Literary Devices
A reference to a person, place, event, or artistic work that the author expects the reader to recognize.
Allusion
Michael's neighbourhood is called...
The Park
Who said...
Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much,
Which mannerly devotion shows in this;
For saints have hands that pilgrims’ hands do touch,
And palm to palm is holy palmers’ kiss.
Juliet
What is reader response lens?
focuses on what is going on in the reader’s mind during the process of reading a text based on personal experiences.
"More than one hundred peer-reviewed studies have been conducted over the past decade, and none of them suggests that this is an effective treatment for hair loss."
What rhetorical appeal is this?
Logos
"I'm between jobs right now."
euphemism
Who said...
"Oh you smiling now? You think is joke? You feel you too harden to listen to me? Then you both go right ahead and touch that stove dial. Just answer that front door once. I will string you up by your thumbnails from the ceiling. I will skin you alive and screaming. I will beat you so hard your children will bear scars. Your children’s children will feel!”
Ruth
The name of the person who gets quarantined on his way to Mantua and can't deliver Friar Laurence's message to Romeo
Friar John
What is an archetype?
It’s any story element (idea, symbol, pattern, or character-type) that appears again and again in stories from cultures around the world and symbolizes something universal in the human experience.
What does the OSSLT stand for?
Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test
"The day of the funeral was overcast; the cold raindrops wept on the people huddled by the graveside."
(there are two!)
pathetic fallacy AND personification
Francis could read books at the age of seven, but what other things could he "read"?
the and gestures around them; the faces of the neighbourhood youth; their mother
Who said...
What, art thou drawn among these heartless hinds?
Turn thee, Benvolio, look upon thy death.
Tybalt
Provide 3 examples of archetypal characters OR journeys we see in literature
Characters - the hero, the caregiver, the innocent, the mentor, the villain, the scapegoat
Journeys - quest for identity, initiation, the fall, the search for love,
"There is no price that can be placed on peace of mind. Advanced security systems will protect the well-being of your family so that you can sleep soundly at night."
What rhetorical appeal is this?
Pathos
"A butler spends his days in a beautiful mansion dressed in a tuxedo, but returns home to a closet-sized apartment in a rundown part of town."
Juxtaposition
What MAIN literary device is present in this passage?
"A month later, an enveloping heat arrived, a physical oppression from which none could escape... In the early morning it was a menacing red haze. By the after noon it was a syrup misery in the air, suffocating your will, making even breathing difficult."
pathetic fallacy
Which fairy does Mercutio say visited him in a dream?
Queen Mab
Name three traditional gender stereotypes in literature (for males OR females) that feminist lens theory might identify
women - passive, dependent, emotional, home-oriented, indecisive, talkative, gentle, empathetic...
men - aggressive, independent, dominant, worldly, logical, decisive, stoic, tough...
AFFECT or EFFECT?
The choices of politicians have a dramatic ______ on the lives of everyone in the country.
effect
"His tender heir might bear his memory."
Assonance
What was the "one flickering memory" Michael had of his father?
his parents dancing and his father lifting him into the air
Fill in the blank:
"Wilt thou be gone? It is not yet near day. / It was the nightingale, and not the _____ / That pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear."
lark
Another name for the Socio-Economic Lens is ______, named for the philosopher ______ ______
Marxist
Karl Marx
How would you correct this sentence so it is grammatically correct?
He fell into a deep meditative state his pulse slowed down to practically nothing.
He fell into a deep meditative state, and his pulse slowed down to practically nothing.