Literary Terms
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Stories
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Anything Goes
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True or false, figurative language, when used properly, amplifies a story and makes the writing better?
True
100
"Anger and bitterness had preyed upon me continually for weeks, and a deep languor had succeeded this passionate struggle."
This person has been attacked by anger and by bitterness, they fell into a deep lack of energy, possibly a depression, after.
100
Helen Keller was what physically?
Disabled, deaf and blind
100
What does RTQT stand for?
Restate the Question
Tell your thoughts
Quote
This shows
100
America's first president was who?
George Washington
200
What does Point of View mean in a story?
The narrative perspective in which the story is told to the reader
200
"What shall we do when hope is gone? The words lept like a leaping sword."
The words from the mans mouth were biting, scathing, or hard to listen to, they hurt the hearer when he told that their hope was gone.
200
The main character's struggle in Twas a Dark and Dreary Night?
Being afraid of the dark
200
Restate the following question
"Why was Sally attempting to fight the ghost with a sword?"
Sally was attempting to fight the ghost with a sword because...
200
Who is the leader of the X-Men? (three possible answers)
Cyclops, Storm, Professor X
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The phrase, 'break a leg' is what kind of figurative language?
Idiom
300
"But another Edith Cavell has risen from her grave to do a work so vastly more important that the other fades into insignificance beside it."
After her death, Edith inspired others, that inspiration was more important or impactful than anything she did while she was alive.
300
In The Friend Inside, the President that the main character looks up to is
Abhraham Lincoln
300
When you tell your thoughts on a piece of the story, why must they be in your own words, and not a quote or a paraphrase from the author?
Because you have to prove your ideas from the author's work, if the author's work was your idea it would make no sense to quote them!
300
When a bunny is happy, it jumps into the air and twists around. This specific jump has a name, what is the name of this specific jump?
Binky
400
Tell me an example of personification.
Examples include: The sun smiled down upon us. My alarm clock yelled at me. The wind was howling. The delicious meal called my name. ECT
400
"The gas we used came up on my head and through my throat and out my ears. My every piece of meat, whole week long, was spiced with that gas."
The man's was exposed to the gas for so much and for so long that his food started to taste like the gas.
400
What was the courage shown in Rikki-Tikki-Tavi?
Rikki defeats the evil snakes around the house
400
Which quote shows that the character in the story is angry? WHY?
"Vengeance consumes Robbie as flames consume him and he becomes the Ghost Rider once more."
"Mutant-kind has suffered at the hands of humans for far too long! Today, mutants take their rightful place!"
"Woah, John, don't fight! It's me, Hal!"
"Stay away from my son, and my wife, you twisted monster!!!"
The fourth one. You can tell because of the tone, the punctuation, and the words being thrown at the 'monster.'
400
How can a man go eight days without sleeping??
He sleeps at night!
500
What is the OPPOSITE of prose, and how can it amplify writing?
Prose - any written or spoken language that follows ordinary grammatical structure and natural speech patterns instead of a metrical rhythm or rhyme scheme.
The opposite would be rhyme schemes, it can amplify writing by being poetry!
500
"Could that little life survive? And if it did, what then? But had they not given her to God in that so recent dedication service? Would not He care for His own?"
A baby is dying, people are doubting God and His power because they cannot understand why the baby's health would get this bad.
500
What was the problem that Columbus was facing from the other people in the story? What was his repeated phrase that gave him the strength to finish his quest?
Mutiny, sail on! sail on! and on!
500
RTQT respond to the following. Use your books (page 64) for a quote.
What does the first two paragraphs of the story reveal about Edith's character?
Answers vary
500
Solve
Everything (except gravity)