It’s Jeopardy time!

Game BoardLiterary Devices

Context Clues

Characters Plot Theme Misc.

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A note on grammar:

Independent clause: can stand alone (the dog ate, the boys fought, etc.)

Dependent clause: cannot stand alone (When I went to school, If I am elected, etc.)

Prepositional phrase: begins with a preposition (in the kitchen, on the shelf, without exception)

Infinitive phrase: phrase that begins with “to” (To die would be an honor, To be free is something worth fighting for, etc.)

Literary Devices 1

What are these examples of?

“WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH”

ANSWER

Answer Lit Dev 1

OXYMORON

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Literary Devices 2

What is this an example of:

“Even while he was speaking to O’Brien, when the meaning of the words had sunk in, a chilly shuddering feeling had taken possession of his body. He had the sensation of stepping into the dampness of a grave…” (p. 159)

ANSWER

Answer Lit Dev 2

FORESHADOWING

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Literary Devices 3

What is this an example of?

“As compared with last year there was more food, more clothes, more houses, more furniture, more cooking pots, more fuel, more ships, more helicopters, more books, more babies—more of everything except disease, crime, and insanity.”

ANSWER

Answer Lit Dev 3

HYPERBOLE REPETITION

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Literary Devices 4

What is this an example of?

“Everything faded into mist.”

ANSWER

Answer Lit Dev 4

METAPHOR

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Literary Devices 5

What is this an example of?

“He looked up, and his spectacles darted a hostile flash in Winston’s direction…”

ANSWER

Answer Lit Dev 5

PERSONIFICATION

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Literary Devices 6

What is this an example of?

“He was a monstrous man, with a mane of greasy gray hair…his great body was sagging, sloping, bulging, falling away in every direction.”

ANSWER

Answer Lit Dev 6

ALLITERATION

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Context Clues 1 What does the underlined word mean?

“It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents to the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies and nosers-out of unorthodoxy.”A. loyalB. unreasonably attached to an opinion or beliefC. undependableD. poor

ANSWER

Answer Cont Clues 1

B. unreasonably attached to an opinion or belief (bigoted)

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Context Clues 2

What does the underlined word mean?

“Before the Revolution they had been hideously oppressed by the capitalists, they had been starved and flogged…”A. political leadersB. slave driversC. spiesD. people who use money to carry on business

ANSWER

Answer Cont Clues 2

D. people who use money to carry on business (capitalists)

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Context Clues 3 What does the underlined word mean?

“The irritating thing was that Winston could hardly hear what Parsons was saying, and was constantly having to ask for some fatuous remark to be repeated.”A. traitorousB. silly; foolishC. insultingD. foreign-languageANSWER

Answer Cont Clues 3

B. silly; foolish

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Context Clues 4 What does the underlined word mean?

“We are different from all the oligarchies of the past in that we know what we are doing.”A. governments rules by only a few peopleB. governments ruled by only one dictatorC. volunteer organizationsD. professional organizers

ANSWER

Answer Cont Clues 4

A. governments ruled by only a few people (oligarchies)

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Context Clues 5

What does the underlined word mean?

“They talked desultorily for some minutes, then, without apparent reason, a yell from the telescreen bade them be silent.” A. jumping from one topic to anotherB. loudlyC. in whispersD. in a foreign language

ANSWER

Answer Cont Clues 5

A. jumping from one topic to another (desultorily)

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Context Clues 6 What does the underlined word mean?

“There were times when the fact of impending death seemed as palpable as the bed they lay on, and they would cling together with a sort of despairing sensuality.”A. easily seen or heard and recognizedB. impossibleC. invisibleD. expensiveANSWER

Answer Cont Clues 6

A. easily seen or heard and recognized (palpable)

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Characters 1

Winston buys the beautiful book from the junk shop because he:A. feels sorry for the ownerB. sees that the price was lower than in the Outer

Party shopC. recognizes immediately that it is an ideal place

for his thoughtsD. simply wants to possess it

ANSWER

Answer Characters 1

D. simply wants to possess it

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Characters 2

Winston finds it strange that though Goldstein is constantly attacked, his:A. calm, loving attitude never changes B. influence never seems to fadeC. faith in Big Brother and the Party remains strongD. family is kept safe in Eurasia

ANSWER

Answer Characters 2

B. influence never seems to fade

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Characters 3

During his torture, Winston feels O’Brien:A. is enjoying Winston’s agonyB. still might be a member of the

