs and greasers aren't actually very different. They're enforcing the divide between themselves by clinging to their own stereotypes.
Theme
200
Wham! I looked around in confusion after walking right into a low hanging tree branch.
Onomatopoeia
300
How many types of irony can be identified in this story?
All three!
300
The uneasy feeling a writer creates through the gradual release of information
Suspense
300
When you're absent, where should you look to find out what you missed in class?
Our Daily Agenda slides on Classroom
300
Alex Craft analyzed Comrade's movements with unblinking focus. She never missed a single detail. From the speed of his steps to the timing of his schedule, she knew it all.
Indirect Characterization
300
In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Daisy tells her cousin Nick that he "looks like an absolute rose."
Simile
400
How do we see dramatic irony represented in this story?
Mary and the readers know how Mr. Maloney died, but Jack Noonan and the rest of the detectives do not.
400
Exaggeration used for extra emphasis or humor
Hyperbole
400
DAILY DOUBLE!
How do you structure an in-text citation?
400
The turning point of Lois Lowry's The Giver is when Jonas realizes what "releasing" community members means, and that it's something his own father is involved in.
Plot (Climax)
400
There were not enough lifeboats on the Titanic because it was believed that "not even God himself" could sink that ship.
Allusion
500
Why was Mary Maloney so afraid to be sentenced to death for her crime?
She was six months pregnant at the time
500
"Emotion" words used to express an author's attitude towards a subject
Tone
500
What does textual evidence add to a paragraph?
Credibility
500
My doctor fainted while he was giving me stitches, as he gets extremely nauseous at the sight of blood.
Situational Irony
500
My kitten is a cheetah, tearing across the house at lightning speed.
Metaphor