"the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid," typically using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
200
"an imaginary place in which the government, laws, and social conditions are perfect;" an "ideal" society
What is a utopian society?
200
this is "used to support an argument/position...and is provided in the form of quotation, paraphrase," etc.
What is textual evidence?
200
Roald Dahl
Who is the author that wrote "Lamb to the Slaughter?"
200
when the audience knows something that the character does not
What is dramatic irony?
200
"a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable," for example: "Your love is my drug."
What is a metaphor?
300
"wore a tremendous pair of earphones," "spectacles with thick wavy lenses," "looked like a walking junkyard," etc.
What are ways in which Harrison Bergeron is described?
300
"a sentence that expresses the main idea of the paragraph in which it occurs"
What is a topic sentence?
300
she goes from being a domesticated housewife who loves her husband dearly to a sneaky and manipulative killer, who laughs as the detectives eat the evidence
What is Mary's "transformation?"
300
when you expect one thing to happen, but the opposite happens
What is situational irony?
300
"the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form"
What is personification?
400
the Handicaper General, in charge of handicapping people, ensuring they STAY handicapped, and maintaining "equality"
Who is Diana Moon Glampers?
400
time, place, social context
What are three elements of short stories?
400
catering to her husband's every need, sewing, being pregnant, cooking, waiting FOR and On her husband, etc.
What are examples of Mary reinforcing traditional gender stereotypes?
400
to give credit to the author, to give your research reliability, to avoid being accused of plagiarism, etc.
What are reasons it is important to cite sources?
400
a poem in which the author/speaker describes a woman as "the first beautiful thing I ever got stuck on"
What is "OCD?"
500
the ending line of "Harrison Bergeron"
What is " 'Gee-' said Hazel, 'I could tell that one was a doozy.' "
500
a "claim" that "usually appears at the end of the introductory paragraph of a paper, [offering] a concise summary of the main point or claim of the essay, research paper, etc"
What is a thesis statement?
500
killing her husband, hiding the truth, sneakily convincing the detectives to unknowingly eat the murder weapon, etc.
What are examples of Mary undermining traditional gender stereotypes?
500
the direct quote in quotation marks, followed by the author's last name and page number in parenthesis, followed by the ending punctuation
What is proper in-text citation for a direct quote?
500
"struggle and fight, darken and light, riot and quell, drive and impel..."