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"Gore" Quiz - Vocabulary, Plot & Figurative Language
"Gore" Quiz - Vocabulary, Plot & Figurative Language
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This quiz has students recall literary elements from the short story, "Gore," by Sarah Ellis.
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True or False: Amy and Lucas are close.
True
False
2
"I'd bet dollars to doughnuts," is an example of...
Hyperbole
onomatopoeia
simile
alliteration
3
“Very dramatic, Lady Macbeth.” is an example of...
hyperbole
metaphor
personification
simile
4
Lucas is...
vicious
friendly
big and strong
short and weak
5
The climax or turning point of the story is...
Lucas worries about Amy and thinks about coming out of the bathroom.
The intruders force feed Amy.
Lucas comes out of the bathroom.
The intruders and Amy fight in the livingroom.
6
The central conflict of the story is...
Ch vs. Nature
Ch vs. Self
Ch vs. Unknown
Ch vs. Ch
7
"Bright yellow eyes that stare unblinking, like a baby or a reptile." is an example of...
simile
hyperbole
personification
metaphor
8
"Chocolate cheesecake of false bribery" is an example of...
Personification
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Simile
9
The initial incident of the story is...
Lucas steals Amy's book without provocation.
Someone rings the doorbell.
Amy lets the intruders into the house.
The twins' parents go into town.
10
"Shiny, brown,
undulating
, dancing like a thing alive."
Undulating
means...
a wavy form or surface
a flat form or surface
excited
unmoving
11
Lucas says, “Forget it, Amy, you’re not fooling anybody.” because he doesn't believe...
Mom and Dad are home.
there are intruders in the house.
Amy fell down.
it's time for lunch.
12
Microbrain means...
big
stupid
small
smart
13
Kinship is most similar to the word...
friendship
township
hardship
companionship
14
My eyelids are stiff
and wooden.
Hyperbole
Personification
Hyperbole
Metaphor
15
"Very dramatic, Lady Macbeth." Is an example of:
Allusion
Simile
Alliteration
Metaphor
16
"The
fetid
stench. The noxious reek." Fetid means...
extremely unpleasant smell
pleasant smell
delicious smell
strong smell
17
True or Fales: Amy manages to call fire and rescue.
True
False
18
I only catch a glimpse, but it is enough to make me step back in horror.
Idiom
Allusion
Simile
Personification
19
The resolution of the story is...
Amy reading in the bathroom.
Lucas reading in the bathroom.
Aliens turning Lucas to an unevolved thugoid.
Parents breaking up a fight.
20
True or False: Lucas photocopied his bum at the public library?
False
True
21
A theme of this story is...
Treat others as you would like to be treated.
Alien abductions are real.
Don't judge a book by it's cover.
Brains are better than brawn.
22
"The voice as dry and white as paper." is an example of...
personification
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
23
"I fall to the ground like a stone, like a piece of raw meat." is an example of:
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Hyperbole
24
Amy's two areas of superior firepower are:
chocolate cake and uzi
vocabulary and voice impersonation
food and fire
intelligence and whit
