The word below that means to quote an authority or example: rhetorical disparage adept anecdote cite
What is cite?
100
The author of the modes of persuasion.
Who is Aristotle?
100
There are eight of these and the explain how words are used.
What are the parts of speech?
100
Adjectives can be used for all the following except:
character traits, author's tone, author's mood, author's narrative point of view
What is author's narrative point of view?
100
All of the following are figures of speech except:
hyperbole preposition idiom cliche
What is a preposition?
200
The word below that means inexpressible:
pragmatic venerate ineffable irreverent felicitous
What is ineffable?
200
The propaganda technique that focuses more on the person than the product.
What is transfer?
200
These three little words are the only words that are technically not a part of speech.
What are articles (the, a, an)?
200
A character telling a story within a story and is VERY IMPORTANT is called this.
What is the main character/ protagonist/ major character?
200
This example of figurative language compares two things that are not commonly compared, without the help of the words like, as, or than.
What is a metaphor?
300
The meaning of magnanimous.
What is free of resentment or forgiving?
300
The mode of persuasion used in the following: A kid begins to cry and sits in the middle of a grocery store aisle because he wants Lucky Charms, but his father chose Raisin Bran. The father eventually chooses a box of Lucky Charm and the kid stops crying.
What is pathos?
300
The CAPITALIZED portion is called this (the complete name): DRIVING HOME, I noticed my passenger window would not roll down.
What is a participial phrase?
300
While reading a story on the mid-term exam, students were asked to identify the opposite of a word in the story. Another word for opposite is this.
What is an antonym?
300
The figure of speech used in the following: "All night long he can hear Nature breathing deeply and freely."
What is personification?
400
The following word that is one of Ms. Cohen's favorite words and means unnecessary: tenacious conciliatory superfluous boorish
What is superfluous?
400
The propaganda technique used: A famous chef promotes the Wii Cookbook.
What is testimonial? (side note--this would be plain folks if the famous chef was actually playing a Wii game and if the game was not related to cooking).
400
All of the following are parts of speech, except:
preposition verb appositive pronoun
What are appositives?
400
The major event in a story that is necessary for the story to come to an end.
What is the climax?
400
This literary device (or figure of speech) uses words to help readers see, hear, feel, taste, or smell details in a story, such as in these lines: "The stars were clear and colored, but not frosty. A faint silvery vapor stood for the Milky Way."
What is imagery?
500
The meaning of intemperate.
What is characterized by excessive indulgence?
500
When writing a persuasive argument, this part refutes the opposing side of your viewpoint.
What is the counterargument?
500
These words are formed from action words, but are not a part of speech.
What are verbals?
500
Without this element, you do not have a story, it is just information.
What is conflict/ problem?
500
The name of term that explains all of the words that help describe a story, poem, song, or other narrative pieces of writing: rhetorical devices, persuasive techniques, figures of speech, literary devices