Figurative Language
Language which means exactly what you say
e.g. "Get out of here!" (The speaker really means for you to leave.)
What is literal language?
What is the organizational pattern in the following example?
“Public schools should require students to wear uniforms because they save parents money, deemphasize fashion, and create school spirit.”
What is cause and effect?
Before defrosting the windshield, Lila tried to remove the ice and snow from her vehicle.
Select the gerund or gerund phrase.
What is defrosting the windshield?
Scenery and how characters speak are found where in a drama?
What is brackets?
A set of three periods that indicates the omission of words from quoted material, hesitation, or trailing off in dialogue or train of thought is known as?
What is an ellipsis?
A figure of speech in which a writer or speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it actually is.
e.g. "Looks like it rained a little bit last night," when it flooded.
What is an understatement?
What is the following organizational pattern?
“The death of Mac's mother created for him a shocked disbelief, then a personal loneliness and grief that led to declining health.”
What is chronological order?
What is the gerund or gerund phrase?
In 1993, to meet demand for better fuel economy, the automobile company Toyota began developing the hybrid car now known as the Prius.
What is developing the hybrid car?
What type of drama ends unhappily and deals with serious, universal themes such as right and wrong, justice and injustice, and life and death?
What is tragedy?
A device in which a writer compares the shared qualities of two unrelated objects.
Example:
What is an analogy?
The use of real world objects to represent abstract ideas.
e.g. Jennifer's boyfriend gave her a red rose. The red rose has meaning. What type of figurative language is this?
What is symbolism?
What is the following organizational pattern?
“Mary, like her sister, has brown hair. However, the two differ when it comes to eye color.
What is Compare and Contrast?
Select the infinitive or infinitive phrase.
In 2012, the political correspondent Candy Crowley hosted the second debate between President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney; she was the first woman in twenty years to moderate a general-election presidential debate.
What is to moderate a general-election presidential debate.
A person who writes the play or drama is known as?
What is a playwright?
A viewpoint that opposes your main argument and shows that you've considered other points of view.
What is a counterargument?
Two contradictory terms side by side.
e.g. The chocolate cake my mom fixed was 'awfully good."
What is an oxymoron?
What is the following organizational pattern?
“Since pollution has a detrimental impact on modern living standards, a key solution is increased recycling of waste products.”
What is problem and solution?
Select the infinitive or infinitive phrase.
The Ravens' new pitcher, who keeps hitters off balance with his devastating fast ball and solid breaking ball, continues to exceed expectations.
What is a major division in the action of a play known as?
What is an act?
What is the part of an argument which proves that an argument is wrong or false?
What is refutation?
A figure of speech that references a person, place, thing, or event.
e.g. Chocolate is her Achilles heel.
What is a Mythological Allusion?
What is the following organizational pattern?
-Fill a bath with 10 gallons of water.
-Test the water to make sure it is not above 140 degrees.
-Add 6 oz. ammonia
What is sequence of events?
Is the sentence written in active or passive voice?
The enormous alligator in our backyard is being captured by animal control right now!
What is Passive Voice?
A speech by a character alone onstage to himself or herself or to the audience is known as?
What is a soliloquy?
What is the term meant when you leave something out or exclude (someone or something), either intentionally or forgetfully?
What is omit, omission or omitted?