M words
What is a concise statement, often offering advice; an adage?
Maxim
POP QUIZ!!!!
Where did the name Lord of the Flies come from
Because Simon imagined the spear with the pig's head and flies swarming around it talking to him
POP QUIZ!!!!
What is Ralph's first act upon being elected leader?
He names Jack the leader of Hunters
POP QUIZ!!!!
Who is the first person to talk of the beast?
The mulberry boy
What is a poem's rhythm?
Meter
POP QUIZ!!!!
A. How does the mulberry boy disappear?
B. And who is the first to notice?
A. he burns to death when the signal fire catches the rest of the forest on fire
B. Piggy
What is non-fiction writing that relates information in an impersonal manner?
Objective
What is a story that operates on more than one level and usually teaches a moral lesson?
Parable
What is a figure of speech in which a representative term is used for a larger idea and can simplify an idea?
Metonymy
What is a story or narrated account?
narrative
What is a narrator who is able to know, see, and tell all, including the inner thoughts and feelings of the characters?
Omniscient Narrator
What occurs when the elements of a statement contradict each other and can reveal a hidden truth?
Paradox
What is a quick succession of images or impressions used to express an idea?
Montage
What is writing that tells a true story or explores an idea?
Nonfiction
What is the use of words the mimic the sounds they describe (ex. “Hiss”, “buzz”, “bang” etc.)?
Onomatopoeia
What is a restatement of a text in a different form or in different word, often for the purpose of clarity?
Paraphrase
What is the repetition or variations of an image or ideas in a work used to develop theme or characters?
Motif
What is a statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before?
Non sequitur
What is an image of contradictory terms (ex. Bittersweet, pretty ugly, humankind)?
Oxymoron
What is a very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical,playful, elliptical, vivid, and ephemeral than ordinary language?
Slang