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hints or clues of future events in a story
What is foreshadowing
100
The message in a story
What is the theme
100
Narrative point of view in which the pronoun "I" is used.
What is first person
100
A *favorable* event
What is auspicious
100
A direct comparison between two dissimilar ideas, objects, or feelings
What is a metaphor
200
Point of view (narrative point of view) in which the pronoun "you" is used
What is second person point of view
200
A humorous, sarcastic, or exaggerated treatment of a person, thing, or event meant to point out human vices, stupidity or bad habits.
What is satire
200
A very descriptive style of writing that appeals to the five senses: sight, smell, touch, hearing, etc.
What is imagery
200
Someone famous can be described as *this* type of person
What is eminent
200
When the reader/viewer knows something that a character in the story does not
What is dramatic irony
300
The problem with punctuation in the following sentence: He replied "I am not a crook."
What is a missing comma following the word *replied.*
300
When you expect "A" but get "B" in the story
What is situational irony
300
A comparison between two dissimilar objects or ideas using the words "like" and "as."
What is a simile
300
A story that is structured as one long extended metaphor with the purpose of teaching a lesson/moral
What is an allegory
300
A reference to a work of art, another piece of literature or an historical event place within a story.
What is an allusion
400
A narrator (who is not involved in the story) who has insider information regarding the thoughts and feelings of one character in a story.
What is third person limited point of view
400
Represents religion and is Mr. Jones' spy
Who is Moses
400
The expression of one's meaning by using language that usually signifies the opposite i.e. sarcasm You say the opposite of what you mean
What is verbal irony
400
Says, "The only good human being is a dead human being."
What is/Who is Snowball
400
A futuristic society or universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained by corporate, bureaucratic, and technological or totalitarian means.
What is a dystopia
500
Three tactics that reveal Rainsford's hunting skill and knowledge in "The Most Dangerous Game."
What is the Maylay man-catcher, the Burmese tiger trap, and the Uganda knife trick
500
Is representative of Karl Marx in Animal Farm
What is/Who is Old Major
500
A deliberate attempt (using language or imagery) to manipulate thought or change behavior. Relies on emotion rather than reason.
What is propaganda
500
Represents the Russian KGB (secret police)
Who are Jessie and Bluebell's grown pups (Napolean's henchmen or hence-dogs).
500
What animalism represents in Orwell's Animal Farm
What is Communism