Jeopardy! Lit Terms“A Sound of Thunder” “The Most Dangerous Game” “The Necklace” Authors $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 ?

Literary Terms $500 home An extravagant statement or exaggeration

Hyperbole home

Literary Terms $200 home To show or indicate beforehand what will take place in the story at a later time

Foreshadowing home

Literary Terms $100 home A comparison using the words “like” or “as”

Simile home

Literary Terms $300 home A person or thing that provides a striking contrast to another character

Foil home

Literary Terms $400 home A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth

Paradox home

“The Most Dangerous Game” $100 home This literary device is used in Whitney’s statement, “The place [Ship Trap Island] has a reputation – a bad one”

Foreshadowing home

“The Most Dangerous Game” $200 home This literary device is used in the following quote: “We try to be civilized here”

Irony home

“The Most Dangerous Game” $400 home Which character is a good foil for General Zaroff?

Ivan home

“The Most Dangerous Game” $300 home What do we infer from the ending lines of “The Most Dangerous Game” in which General Zaroff says, “On guard, Rainsford…” ?

Rainsford kills General Zaroff home

“The Most Dangerous Game” $500 home What literary device is seen in this excerpt from “The Most Dangerous Game”? “He stood there rubbing his injured shoulder, and Rainsford, with fear gripping his heart, heard the general’s mocking laugh ring through the jungle.”

Personification home

“The Necklace” $100 home What is the irony at the end of the story?

After Mme. Loisel worked so hard for the necklace, it turned out to be fake. home

“The Necklace” $200 home What is a theme in ” The Necklace”?

“Looks can be deceiving.” “Honesty is the best policy.” “Pride goes for the fall.” “Be happy with what you have.” home

“The Necklace” $300 home How does Mme. Loisel react to her husband’s news that he received an invitation to the reception at the Ministerial Mansion?

She surprisingly gets upset at her husband home

“The Necklace” $400 home In which point of view does the author narrate “The Necklace” ? Here is a sample to get an idea: “For her, it was all over. For him, there was the thought that he would have to be at the Ministry at ten o’clock. ”

Third-Person Omniscient home

“The Necklace” $500 home How does Mme. Loisel change over the course of the story?

At the beginning, she constantly desires to be a part of the wealthy, but at the end she is proud and joyful at how hard she has learned to work.

Authors $100 home American author of science fiction and fantasy and opposes modern computers and the internet, but advocates space travel

Ray Bradbury home

Authors $200 home American author of short stories, novels, and screenplays; originally from New York

Richard Connell home

Authors $300 home Famous French short story writer; shared some of the same social class struggles as his characters

Guy de Maupassant home

Authors $400 home Could not afford to go to college, but spent 2-3 days a week for ten years in the library reading and learning

Ray Bradbury home

Authors $500 home Died at the age of 42 in a Paris asylum.

Guy de Maupassant home

“A Sound of Thunder” $100 home What can we infer is the sound of thunder at the end of the story?

Travis shooting Eckels home

“A Sound of Thunder” $200 What literary device does Bradbury use in the following excerpt? “The Pyramids are still in the earth, waiting to be cut out and put up. Remember that. Alexander, Caesar, Napoleon, Hitler – none of them exists.” home

Allusion home

“A Sound of Thunder” $300 home In “The Sound of Thunder”, Travis warns Eckels and the other hunters to stay on the path and not go off for any reason. What literary device is Bradbury using?

Foreshadowing home

“A Sound of Thunder” $400 What object does Eckels ultimately step on that changes the future? home

A butterfly home

“A Sound of Thunder” $500 In what way is the allusion, “Moses has not gone to the mountain to talk with God,” related to the cultural setting of “A Sound of Thunder”? home

America is predominantly Christian society that would be familiar with the story of Moses. home