Figurative Language
I'm as fast as a cheetah is what figurative language term?
What is a SIMILE?
What is the correct punctuation for this sentence: Driving down the street I saw many children playing.
What is:
Driving down the street, I saw many children out playing.
Read the line from “Child of the Americas.”
An immigrant and the daughter and granddaughter of immigrants
The author’s word choice help build a theme for the piece by suggesting a feeling of:
A. certainty.
B. connectedness.
C. inferiority.
D. Incompleteness.
What is:
B. Connectedness
What text did this come from?
"Can't repeat the past? Why of course you can!"
What is: The Great Gatsby?
I am so hungry I could eat a horse is what figurative language term?
What is HYPERBOLE?
What is the correct way to say the adverb in this sentence: My dad will dress "neat" tonight.
What is "dress neatly"?
Essay by Henry David Thoreau that is an analysis of the individual’s relationship to the state that focuses on why men obey governmental law even when they believe it to be unjust.
What is Civil Disobedience?
Read the passage from “The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica.”
all wanting the comfort
of spoken Spanish, to gaze upon the family portrait
of her plain wide face, her ample bosom
resting on her plump arms, her look of maternal interest
as they speak to her and each other
of their dreams and their disillusions—
In this passage, the words “ample” and “plump” are
A.sensory images that describe a wealthy person.
B.sensory images that describe a motherly figure.
C.words that express an attitude of respect.
D.words that express an attitude of disgust.
What is:
B.sensory images that describe a motherly figure.
What is the correct term that goes in the blank "affected" or "effected". His behavior _________ me.
What is "affected"?
Read the excerpt from Freakonomics.
Now let’s look at the win-loss percentage between the 7–7 wrestlers and the 8–6 wrestlers the next time they meet, when neither one is on the bubble. In this case, there is no great pressure on the individual match. So you might expect the wrestlers who won their 7–7 matches in the previous tournament to do about as well as they had in earlier matches against these same opponents—that is, winning roughly 50 percent of the time. You certainly wouldn’t expect them to uphold their 80 percent clip.
As it turns out, the data show that the 7–7 wrestlers win only 40 percent of the rematches. Eighty percent in one match and 40 percent in the next? How do you make sense of that?
Which type of evidence does the authors use in this excerpt to support the claim that some sumo wrestlers will intentionally lose a match?
A. anecdotal
B. testimonial
C. statistical
D. analogical
What is:
C. Statistical
"I respectfully remind you sir, that we have been the most patient of all people. When you said we must have self-respect, I wondered how we could have self-respect and remain patient considering the treatment accorded to us through the years."
What is:
Jackie Robinson’s letter to President Eisenhower.
When it rains on your wedding day is what figurative language term?
What is IRONY?
Is it denotation or connotation when the author wants you to get an emotion or feeling associated with the word "furious"?
What is CONNOTATION?
Read the excerpt from “How the Internet and Other Technologies Came About.”
In a scenario of two dazed boxers lying flat on their backs, slowly regaining consciousness, the winner of World War III would be that country which could stand on its feet first (and so go on to win World War VI). Therefore, the pentagon’s priority was to provide scientists with a way to rebuild the country as fast as possible, unimpeded by unnecessary restrictions.
Which type of rhetoric is used most in this excerpt to convince readers of the author’s point of view?
A. an appeal to logic
B. an appeal to the author’s character
C. an appeal to emotion
D. an appeal to ethics
What is:
A. an appeal to logic
"But there is more bad news.
All parts of your body are moving toward the same spot—the black hole’s center. So while you’re getting ripped apart head to toe, you will also extrude through the fabric of space and time, like toothpaste squeezed through a tube.
To all the words in the English language that describe ways to die (e.g., homicide, suicide, electrocution, suffocation, starvation) we add the term “spaghettification.”"
What is:
Neil deGrasse Tyson’s “Death by Black Hole.”
What literature term is defined as "an object in a novel, poem, or short story stands for a larger idea than what it literally is?"
Read the sentence.
The president of the company WAS ATTENDING the mandatory sales meeting.
Which type of phrase or clause is IN CAPS in the sentence?
What is A VERB PHRASE?
Read the excerpt from "Harrison Bergeron."
“You been crying?” he said to Hazel.
“Yup,” she said.
“What about?” he said.
“I forget,” she said. “Something real sad on television.”
“What was it?” he said.
“It’s all kind of mixed up in my mind,” said Hazel.
“Forget sad things,” said George.
“I always do,” said Hazel.
How does this interaction between George and Hazel develop Kurt Vonnegut’s theme on social criticism?
A. It demonstrates potential problems that occur in a competitive relationship.
B. It illustrates the need for maintaining equality in a society.
C. It suggests that women are more emotional than men.
D. It shows how technology can dehumanize and desensitize people.
What is:
D. It shows how technology can dehumanize and desensitize people.
"Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind."
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson in "Self-Reliance"?