Figurative Language Annotations and Quiz

What is the main plot of Ready Player One?

• A teenager named Wade Watts competes in a quest within a virtual reality universe to find an Easter egg that grants him wealth and control over the OASIS.
• Wade Watts travels through time to prevent a dystopian future.
• A group of friends plays a board game to win a cash prize.
• Wade Watts becomes a superhero in the real world to save his friends.

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In Chapter 2, Wade says the OASIS is “the only place I felt truly alive.” What type of figurative language is this?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Symbolism

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When Wade describes the stacks as “a vertical trailer park,” what figurative language is this?

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

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Wade says he’d “studied the 1980s more than any scholar alive.” What device is this?

• Symbolism

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

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Wade describes the OASIS as “my school, my office, my playground.” Which device is at work here?

• Personification

• Parallelism

• Metaphor

• Simile

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Which is the best example of a parallel plot in the story?

• Wade’s real life in the stacks and his OASIS adventures

• Wade hiding in the junkyard

• Halliday’s obsession with 1980s games

• Wade’s poverty struggles

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Which is the best example of a subplot in Chapter 2?

• Wade’s research into Halliday’s obsession with 1980s pop culture

• Wade’s real-world struggles to survive

• The rise of the OASIS

• Wade’s avatar name, Parzival

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What motivates Wade to spend so much time in his junkyard hideout?

• To escape his abusive stepfamily

• To play video games nonstop

• To spy on his neighbors

• To collect valuable scrap metal

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When Wade calls his hideout his “sanctuary,” what does this word choice suggest?

• It is a sacred and safe space

• It is dangerous and full of fear

• It is a symbol of the OASIS

• It is only temporary

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Which storyline is more like a subplot?

• Halliday’s 1980s obsession

• Wade’s OASIS adventures

• Wade’s life in the stacks

• Wade’s relationship with his avatar

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