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?
To start or cause to begin
What is initiate?
The setting of Romeo and Juliet
What is Verona, Italy?
Strategies you can use to write a topic sentence
What is: Sentence type, subordinating conjunction, appositive?
A poem that was an ode to a surprising creature that people usually do not think of in literary terms
What is Rat Ode by Elizabeth Acevedo?
A comparison made between two things using like or as
What is a simile?
An official rule or proclamation
What is an edict?
Juliet's family
What is the Capulets?
Four sentence types
What is statement, question, exclamation, command?
The name of the beloved professor who was actually a murderer in the fictional short story Entwined
Who is Russell Gramercy?
What is a metaphor?
A characteristic, quality or trait
What is an attribute?
Romeo's family
because tells why
but shows change of direction
___ indicates cause and effect
What is so?
A book about two teenagers set in Oakland, California
What is The 57 Bus?
The author's attitude towards the subject
What is tone?
To praise
What is laud?
A character in Romeo and Juliet who is a religious leader and advises Romeo and Juliet. Is often presented as compassionate, but can also be interpreted as manipulative
Who is Friar Lawrence?
The amount of paragraphs a literary analysis essay typically is
What is 2-3?
In The 57 Bus, Richard went to __________, Sasha went to Maybeck High School
What is Oakland High School?
A character who contrasts with another character, highlighting their qualities
What is a foil?
To criticize or scold
What is berate?
A 1996 romantic crime film directed, produced, and co-written by Baz Luhrmann which is a modernized adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy of the same name, still using Shakespearean English
What is Romeo + Juliet?
A statement about life, human nature (how people are) or society. Typically a sentence.
What is a thesis statement?
"Another very important way of coping was to immerse myself in books. When, precisely, I began reading, I cannot say. There was no signature moment, at least early on, but I imagine I discovered books as part of going to school. Books for me were what the ocean is to the fearless explorer..."
Who is Steve Pemberton?