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Vocabulary
Defining Lit Terms
Name the Device
Sentence Completion
More Name the Device
100
The vocabulary word that means citizens.
What is denizens?
100
The struggle found in fiction; may be internal or external.
What is conflict?
100
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
What is alliteration?
100
The car ________ around the corner.
What is careened?
100
Life is like a box of chocolates.
What is a simile?
200
The vocabulary word that means determination.
What is doggedness?
200
Extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
200
Crash, bang, splat.
What is onomatopoeia?
200
The mom looked at her lying son with a ________ expression on her face.
What is dubious?
200
My life is an open book.
What is a metaphor?
300
The vocabulary word that means unsteadily.
What is precariously?
300
Implied discrepancy between what is said and what is meant.
What is irony?
300
Jumbo shrimp.
What is oxymoron?
300
The __________ Halloween mask made him look terrifying.
What is grotesque?
300
“Don’t act like a Romeo in front of her.”
What is an allusion?
400
The vocabulary word that means tempting.
What is tantalizing?
400
Time and place.
What is setting?
400
"I must be cruel to be kind." Shakespeare
What is paradox?
400
Racial __________ has decreased, but we still must work for complete equality.
What is prejudice?
400
The lesson in Wild Plums is to make independent choices and avoid prejudice based on class.
What is the theme?
500
The vocabulary word that means irritation.
What is vexation?
500
The attitude of a writer's voice towards a subject or character.
What is tone?
500
"The sun for sorrow will not show its head." Shakespeare
What is personification?
500
The policeman was __________ in his search for the criminal.
What is vigilant?
500
The description of dead flowers at the beginning of "The Scarlet Ibis" creates an eerie ________.
What is mood?