Literary Devices
Elements of the Text
Vocabulary
Rhetorical Analysis
Miscellaneous
100

What are the similairites and differences of theme and mood?

Theme - main idea of the passage, not just one word

Mood - feeling evoked from the audience from the passage, often one word

100

What is the typical "five act structure"/structure of most works of fiction? (hint: pyramid)

Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution

100

What does "inscrutable" mean?

cryptic; impossible to understand or interpret

100

Which statement best summarizes Zimbardo's perspective on the average person's ability for evil?

  1. People will continue to do bad things if they know they can blame it on their social surroundings.
  2. A person's capacity for good or evil can change based on their social environment.
  3. Social experiments are necessary to determine humanity's capacity for evil.
  4. Evil actions are justified if a person is in a challenging social situation.

B

100

What is a box filled with an illustration in a graphic novel called?

A panel

200

What is a more formal word to describe sentence structure in a passage?

Syntax

200

What was one theme of Make Lemonade? Support your answer with evidence. 

Answers will vary:

Responsibility should not be ignored

Education is the way to a better life

Etc.

200

What does "corroborated" mean?

verified; to confirm, support, or make a theory more certain with proof

200

Which statement best supports Zimbardo's belief that people are not born "good" or "evil"?

  1. "'Any of us can move across it... I argue that we all have the capacity for love and evil — to be Mother Theresa, to be Hitler or Saddam Hussein.'" (Paragraph 3)
  2. "In one condition, they overheard an assistant calling the other students 'animals' and in another condition, 'nice.'" (Paragraph 8)
  3. "The same social psychological processes… that acted in the Stanford Prison Experiment were at play at Abu Ghraib, Zimbardo argued." (Paragraph 16)
  4. "As such, the Abu Ghraib soldiers' mental state… may have further contributed to their 'evil' actions, he noted." (Paragraph 18)

A

200
What elements should you include in a resume?
Work history/experience, education, skills, objective statement (if resume is mostly blank), name, contact information
300

What literary device happens when phrases are structured very similarly, but not necessarily repeating?

For example,

"That even as we grieved, we grew.

That even as we hurt, we hoped.

That even as we tired, we tried."


Parallel structure

300

What is the purpose of the dashes in this sentence:

This piece is talking about an important, recovered artifact.

"Discovered in 82 broken, corroded pieces -- along with a shipwreck full of other treasures such as marble, pottery, and coins -- the damaged artifact was initially disregarded."

To give the audience more information about the shipwreck which is not essential to the main artifact or the central idea of the article.

300

What does "extruded" mean?

produced, thrust or forced out

300

In paragraphs 10-11, how does John Watson's experiment support Zimbardo's finding that "relabeling" people can affect their behavior? 

A. The masked warriors could not see their victims, so they believed they were not hurting people. 

B. The masked warriors became so focused on survival that they treated even civilians as threats to their lives. 

C. The masked warriors felt separated from their humanity, so they felt free to treat others inhumanely. 

D. The masked warriors became so trusting of their leaders' orders that they ignored the consequences of their actions.

C

300

What is a line of panels called in a graphic novel?

a tier
400

What are the similarities and differences between alliteration and assonance?

Both literary devices repeat sounds

Alliteration repeats consontant sounds, assonance repeats vowel sounds

400

What are some conventions of Shakespeare's Comedies?

Love, Mistaken Identity, Magical Elements, Puns, etc.

400

What does "ubiquitous" mean?

Universal; present, appearing, or found everywhere

400

Why does the author introduce the article with a reference to "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"? 

A. to reveal that good and evil are only found in stories 

B. to show that some people are more naturally good than evil 

C. to make a comparison between Jekyll's transformation and real life 

D. to provide an example of what happens when people are faced with the choice of good or evil

C

400

What type of meter did Shakespeare write in?

Iambic pentameter

500

What is enjambment? 

the running-over of a sentence or phrase from one line to the next without terminal punctuation (like a comma, period, semicolon, etc.)

500

What was the advantage of telling the story Make Lemonade in first person point of view from LaVaughn's perspective?

Get an outside perspective of Jolly's life, perception of Jolly to help us appreciate Jolly's story and the stories of single mothers more.

500

What does "bucolic" mean?

picturesque, relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life

500

How does the placement of the section "Prison Abuses" support the author's argument? 

A. It reveals new information not observed in the experiments. 

B. It reveals that people can avoid evil if they understand it. 

C. It reveals that the motives for good and evil are difficult to find. 

D. It reveals a real-world example of what was observed in experiments.

D

500

What is the main point of a cover letter?

To explain why you're right for the job and why you would fit in perfectly with their comapny

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