Grammar
The simple subject of this sentence:
What is carton?
A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as.
What is a simile.
What does the nightime in Long Way Down represent?
What is the darkness in people?
to clear someone of blame or suspicion
What is vindicate?
Conversation between characters in a story.
What is dialogue?
The verb of this sentence:
They thought about all the prizes in the competition.
What is thought?
The use of language to evoke a picture or to appeal to the senses.
What is imagery.
Why does Odysseus not kill Polyphemus when he first gets the opportunity to do so?
What is they need Polyphemus to move the boulder or they will be trapped in the cave.
to deceive, to mislead, to persuade with charm, to delude
What is beguile?
Another name for word choice.
What is diction?
Add a semicolon to this sentence: "The sky grew dark the stars began to appear."
What is "The sky grew dark; the stars began to appear."
A character that does not undergo important change in the course of the story, remaining essentially the same at the end.
What is a static character?
How does Mama prevent Walter from taking Linder's money in "A Raisin in the Sun"?
What is she won't let Travis leave the room. He can't submit in front of Travis.
a feeling of profound respect
What is reverence?
The attitude a writer takes toward a subject.
What is tone?
The menu includes steak, cooked medium-rare; salmon, grilled; and pasta, with marinara sauce. Why are semicolons used in this list?
To separate items that contain internal commas, ensuring clarity. ( note: a list with internal commas is also known as a monster list or a list containing commas)
The feelings associated with a word.
What is connotation?
Lena tells Ruth that Walter has "come into his manhood" meaning
Walter is a dimensional character, learning from his mistakes.
to clear someone of blame or suspicion
What is vindicate?
The overall emotion created by a work of literature.
What is mood?
This punctuation mark is used to introduce a list of items after an independent clause.
What is a colon : ?
A figure of speech in which the intended meaning is the opposite of the stated meaning; expecting one thing and getting another.
What is irony?
The change in wedding date affects Friar Lawrence's plan because...
What is Friar will have less time to contact Romeo.
a person who suffers very much or is killed because of their religious or political beliefs and is often admired because of it
Who is a martyr?
A reference to to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work.
What is an allusion?