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Novels
Literary Devices and
Rhetorical Devices
Vocabulary
Grammar
Homonyms
100
What was Arnold's father's name?
Arnold, Senior
100
What literary device is employed in the title of this Jeopardy game?
Alliteration
100
What word appeared in Julius Caesar and means "poisoned?"
Envenomed
100
What is this sentence a demonstration of? David and I are both procrastinators, we waited until the last second to create this presentation.
Comma Splice
100
I was home to _______ the package. accept except (Pronounce it VERY CAREFULLY)
accept
200
What sport did Troy want to prevent Cory from playing?
Football
200
This rhetorical devices is used to repeatedly demean someone. As seen in Fight Club.
Tapinosis
200
This vocabulary term shows up when you are trying to share a source's information without directly quoting them; you are restating the information in a new way.
Paraphrase
200
Which location do the parentheses go in this sentence? _A_You may talk to a live representative _A_ _B_ if you have any questions._B_ _C_ See page 65 for contact information. _C_
C
200
The D.A.R.E. program had a great ________ on the student population. affect effect (Pronounce it very carefully)
effect
300
This author passed away right as we were finishing up his book.
Chinua Achebe
300
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a Dream" speech relies heavily on this rhetorical device.
Anaphora
300
Caesar was testing out Antony's strength of character, his _________.
Mettle
300
What is wrong with this sentence? The book or the notepad are in the drawer.
The book or the notepad is in the drawer.
300
Jared was not as strong as Toby, but he worked out a lot ____. A to B two C too
C
400
What tribe is Okonkwo part of?
The Igbo
400
Yoda speaks this way, all out of order.
Hyperbaton
400
Cassius' plans of vengeance against Caesar were half-formed until Brutus joined him. They were ________ plans.
Incipient
400
Where does the apostrophe go? The _____ houses were in the same neighborhood. A boys' B boy's C boys
A
400
Ms. Strachan left the Grammar Jeopardy Questions at home so she had to come up with them all herself, Ms. Strachan stayed up late to grade papers secure in the knowledge that she had the Grammar Jeopardy Questions in her backpack, well, she thought they were there. Is an example of what type of grammar error?
Run-on sentence / Comma splice
500
Why does Cassius believe that Caesar shouldn't be king?
Because he's no better than anyone else
500
Antony uses this rhetorical technique as he repeatedly brings up the will which is "not important now."
Paralepsis
500
Studying for your finals can be ___________, aka "full of strenuous effort."
Arduous
500
What type of comma appears before a conjunction in a list longer than three items?
Oxford Comma
500
The magician made an _______ to the ________ he had performed the week before. PRONOUNCE THESE VERY CAREFULLY TO BE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN
allusion to the illusion