Literary Devices
A figure of speech and literary device that creates heightened effect through exaggeration. Adds emphasis without the intention of being literally true.
What is hyperbole?
The first sentence of an introduction – grabs the reader's attention
What is a hook?
An official rule or proclamation
What is an edict?
A strategy that an author uses to develop a central idea
What is a writing strategy (or literary device, literary element, literary technique or rhetorical device)?
A book about the Holocaust
What is Night by Elie Wiesel?
A comparison made between two things using like or as
What is a simile?
A statement that explains the writers position on the issue
What is the thesis statement? (Claim plus reasons)
To praise
What is to laud?
What is two or three paragraphs?
A reference, typically brief, to a person, place, thing or event, or other literary work that it is presumed the reader is familiar with
What is an allusion?
A paragraph addressing the opposing sides' position on an argument
What is a counterclaim?
To make use of
What is utilize?
One writing strategy that can be incorporated into a literary analysis essay
What is characterization, conflict, denotation/connotation, metaphor, simile, irony, language use, point-of-view, setting, structure, symbolism, theme, tone etc?
The name of the beloved professor framed for murder in the fictional short story Entwined
Who is Russell Gramercy?
A comparison made between two things where something is said to be something else
What is a metaphor?
The amount of paragraphs an argumentative essay typically is
To criticize or scold
What is berate?
A statement about life, human nature (how people are) or society. The message that a writer wants readers to understand about the topic of their work. A universal statement about life or human nature. Usually a sentence.
What is a central idea?
A poem that was an ode to a surprising creature that people usually do not think of in literary terms
To describe something as though it were a person
A strategy to write an introductory paragraph for an argumentative essay
What is IWAS -
Introduce the topic or issue
Why is this topic important
Address or introduce both sides of the issue
State your claim/thesis statement?
Related to, part of, or from the outside
What is external?
A strategy to write a literary analysis essay (or any essay)
What is: TAG: Title, Author, Genre in intro
CICE: Context, Introduce Quote, Cite the evidence, Explain/Analyze
POWR: Pick my idea, Organize my notes, Write and say more, Revise, Edit
In The 57 Bus, Richard went to __________, Sasha went to Maybeck High School
What is Oakland High School?