Review Game SLEEPING FRESHMEN NEVER LIE What word

Review Game SLEEPING FRESHMEN NEVER LIE

What word fits the following definition? A reference to another literary work or historical event.

Answer: Allusion

What word best fits the following definition? An extreme exaggeration to make a point.

Answer: Hyperbole

What word best fits the following definition? Something to represent something more meaningful

Answer: Symbolism

What word best fits the following definition? A character who puts another character’s traits into perspective

Answer: Foil Character

What word best fits the following definition? A character who the readers know a lot about

Answer: Round Character

What word best fits the following definition? A character who changes in the story

Answer: Dynamic Character

What word best fits the following definition? A character who the reader knows very little about

Answer: Flat Character

What word best fits the following definition? A character who makes little to no change in the story.

Answer: Static Character

What are the possible themes for Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie (there are 2)?

Answer: a. Bullying has consequences b. Change is natural

What word best fits the following definition? A narrator whose credibility has been compromised because they have bias, lied, or are selfish.

Answer: Unreliable Narrator

What literary device is being used in the following passage? “’Yeah, this place is like the tesseract, ’ I said. Three pairs of eyes stared at me. ‘You know. A tesseract. From A Wrinkle in Time. ’”

Answer: Allusion/ Simile

What symbolizes Scott’s new life?

Answer: Sean: Scott’s baby brother

What literary device is used in the following passage? “I could feel myself droop like a cheap basketball that was left out on the lawn all winter. ”

Answer: Simile

What literary device is used in the following passage? “Looking at the engine was like looking at a page of Spanish. ”

Answer: Simile

What literary device is used in the following passage? “ Bam. Thump. Pause. BAM! Pause. Thumpa WHUMP!”

Answer: Onomatopoeia

What literary device is used in the following passage? “Mom suddenly realized that we didn’t live in a house—we lived in a baby –mauling machine. ”

Answer: Metaphor/ Hyperbole

What literary device is used when the readers learn that Patrick is moving to Texas?

Answer: Situational Irony

What literary device is used when the readers learn that Bobby can’t really read?

Answer: Situational Irony

What literary device is used in the following passage? “I nearly died when I got home and realized I didn’t have the article. ”

Answer: Hyperbole

What literary device is used in the following passage? “He was a skinny guy with the kind of acne that looks like it’s taken up permanent residence on his face. ”

Answer: Personificatio n/ Imagery/ characterization/ simile

What literary device is used in the following passage? “ My arms are going to fall off. Yesterday, I sawed a forest of wood for stage crew. ”

Answer: Hyperbole

What literary device is used in the following passage? “ You know exactly what I’m talking about, Romeo. ”

Answer: Allusion

What literary device is used in the following passage? “I raised my arm, and noticed with interest how the dust particles danced in a golden light beam coming through the window. ”

Answer: Imagery/Personificat ion

What literary device is used in the following passage? “ But we had rehearsal all morning. Given what happened to Lincoln in a theater, you’d think we’d get a break. ”

Answer: Allusion

What literary device is used when Mouth doesn’t talk much and pays Scott back for the lunch money Scott lent him?

Answer: Foreshadowing

What literary device is used in the following passage? “ But he knew as well as I did that if I threw a party for all my friends, we could fit in a phone booth and still have room for pony rides and a moon bounce. ”

Answer: Hyperbole

What literary device is used when Scott visits Mouth in the hospital after he tries to commit suicide and Mouth tells Scott to cheer up?

Answer: Situational Irony

What literary device is used when Scott says, “I must have carried a grand total of about 87, 000 tons of lumber”?

Answer: Hyperbole

What literary device is used when Kelly winks at Scott throughout the day?

Answer: Foreshadowing

What two literary devices are used when Scott’s mom says, “I’m as big as a house”?

Answer: Simile Hyperbole

Which ONE of the following best describes Scott? Dynamic Flat

Answer: Dynamic

Which ONE of the following best describes Lee? Flat Foil

Answer: Foil

Which ONE of the following best describes Kyle? Round Dynamic

Answer: Dynamic

Which ONE of the following best describes Mouth? Dynamic Static

Answer: Static

Which ONE of the following best describes Scott? Round Static

Answer: Round

What purpose does Scott’s survival guide serve for Scott?

Answer: Helps him cope/ helps him procrastinate

What keeps Scott from admitting that Lee and Wesley are his friends?

Answer: How he stereotypes them

Why is Scott an unreliable narrator?

Answer: He lies to himself throughout the novel

What literary devices are used in the following passage? “ Which I guess was like asking General Custer for combat tips. ”

Answer: Simile Allusion

Why does Scott use humor frequently throughout the novel?

Answer: Helps him cope, just like his survival guide

Which ONE of the following best describes Wesley? Dynamic Static

Answer: Dynamic

What is the significance of the title: Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie?

Answer: It’s a play on words. Scott is sleep deprived throughout the novel, and he is an unreliable narrator since he lies to himself

What type of conflict is seen when Scott debates intervening for Lee?

Answer: Man vs. Self

What type of conflict is seen when Scott and Kyle fight in the locker room?

Answer: Man vs. Man

What type of conflict is seen when Mouth is bullied by all the seniors on the bus?

Answer: Man vs. Society

Where does Mouth’s attempted suicide go on Freytag’s Pyramid?

Answer: Climax

Where does Scott realizing that intervening is a good thing fall on Freytag’s Pyramid?

Answer: Falling Action

Where does Scott and Kyle fighting in the locker room fall on Freytag’s Pyramid?

Answer: Rising Action