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Harrison Bergeron

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Vigilance

a)

balance among the parts of something

b)

The process of paying close and continuous attention

c)

something that hinders or obstructs; hindrance; obstacle

d)

Sequence of events in a story

2.

Advantage

a)

a slight suggestion or vague understanding

b)

sudden shock or dismay that causes confusion

c)

any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

d)

a condition or circumstance that puts one in a favorable or superior position.

3.

Vague

a)

not clearly understood or expressed

b)

any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

c)

compensate for or counterbalance

d)

an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body

4.

Glimmer

a)

a slight suggestion or vague understanding

b)

balance among the parts of something

c)

not clearly understood or expressed

d)

Central idea of a work of literature

5.

Impediment

a)

put at a disadvantage

b)

compensate for or counterbalance

c)

sudden shock or dismay that causes confusion

d)

something that hinders or obstructs; hindrance; obstacle

6.

Hideous

a)

so extremely ugly as to be terrifying

b)

any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

c)

an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body

d)

a condition or circumstance that puts one in a favorable or superior position.

7.

Handicap

a)

compensate for or counterbalance

b)

(v.) to draw back suddenly, as though in pain or fear; (n.) the act of drawing back in this way

c)

put at a disadvantage

d)

sudden shock or dismay that causes confusion

8.

Hindrance

a)

lightness in movement or manner

b)

any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

c)

a slight suggestion or vague understanding

d)

so extremely ugly as to be terrifying

9.

Spectacles

a)

a condition or circumstance that puts one in a favorable or superior position.

b)

the process of paying close and continuous attention

c)

eyeglasses

d)

lightness in movement or manner

10.

Symmetry

a)

balance among the parts of something

b)

an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body

c)

something that hinders or obstructs; hindrance; obstacle

d)

put at a disadvantage

11.

Offset

a)

something that hinders or obstructs; hindrance; obstacle

b)

the process of paying close and continuous attention

c)

not clearly understood or expressed

d)

compensate for or counterbalance

12.

Consternation

a)

lightness in movement or manner

b)

(v.) to draw back suddenly, as though in pain or fear; (n.) the act of drawing back in this way

c)

sudden shock or dismay that causes confusion

d)

something that hinders or obstructs; hindrance; obstacle

13.

Harness

a)

any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

b)

balance among the parts of something

c)

put at a disadvantage

d)

an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body

14.

Delicacy

a)

(v.) to draw back suddenly, as though in pain or fear; (n.) the act of drawing back in this way

b)

a slight suggestion or vague understanding

c)

lightness in movement or manner

d)

the process of paying close and continuous attention

15.

Wince

a)

(v.) to draw back suddenly, as though in pain or fear; (n.) the act of drawing back in this way

b)

balance among the parts of something

c)

any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

d)

so extremely ugly as to be terrifying

16.

Satire

a)

Central idea of a work of literature

b)

A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.

c)

A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character

d)

The time and place of a story

17.

Plot

a)

Sequence of events in a story

b)

The time and place of a story

c)

A struggle between a character and an outside force

d)

Central idea of a work of literature

18.

Theme

a)

A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.

b)

Sequence of events in a story

c)

A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character

d)

Central idea of a work of literature

19.

Setting

a)

A reference to another work of literature, person, or event

b)

The time and place of a story

c)

A struggle between a character and an outside force

d)

A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

20.

Internal Conflict

a)

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

b)

A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character

c)

A term used for the author, speaker, or the person whose perspective (real or imagined) is being advanced in a speech or piece of writing

d)

A struggle between a character and an outside force

21.

External Conflict

a)

A struggle between a character and an outside force

b)

the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities.

c)

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

d)

A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character

22.

Simile

a)

Central idea of a work of literature

b)

A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

c)

A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character

d)

the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities.

23.

Personification

a)

the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities.

b)

A term used for the author, speaker, or the person whose perspective (real or imagined) is being advanced in a speech or piece of writing

c)

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

d)

A struggle between a character and an outside force

24.

Allusion

a)

A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.

b)

A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

c)

Sequence of events in a story

d)

A reference to another work of literature, person, or event

25.

Equality

a)

the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities.

b)

A struggle between a character and an outside force

c)

The time and place of a story

d)

A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies

26.

Speaker

a)

(v.) to draw back suddenly, as though in pain or fear; (n.) the act of drawing back in this way

b)

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

c)

A term used for the author, speaker, or the person whose perspective (real or imagined) is being advanced in a speech or piece of writing

d)

A reference to another work of literature, person, or event