Literary Terms
Come in the room quiet as a mouse.
What is a simile?
Help me, Rhonda! Help! Help me, Rhonda!
What is repetition?
Topic and idea explored in fiction, two of them at least
What is theme?
The author's point in non-fiction, two of them
What is central idea?
This is where you can find the modified schedule.
What is the Canvas dashboard?
The clock ticked impatiently.
What is personification?
What is a rhetorical question?
Support
What is "help" or "hold up?"
Why the author has chosen to write something
What is purpose?
Words that hint at what another word means
What are context clues?
The world is your oyster.
What is a metaphor?
In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.
What is antithesis?
1st and 3rd omniscient are examples of these
What is point of view?
Ethos, pathos, logos qualify as these
What are rhetorical appeals?
Do this because NO one memorizes the passage the first time around
What is re-read it?
The new Switch costs an arm and a leg!
What is an idiom?
They were smiling, singing, and dancing.
What is parallelism?
Voice that narrates a poem
What is a speaker?
Needs to be with you for testing
What is your OCPS laptop and/or charger?
My dog thinks the dog park is the Garden of Eden.
What is an allusion?
He carried my bags and my heart with him.
What is zeugma?
Writer's or speaker's attitude towards the subject/topic
What is tone?
When the audience knows something the characters don't
What is dramatic irony?
Where you can find your testing location
What is your math teacher?