Literary Devices
A word that sounds like what it is describing.
What is onomatopoeia?
The author of Long Way Down.
Who is Jason Reynolds?
The woman who is said to have started the Trojan War after she was taken from her husband, Menelaus, by Paris of Troy.
Who is Helen?
Using pathos and ethos WITHOUT any logos.
What is propaganda?
This is both the death day and birthday of William Shakespeare (at least state the month).
What is April 23rd?
The four types of conflict in a story.
What is character vs. self/society/character/nature?
The author of "Still I Rise", and a mentor to 2Pac.
Who is Maya Angelou?
Odysseus's son, who eventually married Circe (who also had a child with Odysseus).
Who is Telemachus (T-Mac)?
This outlawed slavery EXCEPT when a person has been convicted of a crime.
What is the 13th amendment?
The first person to die in Romeo and Juliet, he goes out with a pun.
Who is Mercutio?
The literary device used in the following quote from "The Rose That Grew From Concrete":
"Proving nature's law wrong it / learned to walk without having feet" (Shakur).
What is personification?
A word or phrase that Will enjoyed in Long Way Down, created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase, i.e. scare=cares.
What is an anagram?
The nymph who held Odysseus hostage for 7 years and offered him a life of immortal bliss.
Who is Calypso?
What are control, loss of freedom, restriction of information, surveillance, fear, dehumanization, technology, loss of individuality, propaganda, division and exclusion, and illusion of utopia?
The most common way to die in Shakespearean plays.
What is being stabbed?
The symbolic meaning of the battered, old black box of names in "The Lottery".
What is tradition?
According to Chimamanda Adiche, this is the "Danger of a Single Story".
What is the creation of stereotypes, which are not necessarily untrue, but are incomplete?
The steps of the Hero's Journey (name at least 3).
What are Unusual Birth or Childhood, Call to Adventure, Crossing the Threshold, Challenges or Trials, Supernatural Helper or Mentor, Special Weapon, Abyss or Tempation, Transformation, Return Home, and Master of Two Worlds?
The type of rhetoric (persuasion) MLK used in the following quote:
"When you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six year old daughter why she can’t go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television, and see tears welling up in her eyes when she is told that Funtown is closed to colored children..."
What is pathos?
Shakespeare's favorite meter, composed of 5 pairs of unstressed/stressed syllables per line.
What is iambic pentameter?
Words that should NOT be included in a theme.
What are "I believe", "should/should not", "never/always", etc.?
The three rules in Long Way Down.
What are no crying, no snitching, and get revenge?
These are the visual text codes that appear on this page (name at least 2).
What are bird's eye view, onomatopoeia, cool colors, facial expressions, etc. ?
The type of rhetoric and logical fallacy used in the following quote:
If you want to be healthy, you need to drink 12 oz. of apple cider vinegar every day. I read about it on a fitness blog.
What is ethos and appeal to false authority?
The rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet.
What is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG?