LD #1
"She was feeling under the weather yesterday."
Euphemism
Two contradicting words that are placed next to each other.
Oxymoron
"The early bird catches the worm..."
Not aphorism
Adage
Kind/warmhearted
Benevolent
distrustful
Cynical
"You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget."
- Not parallelism
- Not paradox
- Not juxtaposition
Chiasmus
The first step to writing an argument essay is to write your claim. Then, you need to gather evidence to prove your claim.
"The big sycamore by the creek was gone. The willow tangle was gone. The little enclave of untrodden bluegrass was gone."
Epistrophe
Gullible
Credulous
Scold or reprimand
Admonish
"There may also be a dragon with five legs in my house..."
Hyperbole
How the reader feels
"It’s warm as blood beneath the clods"
Simile
"All of you are wonderful writers! Keep up the good work!"
Complimentary
Romeo and Juliet- film clip
-Not ardent
Contemplative
"Abigail Williams is a young, manipulative, deceitful, and influential girl."
-Not asyndeton
- Not expletive
- Not parallelism
Enumeratio
Juliet: "Yea, noise? Then I'll be brief. O happy dagger! This is thy sheath."
- Not personification
- Not metaphor
- Not hypophora
Apostrophe
“The fire leaped and threw shadows on the house."
Personification
Ugh...I thought the new restaurant they opened was going to be good, but their food was bland.
Disillusioned
"Why do you have to give us so much homework? Why? I don’t want to read all these chapters! I would like snickers please. I just love chocolate. I can’t wait for Christmas!"
Capricious
The Office -film clip
- Not abhorrent
Brusque
Elf- film clip
Ebullient