Vocab
During Prohibition this place was known as an illegal barroom
Speakeasy
The reason an author writes a story is referred to as...
Author Purpose
How should book titles be formatted in an MLA essay?
In italics
What type of figurative language uses words "like" or "as" to compare two things
ex. His new shoes shined bright like a diamond
Simile
Why did Angela and Malachy McCourt get married?
Angela was pregnant.
One who voluntarily suffers death
Martyr
Refers to time periods, geographic locations, cultural contexts, immediate surroundings in a story
Setting
How should poem titles be formatted in an MLA essay?
In quotes
What type of figurative language gives humanlike sharacteristics to a non living object or animal.
ex. The leaves on the tree danced in the wind
Personification
Why does Angela’s family initially view Frank’s father with suspicion?
The Sheehan's are wary of Malachy’s northern ways and “odd” manner.
Opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas
Contradiction
Refers to a broad idea or moral in a story.
Theme
What should margins be set to when formatting an essay?
1 inch on all sides
An over-exaggeration used to emphasize an emotion or description.
Hyperbole
Why does Frank find it difficult to condemn his father for his drinking?
Frank remembers the cozy mornings he spends with his father in front of the fire/Has good memories of him.
The act of being formally forgiven
Absolution
Refers to the attitude the work takes toward the audience and subject.
Tone
What does MLA stand for?
Modern Language Association
A word that, when spoken aloud, imitates the sound it describes.
Ex. Meow!
Onomatopoeia
What is Frank’s father’s first and only Christmas present to his family?
A half-eaten box of chocolates
To speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
Prattle
Visual symbolism, or figurative language that evokes a mental image.
Imagery
Name the three things that MLA is most commonly applied to.
A figure of speech, in which an object or circumstance from an unrelated context is referred to covertly or indirectly.
Allusion
What does Frank compare his arrival in New York?
A movie