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Figurative Language
Literary Terms
The Veldt
Split Cherry Tree
A Rose for Emily
100
"The dog is an angel." Comparing something without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
100
when something happens repeatedly in a piece of literature.
What are parallel episodes?
100
The dad's bloody wallet and the mom's red scarf.
What was found in the nursery?
100
Realistic Fiction
What is a genre of this story?
100
Homer Barron
What is the name of Emily's love that moves into town?
200
"The sky was like an ocean." Describing something using like or as.
What is a simile?
200
When you get a hint of something that will happen later in literature.
What is foreshadowing?
200
Dystopian.
What is a genre of this story?
200
It symbolizes the split between Dave's dad and the society.
What does the split cherry tree symbolize?
200
He is found in the upstairs room of Emily's house after she died.
What is Homer Barron?
300
an extreme exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
300
Miss Emily kept "getting thorns thrown at her." This is an opposite of the title, A Rose for Emily. This is an example of _________.
What is irony?
300
The HappyLife home is the __________ in the story.
What is the antagonist in the story.
300
The school.
What is one of the settings of this story?
300
She stays here because she doesn't have to pay taxes.
Why does Miss Emily stay in Jefferson?
400
a sound. "CRASH! BANG!"
What is an onomatopoeia?
400
one of the major characters in literature. A hero.
What is a protagonist?
400
-not caring -loving
How would you describe George?
400
To tell Dave's teacher not to make him stay after school.
Why does Dave's father go to the high school?
400
It symbolizes how stubborn she was.
What does the house symbolize?
500
giving something human qualities. "The sun smiled at me."
What is personification?
500
The opposite of a hero in a literary piece.
What is an antagonist?
500
The HappyLife Home
What is the main setting for this short story?
500
Dave lives on a farm and is spending his first year of school in high school.
How is Dave different from others?
500
Gothic Horror
What is the genre?