Saying "he passed away" instead of "he croaked" is an example of this device.
What is a euphemism?
100
In an article he wrote last year entitled "Teaching Teenagers", Finnegan Mack said "I have seen this time and time again with my own students". This comment is an example of this device.
What is Anecdotal Evidence?
100
Shakespeare wrote a number of sonnets; all of them we comprised of three quatrains, and a rhyming "this".
What is a Couplet?
100
It is the sentence which appears first in any paragraph; it contains the author's name, the title of the work and a brief summary.
What is the Introductory Sentence?
100
It is the minimum amount of time you must stay in provincial exam.
What is one hour?
200
In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the fact that the audience knows Juliet is alive, but Romeo doesn't, is an example of this device.
What is Dramatic Irony?
200
In the article "My body is my own business", Sultana Yusafali asks "what type of world do we live in when a woman cannot even walk down the street without every aspect of her physical self being 'checked out'?" The entirety of this sentence is an example of this two-word term.
What is Rhetorical Question?
200
This term is used to describe a line of poetry containing pleasing sounds (often 'l', 'f' and soft 's')
What is Euphony?
200
When writing a theme statement, it is the pronoun that should be used in place of "you" or "I".
What is "One"
200
It has been found that chewing this type of candy can help stimulate the brain during an exam.
What are peppermints or spearmints?
300
The Simpsons did an episode entitled "The Tell-Tale Head", which was inspired by Edgar Allen Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart". It is an example of this device.
What is Parody?
300
In the poem "The Horses", the speaker suggests that the colts born into the herd had come "from their own Eden". This is an example of this device.
What is Allusion?
300
The poem "Death over Water" is this type of poem (one of the two main ones you are likley to see on the exam).
What is a Narrative Poem?
300
It is one of the two ways suggested in class to conclude a paragraph written about an article.
What is the use of a 'perhaps' statement, OR the incorporation of a fitting quotation from the text?
300
Name two of the supplies you should have with you on the morning of the exam.
What are: pencils, pens, white-out, highlighters, eraser, water bottle, peppermints.
400
Lord Voldemort is the opposite of Harry Potter; he is evil, cruel and spiteful. He can be called Harry's....
What is Antithesis or Character Foil?
400
The "Dummies" books, which are step-by-step, or teaching, styles, could be called this.
What is Didactic?
400
Author and narrator are to story what 'this' and 'this' are to poem.
What are Poet and Speaker?
400
It is one of the two suggested options for formatting the Composition.
What is an Essay or a Narrative (story)?
400
It is one of the main things you should do the morning of your exam to ensure you have success.
What is: eat breakfast, review your terms, arrive early.
500
A simple saying expressing a truth. An example of this is: "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step"
What is a Proverb?
500
The Walking Dead is a hit TV series, but its title is also en example of this device.
What is Oxymoron?
500
"O Spring, thou art so lovely..." is an example of this type of poetic device.
What is Apostrophe?
500
It is the one-sentence position statement that anchors any piece of writing you do.
What is the Thesis (or Topic sentence, in a paragraph)
500
It is recommended that having a variety of these functional words in mind to draw upon can help you achieve clarity and flow in your writing.