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by BlastRoom
Short excerpts use one edition per work to study exaggeration, anecdotes, and flat types.
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20 questions
One question set, multiple game modes. Tap any game to see it in action. Not sure which to pick?
Answer to place stones and capture territory.
Outrun the snow together.
Earn blasts, then hunt the other team.
Answer to earn energy, then climb.
The class blasts through walls together.
Bid on mystery lots. Most money wins.
Sell tours. Nice, standard, or a total scam.
Answer, restock, and serve the rush.
More correct answers pulls the rope your way.
Answer, then shoot down the alien wave.
Answer, then tap to leap the frozen ridge.
In Laughead’s "Paul Bunyan," baby Paul "destroyed four square miles of standing timber." Why use this exaggeration?
In one Paul Bunyan tale, it takes a whole herd of cows to fill baby Paul’s bottle. What does the hyperbole add?
In "Paul Bunyan," Babe "measured forty-two axe handles" between the eyes. Why exaggerate Babe’s size?
In a Pecos Bill tale, Bill uses "a live rattlesnake for a lasso." What is the effect of this hyperbole?
In a Pecos Bill tale, Bill "rode the cyclone" across the plains. Why would a writer exaggerate this way?
A John Henry ballad says, "I'll die with my hammer in my hand." What does this larger-than-life vow show?
In a Paul Bunyan cold-weather tale, spoken words "froze solid." What does the exaggeration accomplish?
Which line is hyperbole rather than simile, understatement, or plain description?
Which line is hyperbole rather than simile, understatement, or plain description?
Which line is hyperbole rather than simile, understatement, or plain description?
Which line is hyperbole rather than simile, understatement, or plain description?
Which line is hyperbole rather than simile, understatement, or plain description?
Early in "The Story of My Life," Keller writes: "I was born on June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia." Why include this true detail?
Washington opens "Up from Slavery": "I was born a slave on a plantation in Franklin County, Virginia." Why start there?
Douglass opens his Narrative: "I was born in Tuckahoe, near Hillsborough." Why use this personal beginning?
Jacobs opens "Incidents": "I was born a slave; but I never knew it till six years of happy childhood had passed away." Why begin this way?
Muir begins "The Story of My Boyhood and Youth" by saying, "I was fond of everything that was wild." Why start with this memory?
A story says every member of a rival club is rude and selfish, with no individual actions. What makes this a weak portrayal?
How can relying on a stereotype hurt a story?
A draft says all space traders are greedy cowards. Which revision best avoids the stereotype?
Crack the passcode before the zombies get in.
Answer, then swat bugs for bonus points.
Race through questions at your own speed.
Same question on every screen. Fastest wins.
Pick a tile, answer, hit bonuses and steals.
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