BrotherhoodC. will eventually let him goD. is a person he can truly talk to

ANSWER

Answer Characters 3

D. is a person he can truly talk to

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Characters 4

For Winston, the symbol of his life in Charrington’s room is:A. the picture of St. Clement’s DaneB. Julia’s red Anti-Sex League sashC. the coral paperweightD. the small oil burner

ANSWER

Answer Characters 4

C. the coral paperwewight

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Characters 5

Winston questions an old prole about life before the Revolution. What does he find out?A. the man was in the militaryB. life used to be much better in the old daysC. that most of the past is erased or

forgottenD. that the Party has always been in control

ANSWER

Answer Characters 5

C. that most of the past is erased or forgotten

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Characters 6

Winston has a dream about O’Brien at the beginning of the story. What does O’Brien says to Winston in the dream?

ANSWER

Answer Characters 6

“We will meet in the place where there is no darkness.”

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Plot 1

The war film Winston watches at the beginning is interrupted by:A. hungry riotersB. a power failureC. weeping widowsD. a prole shocked by the brutality of the film

ANSWER

Answer Plot 1

D. a prole shocked by the brutality of the war film

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Plot 2

After receiving O’Brien’s home address, Winston realizes that he is both:A. at the edge of the anti-Party movement

and nearer deathB. uncertain of his love for Julia and respect

for O’BrienC. loyal to Big Brother and loyal to

AmpleforthD. tired of fighting and longing for escape

ANSWER

Answer Plot 2

A. at the edge of the anti-Party movement and nearer death

Plot 3

Once Winston realizes that he is bound to die for what he has done, he feels:A. guilty about betraying JuliaB. it is important to stay alive as long as possibleC. pity towards those outside the PartyD. happy that his misery will be over soon

ANSWER

Answer Plot 3

B. it is important to stay alive as long as possible

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Plot 4

What part of Winston’s flat gives him the idea to start the journal?

ANSWER

Answer Plot 4

The “secluded alcove” not seen by the telescreen

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Plot 5

What significant thing happens at the Hate Week rally?

ANSWER

Answer Plot 5

The enemy suddenly becomes Eastasia

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Plot 6

What happens to people arrested by the Thought Police?

ANSWER

Answer Plot 6

They are arrested in the middle of the night and “vaporized” as if they never existed

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Theme 1

What does the Party poster say?

ANSWER

Answer Theme 1

Big Brother is Watching You

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Theme 2

To the Party, the real enemy both inside and outside of marriage is:A. loveB. desireC. childrenD. personal wealth

ANSWER

Answer Theme 2

A. love

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Theme 3

The goal of Newspeak is to:A. make language simple enough so all can

learn itB. narrow the range of thought so that

thoughtcrime becomes impossibleC. preserve the intent of the original leaders

of the RevolutionD. make it easier for everyone who works

for the Ministry of Truth

ANSWER

Answer Theme 3

B. narrow the range of thought so that thoughtcrime becomes impossible

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Theme 4

What is doublethink?

ANSWER

Answer Theme 4

The ability to believe in two contradictory beliefs at the same time

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Theme 5

To Winston, making love to Julia is:A. a political strike against the PartyB. an act of love and private sharingC. just another sign of Party controlD. a chore

ANSWER

Answer Theme 5

A. a political strike against the Party

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Theme 6

According to Goldstein’s book, what is the main purpose of modern wars?

ANSWER

Answer Theme 6

Maintain the social structure

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Misc 1

To escape the rats, Winston:A. agrees to love Big BrotherB. accuses everyone he knows of treasonC. betrays JuliaD. signs a contract of surrender to O’Brien

ANSWER

Answer Misc 1

C. betrays Julia

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Misc 2

What first draws Winston to O’Brien?

Answer

Answer Misc 2

They exchange a glance of “intelligence;” he believes O’Brien is against the Party and Big Brother as well

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Misc 3

What eventually happens to Syme?

ANSWER

Answer Misc 3

He is vaporized

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Misc 4

Why does Winston hate Julia at first?

ANSWER

Answer Misc 4

Because he finds her attractive

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Misc 5

Who owns the shop where Winston bought the journal and the room he and Julia rent?

ANSWER

Answer Misc 5

Mr. Charrington

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Misc 6

Winston talks about a time when he held in his hand actual proof that the Party falsifies and changes history. What was that proof?

ANSWER

Answer Misc 6

A photograph of three men in a place other than where the Party has said they were. (Names: Jones, Aaronson, and Rutherford)

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