Poetic Devices
Which poetic device is used here:
"The wind whooshed through the sky."
Onomatopoeia
Which punctuation mark is missing below:
The woman said "Don't touch my car with your dirty hands."
Comma before quotation marks
What lets the reader know that a new paragraph is starting?
What was in Pandora's box?
All of the good and evil in the world
1960
Which poetic device is used here:
"The girl ate like an animal when the pizza came."
Simile
Which punctuation mark can often be used in place of a conjunction?
Semicolon
Create a thesis statement for the following prompt:
Should the death penalty still be used or is it time to abolish it?
Could be a number of answers
A story that is passed down from generation to generation and based on historical fact is known as a _______________.
legend
What are the official national languages of Mauritania?
Arabic, Fula, Soninke, Wolof
Which poetic device is used here:
"The lightning danced across the sky."
Personification
Words like "and, but, however, yet" are examples of what?
Conjunctions
Using some longer sentences and some shorter sentences in your essay is an example of what?
Varied sentence structure
Who is the ruler of the gods in Greek mythology?
Zeus
What is the third largest city in Mauritania?
Kiffa
Which poetic device is used here:
"I stood and stared in desperate wonder."
Consonance
Name one instance in which a colon should be used.
Could be a number of answers
A phrase that connects two paragraphs that are somewhat related to each other is known as a ____________.
transition
Who gives Pandora cunning, deceit, and curiosity?
Hermes
In 2007, Messaoud Ould Boulkheir was elected president of Mauritania's National Assembly. What was significant about his parents and upbringing?
He was born into slavery and his parents were slaves.
Which poetic device is used here:
"Hear the mellow wedding bells"
Assonance
Which punctuation mark is used to show a quotation within a quotation?
Apostrophe
What question must you ask yourself after you've come up with a good thesis statement?
What makes this true? Why is this true?
Why does Zeus punish humans?
They took fire from the gods
Africa's largest monolith is located in Mauritania. What is its name?
Ben Amera