Vocabulary
Figurative Language
Novel Study
Rhetoric
100

The opposing viewpoint of your stance/position on a topic within an essay.

What is a counterclaim?

100

"Man, the SAT felt like a marathon for my brain"

What is a simile?

100

Name three characters in Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God"

What is...

Janie, Joe Stark, Tea Cake, or Nanny....etc

100

Name the three rhetorical appeals an author may use in their argument

What is Ethos, Pathos, and Logos?

200

The author's, speaker's or narrator's attitude evident through diction and other style elements. 

What is tone?

200

"The detective listened to her lies with a wooden face."

What is metaphor?

200
What piece of figurative language is the green light in the Great Gatsby an example of?

What is Symbolism?

200

What does it mean when an author uses Ethos? What are they including in their text or paper?

What is establishing credibility or credentials?

300

Determining character based on the character's physical attributes, personality, thoughts, dialogue, and/or actions

What is Characterization?

300

"It smelled of dust and disuse-a close, dank, smell"

What is Alliteration?

300

What did Janie's head rag represent in Their Eyes Were Watching God?

What is Oppression/Being Controlled?

300

"Looking at the data it states 60% of students are reading books outside the classroom"

What rhetorical appeal is being made?

What is Logos?

400

the technique of putting two or more elements side by side to emphasize contrast

Juxtaposition

400

"The wallpaper creeps all over the house. I find it hovering in the dining room lying in wait for me on the stairs. It gets into my hair" 

What is Personification?


400

What was the difference between the two locations East and West Egg from The Great Gatsby? 

What is the East was well-respected generational wealth while the West was filled with newly rich individuals, those not born rich. 

East=Old Money, West=New Money

400

“It was only then that the patient began to open up, and what he said was that he didn’t want any sedation, that he didn’t deserve a respite from pain, that he wanted to feel it all, and then to die.”

Which rhetorical appeal is used?

What is Pathos?

500

The necessary components of a work of literature such as character, plot, setting, and theme. 

What are Literary Elements?

500

"Every tear you drop squeezes a cup uh blood outta mah heart"

What is Hyperbole?

500

What did the Pear Tree in Their Eyes Were Watching God represent (symbolic meaning)?

What is becoming a woman?

500

Which Greek philosopher wrote a book entitled "The Art of Rhetoric" 

a.) Aristotle

b.) Da Vinci

c.) Machevelli

d.) Socrates

What is Aristotle?