Literary/Figurative Devices
Etymology
Grammar
Essays/MLA
Misc.
100
The use of words and phrases to create mental images for the reader.
What is imagery?
100
Cent
What is the prefix meaning one hundred?
100
An incomplete sentence
What is fragment?
100
The overall argument of a essay. (Do not use Toulmin terminology!)
What is the thesis statement?
100
Speakers attitude toward his/subject.
What is tone?
200
He is as tall as a tree!
What is a simile?
200
inter
What is the prefix for between, among?
200
He run to the store.
He runs to the store.
200
The sentence that indicates what a paragraph will be about.
What is the topic sentence?
200
The overall message of a piece
What is theme?
300
Example: Hercules Moving Company
What is an allusion?
300
Which of the following words comes from the Latin root meaning death? a. memorial b. mortician c. malevolence d. magnify
What is b?
300
The fans adored him they showered him with gifts.
The fans adored him, so they showered him with gifts. The fans adored him and showered him with gifts. The fans adored him. They showered him with gifts. The fans adored him; they showered him with gifts. Because the fans adored him, they showered him with gifts.
300
Should be on every page of an M.L.A. report.
What is your last name followed by the page number?
300
The dictionary definition of a word.
What is denotation?
400
Ex.: The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.
What is personification?
400
Which of the following words comes from the Latin root meaning draw or pull? a. carriage b. cartoon c. absence d. abstract
What is d?
400
Jimmy doesn't do his Homework.
Jimmy does not do his homework.
400
Comes after the title of the book in your works cited.
What is the city of publication?
400
Which of the following has the most negative connotation? a. inexpensive b. reasonable c. cheap d. economical
What is c?
500
Ex.: You got a taste of your own medicine!
What is an idiom?
500
Which of the following words comes from the Latin root meaning follow? a. consecutive b. continent d. follower e. response
What is a?
500
Sammys favorite activity is cheerleading. She wore cute outfits and yells loudly.
Sammy's favorite activity is cheerleading. She wears cute outfits and yells loudly.
500
Revise the following so it is integrated properly: Holden says "They were a bunch of phony bastards" (22)!
Holden says, "They were a bunch of phony bastards!" (22).
500
Change the following from passive to active voice: His arm was broken by the fall.
The fall broke his arm. He broke his arm by falling.
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