Anthem and Literary Devices | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

Length of Equlaity's workday

10 hours

Equality's day begins and ends with a

bell.

Punishment for stealing a candle

10 years in the Palace of Corrective Detention

Equality stole this from the Home of the Street Sweepers.

Candle

This is the root of all evil.

Being alone

All men in Equality's society can be identified by this.

The iron bracelets w/names

Ruler overthrown by the revolution in Ayn Rand's home country

Tsar Nicholas II

International got in trouble for this.

Drawing on the walls; smiling

The place where Equality is writing in his journal

tunnel

T or F? Equality misses his parents now that he is an adult.

False. He never knew them.

age when people are sent to the home of the students

5

The age of the ancient ones

45

The age of the useless

40

The story about rabbits was a real hare raiser.

Pun

Please sign your John Hancock on the dotted line.

Synecdoche

If your serious about betting, let's see some green.

Synecdoche

Carrie's cat clawed her couch, creating chaos.

Alliteration

Only the squares are doing well in geometry class. It's their area.

Pun

Listen to the fire crackle in the dark.

Onomatopoeia

Their taut tails thrashing they twist in tribute.

Alliteration

He's got tons of money.

Hyperbole

I'm on a working vacation next week.

Oxymoron

That new car costs a bazillion dollars.

Hyperbole

Dancing delicately, Don ushered in the dawn of a new day.

Alliteration

I told you a million times to take out the garbage.

Hyperbole

I think that is pretty ugly shirt you have on.

Oxymoron

Dusk demands daylight.

Alliteration

Crack the egg in the bowl.

Onomatopoeia

When making butter there is little margarine for error.

Pun

I told the student that time will tell.

Cliche

If you sing while playing baseball, you won't get a good pitch.

Pun

I had to decide between making salad with my mom or playing catch with my dad, it was a toss-up.

Pun

foreshadowing

use of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur

dialogue

a conversation between characters

conflict

struggle between opposing forces

climax

highest point of interest or suspense

characterization

act of creating and developing a character

biography

writer tells the life story of another person

autobiography

person tells his or her own life story

Simile

I was as busy as a bee at work today.

Onomatopoeia

Buzz

Hyperbole

You could have knocked me over with a feather.

Onomatopoeia

The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named. (Example: cuckoo, sizzle)

Alliteration

This occurs when a series of words in a row (or close to a row) have the same first consonant sound.

Metaphor

A comparison is made between two unlike things that actually have something important in common.

Simile

A comparison between two things, using the words "like" or "as."

Personification

Giving the qualities of a person to something that isn't human or, in some cases, to something that isn't even alive.

Hyperbole

An extreme exaggeration used to make a point.

The general idea or insight about life that a writer wishes to convey in a literary work

theme

Any object, person, place, or action that has a meaning in itself and that also stands for something larger than itself, such as a quality, attitude, belief, or value

symbol

A writer's characteristic way of writing, determined by the choice of words, arrangement of words in sentences, and the relationship of the sentences to one another

style

A figure of speech comparing two essentially unlike things using like or as

simile

The vantage point from which a narrative is told

point of view

A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities

personification

A contrast or an incongruity between what is stated and what is meant, or between what is expected to happen and what actually happens

irony

A figure of speech using exaggeration, or overstatement, for special effect

hyperbole

A writer's choice of words, particularly for clarity, effectiveness, or precision

diction

A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem.

conflict

The means by which a writer reveals a character's personality

characterization

The repetition of similar vowel sounds, especially in poetry

assonance

A reference to a person, place, event, or literary work that a writer expects a reader to recognize

allusion

The repetition of similar sounds, usually consonants, in a group of words

alliteration

the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction

dialogue

a pair of lines that end in rhyme

couplet

a struggle between opposing forces within a character

internal conflict

the high point, or turning point, in a story-usually the most intense point.

climax

End of story; when all loose ends are tied up and we know what happens to the characters.

Resolution

Attitude a writer takes toward a subject, character, or the audience

Tone

The pattern of end rhymes in a poem

Rhyme scheme

Rhymes that occur at the end of lines

End rhyme

Writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme.

Verse

The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

Symbolism

Group of consecutive lines in a poem that forms a single unit

Stanza

Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using the words like, as, than, or resembles

Simile

Kinda of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing is talked about as if it was human

Personification

Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests it's meaning

Onomatopoeia

A story's atmosphere or the feeling it evokes

Mood

Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using like, as, than, or resembles

Metaphor

Language that appeals to the senses

Imagery

Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion

Hyperbole

True or False: Ayn Rand loved communism.

False

True or False: Ayn Rand opposed communism

True

Ayn Rand's birthplace

St. Petersburg, Russia

an example of conformity

Wearing uniforms is...

the protagonist of Anthem

Equality 7-2125

means to be similar or identical, or to beobedient or compliant

Conformity

focuses on individual action and identity;therefore, the opposite of collectivism

Individuality

refers to an emphasis on collective rather thanindividual action or identity

Collectivism