Who Said It?
"Give me liberty or give me death!"
Who is Patrick Henry?
This Emily Dickinson poem uses personification to describe a normal, everyday scene in a beautiful way
What is A Bird Came Down the Walk?
He wrote the play Julius Caesar
Who is William Shakespeare?
A logical fallacy that involves a personal insult rather than a valid argument
What is ad hominem?
Easy one here... it's Nola's favorite brother
Who is Sean Fitzhenry?
"Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?"
Who is Ernest Hemingway?
This Yeats poem paints a disturbing religous picture to mourn the way that society has supposedly deteriorated
What is The Second Coming?
Who is Piggy?
Extreme exaggeration used to emphasize and get the point across
What is hyperbole?
His dad is an insurance agent
Who is Sam Nash?
“I have always understood the Nazis because I am of that sort by nature.”
Who is William Golding?
This Ernest Hemingway story is about relationships, communication, and big decisions
What is Hills Like White Elephants?
He wrote a treatise on rhetoric and came up with ethos, logos, and pathos.
Who is Aristotle?
The intentional use of an apparent contradiction
What is an oxymoron?
Who is Caden Bult?
"There is no beauty without some strangeness"
What is Nothing Gold Can Stay?
He masterfully used his words to inspire his people, sometimes romanticizing war and using euphemisms in the process.
Who is Winston Churchill?
The thing that's being described in the metaphor (NOT the vehicle-- that's HOW it's being described)
What is the tenor?
Mr. Darling's occupation
What is a dentist?
“It is not enough to know what we ought to say; we must also say it as we ought"
Who is Aristotle?
This reading criticizes those who use euphemisms and romanticize war and violence.
What is Words and Behavior?
He mysteriously died at 40, an end that mirrored his writings and life
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
Taking the first clause and reversing it in the second.
What is chiasmus?
Who is Popcorn?