Literary Terms
Figurative Language
Essay Writing
Readings
Greek and Latin roots
100

Hinting at something later in the story 

Foreshadowing 

100

metaphor 

saying something IS something else 

100

What does RACES stand for? 

Restate, answer, cite, explain, sum it up 

100

Who wrote The Hunger Games? 

Suzanne Collins 

100

anti

against 

200

Universal message to be gained from a text 

Theme 

200

Comparing two unalike things using like or as 

simile 

200

Which of these is the best source:

Google AI

A Blog 

A research paper

Reddit 

Research paper

200

The Lottery and The Hunger Games both take place in this type of setting 

dystopian 

200

mort 

death 

300

When the reader knows more than the characters 

dramatic irony 

300

hyperbole 

over exaggeration 

300

What is the thesis?

The claim 

300

Why did the villagers kill someone every year in The Lottery? 

For the harvest 

300

photo 

light 

400

The feeling that a word gives you 

connotation 

400

Personification 

Giving human characteristics to non human things 

400

What is a call to action?

When you tell the reader about actionable steps that they can take at the end of an argumentative essay. 

400

What is it called when an area is severely lacking in water for an extended period of time?

drought 

400

-ology 

study of 

500

Feeling/ atmosphere that the text gives the reader  

Mood 

500

Culturally understood, non literal sayings 

Idiom 

500

What is ethos, Pathos, and logos? Must define all three.  

ethos- establishes trust by citing someone/ something knowledgeable

pathos- feeling 

Logos- logic  

500

What is the name of the sister of Katniss from The Hunger Games? 

Primrose (Prim) 

500

bio 

life 

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