Literary Devices
The message of a story.
What is Theme?
A statement that says 80% of students have committed some sort of plagiarism.
What is logos?
Seemingly random numbers from the song Doot Doot by Skrilla.
What is 6 7?
The Articles of Confederation.
What is America’s first national government?
The group that supported ratifying the Constitution.
What are the Federalists?
An exaggeration of the truth.
What is Hyperbole?
9 out of 10 dentists recommend Colgate.
What is Ethos?
The hand gesture that accompanies 6 7
What is palms up and alternating hands?
The number of branches of government created by the Constitution, and their names.
What are the Three, and Executive, Legislative, and Judicial?
The group feared a strong national government.
What are the Anti-Federalists?
When the Author uses one thing throughout a novel or short story to represent an idea or a claim.
What is Symbolism?
An individual's story about losing their home during the 2008 recession.
What is Pathos?
A way of calling something ugly.
What is Chopped?
The main purpose of the Bill of Rights.
What is to protect individual freedoms and rights?
The three Founding figures who supported the Constitution and wrote in its defense.
Who are Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, or John Jay?
Naratives that represent something else entirely, like a historical event or significant ideology, are used to illustrate a deeper meaning.
What is Allegory?
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Logos
The word for correctly calling some out.
What is clocking someone? Or what is Clocked?
The amendment that protects against excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment.
What is the 8th Amendment?
The Anti-Federalists opposed the Constitution at first.
Because the Constitution did not include the Bill of Rights?
An indirect reference to a figure, event, place, or work of art outside the story.
What is an allusion?
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Ethos
An expression of amazement similar to "That's Awesome!".
What is "OH BANG!"?
The principle divides power between the national government and state governments.
What is federalism?
The name given to the collection of essays written to persuade states to ratify the Constitution?
What are the Federalist Papers?