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House of the Scorpion Writing Techniques Quiz
House of the Scorpion Writing Techniques Quiz
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Writing techniques taken from the novel "House of the Scorpion"
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Two ideas, words put together to create a new ironic meaning.
Slang
Allusion
Juxtaposition
Pun
2
“Could you teach me?” asked MattTam Lin let out a bellow of genuine laughter “I could..."
Dialogue
Flashback
Humor
Anecdote
3
“Matt saw Tom holding Maria’s hand and felt an almost uncontrollable surge ofanger!”
Irony
Alusion
Hyperbole
Antithesis
4
Details those are common of certain places
Pun
Metaphor
Local Color
Loaded Words
5
“They starved him, the animals.”
Metaphor
Simile
Juxtaposition
Parallelism
6
Hints that the writer uses to suggest what will happen next.
<p>Foreshadow</p>
Dialogue
<p>Juxtaposition</p>
Humor
7
Exaggeration in speech.
Sarcasm
Idiom
Hyperbole
Humor
8
“Atleast once a week Matt dreamed of the dead man in the field.”
Personification
Hyperbole
Flashback
Humor
9
“They spent the rest of the day exploring the burrows and lairs of thesecret valley.”
Local Color
Analogy
Hyperbole
Juxtaposition
10
“That’s a prayer being answered by God,One of the angels is flying down to carry God’s orders."
Antithesis
Irony
Anecdote
Parallelism
11
“Take me with you”, begged Matt “Stop that” ,Celia gently pried…
Analogy
Sensory Details
Local Color
Dialogue
12
“ Where the fields of white poppies stretched all the way to the shadowy hills.”
Humor
Pun
Local Color
Irony
13
“The Big House, toward the grey brown hills”
Hyperbole
Dialogue
Local Color
Antithesis
14
The exact opposite.
Understatement
Sensory Details
Antithesis
Slang
15
“He’s an idiot… Hey are you an idiot? The girl laughed
Analogy
Sarcasm
Anecdote
Idiom
16
“Matt was given no utensils and had to put his face to the bowl like a dog”
Irony
Similie
Flashback
Pun
17
“He was in a rage to learn”
Juxtaposition
Symbol
Hyperbole
Irony
18
“Water bubbled through tubes that snaked around the warm, humid walls”
Dialogue
Similie
Idiom
Antecdote
19
Nonhuman thing given human characteristics.
Symbol
Anecdote
Personification
Idiom
20
“When you are small you can choose which way you will grow. If you are kind and decent you..."
Idiom
Hyperbole
Local Color
Foreshadow
21
“…A knot of webs that would make Dracula happy.”
Alliteration
Allusion
Foreshadow
Pun
22
Words or phrases that mean the exact opposite of its normal meaning.
<p>Symbol</p>
Analogy
Irony
Metaphor
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“Youneed a vet for this little beast”
Allusion
Oxymoron
Irony
Analogy
24
Details that are common to a certain place.
Colloquialism
Idiom
Juxtaposition
Local Color
25
“Her apron smelled like sunlight”
Antithesis
Simile
Metaphor
Juxtaposition
26
“…a sleepy gray horse instead of a spirited steed…”
Pun
Antithesis
Foreshadow
Sensory Details
27
Matt speaking about Superhereos is and Allusion?
True
False
28
"...The woman's white collar, a Silver Scorpion..."
Metaphor
None of the above
Symbol
Flashback
29
Repeating similar grammatical structures.
Irony
Oxymoron
Slang
Parallelism
30
“Matt stared at a pin fastened to the woman’s collar, a silver scorpion with its tailcurved up.”
Hyperbole
Foreshadow
Symbol
Irony
31
Using words to give them a funny meaning.
Symbol
Dialogue
Anecdote
Pun
32
“Hestudied via distance learning over the TV, sent the homework, itcame back , and she praised”
Hyperbole
Irony
Paralellism
Juxtaposition
33
“It’s like the animals…”
Metaphor
Antithesis
Forshadowing
Simile
34
“It was as small as the lights Celia used to decorate the Christmas Tree…”
Flashback
Antithesis
Pun
Colloquialism
35
“He would read and color and count until he became the best student in the world."
Metaphor
Juxtaposition
Analogy
Parallelism
36
“Matt was wildly excited”
Antithesis
Loaded Words
Simile
Pun
37
Brief story to illustrate a point.
Anecdote
Analogy
Antithesis
Pun
38
“She would wilt over her piano like one of Celia’s spinaches…”
Irony
Local Color
Pun
Simile
39
Reference to a well known person, place or thing.
Allusion
Slang
Analogy
Flashback
40
Two words with the opposite meanings combined for special effect.
Personification
Foreshadow
Sarcasm
Oxymoron
41
“Very nice, Chico, said Celia, lookingover his shoulder.”
Irony
Idiom
Slang
Oxymoron
42
“Have I done you a favor?... Will you thank me later?”
Sarcasm
Foreshadowing
Antithesis
Oyxmoron
43
“It’s disinfectant I used to clean out the bath. To a doctor it probably smells good.”
Idiom
Sarcasm
Hyperbole
Local Color
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“The smell of fried cheese and onions drifted out of the kitchen…”
Symbol
Sensory Details
Pun
Hyperbole
45
“No ,no, no” moaned Mr. A’s Father“You will die without chemotherapy” His son begged
Humor
Pun
Anecdote
Dialogue
46
Words used in a special way that might be different than the literal meaning.
Irony
Antithesis
Idiom
Simile
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“Except that the Virgin Statue was far away in the little house”
Humor & Juxtaposition
Juxtaposition & Anecdote
Anecdote & Irony
Anecdote & Allusion
