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Figurative Language
Writing
Grab Bag
100
A pair of two lines that rhyme
What is a couplet
100
The attitude a writer takes to the subject
What is tone
100
Speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect or meaning, speech or writing employing figures of speech
What is figurative speech
100
Arranged in order of occurrence
What is chronological
100

The three forms of rhetoric 

What is Ethos, Pathos, and Logos

200
Descriptive words and phrases that create a picture in the reader's mind
What is imagery
200
The narrative voice is outside the action, not a character in the story
What is third-person narration
200
Comparing two unlike things using like or as
What is simile
200
The overall idea or point of a text or paragraph
What is central idea
200

A form of poetry that has 14 lines with 10 syllables 

What is sonnet *************

300
"paragraph" of a poem, where the poem is broken up
What is a stanza
300
A major division in a play
What is an act
300
Comparing two unlike things without using like or as
What is metaphor
300
An underlying message about life or human nature that a writer wants the reader to understand
What is Theme
300
The perspective from which a speaker or writer recounts a narrative
What is point of view
400
Giving human characteristics to something that is not human
What is personification
400
A writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness
What is diction
400
Extreme exaggeration for effect
What is hyperbole
400
How a writer chooses specific words to convey meaning or express a feeling
What is word choice
400

The purpose of Decius' and Calphurnia's arguments (what they are convincing him to do/not do)

To stay at home or go out on the Ides of March

500
Repetition of sounds or letters at the beginning of a word
What is alliteration
500

Use of appeals

What is rhetoric

500
Using objects, colors or symbols to represent ideas or qualities
What is symbolism
500
A sentence or group of sentences that directly express the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or position
What is thesis
500

The form of rhetoric that Caesar probably likes most 

What is Logos

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