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Figurative Language
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When characters have struggles within themselves is called -
What is internal conflict?
100
Memorandums or Memos are used to inform. They are written using bullet points, rather than long paragraphs so that - A. the reader doesn't get tired B. the information can be found with ease C. it looks good on the page
What is the information can be found with ease?
100
This refers to the underlying or central message that an author wants to convey about a work.
What is theme?
100
A compares two things that have something in common, using such words as - like or as -
What is a simile?
100
Armento, Beverly. A More Perfect Union. Boston: Apple. 1991 What is the name of the author in this bibliography?
Who is Beverly Armento?
200
This a person, place, or object that has a concrete meaning in itself and also stands for something beyond itself, such as an idea or feeling -
What is a symbol?
200
Writers always have a purpose in mind. A news article that tells about a famine in Africa would be A. to entertain us B. to inform us C. to demonstrate
What is to inform
200
This is the basic point a writer is making in a paragraph.
What is the main idea?
200
a direct comparison of two things that have something in common
What is a - metaphor -?
200
Jones, Robert. Eating Healthy Every Day. Los Angeles: Bartons, 2008 Which of the following questions is answered in this entry? A. How someone can find healthy food? B. What year Robert Jones was born? C. Where Bartons is located?
What is where is Bartons located?
300
These are works of literature that use symbols -
What are allegories?
300
When a work, whether it is a story, speech, poem, etc. touches upon the feelings of the reader is -
What is an appeal to emotion?
300
Brief stories that illustrate your point are called
What are anecdotes are anecdotal evidence?
300
"My car is a turtle on the roadway" is what type of figurative language? A. simile B. metaphor C. personification
What is a metaphor?
300
What is the correct way to write a bibliography entry for the following: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, 1946, Random House, New York A. Steinbeck, John, Of Mice and Men, Random House: New York, 1946 B. Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men. New York: Random House, 1946. C. Steinbeck, John Of Mice and Men, New York, Random House: 1946.
What is B. Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men. New York: Random House, 1946.
400
This narrator is an all knowing, objective observer who stands outside the action and reports what different characters are thinking -
What is third person omniscient point of view?
400
Using reasoning in essays, poems, speeches, stories, etc. is -
What is an appeal to logic?
400
Use this technique in persuasive essays or arguments to make a point against another claim -
What is a counterclaim?
400
"As I was walking that ribbon of highway" is what kind of figurative language?
What is a metaphor?
400
Which is the best way to cite a magazine? A. Sanchez, Edna. "Learning to Read." Phonics 13 Nov. 2000: 25-35. B. Edna Sanchez. "Learning to Read." Phonics. 13 Nov. 2000: 25-35. C. Sanchez, Edna Learning to Read, Phonics, 25-35, Nov. 2000
What is Sanchez, Edna. "Learning to Read." Phonics 13 Nov. 2000:25-35.
500
This is the use of vivid sensory details that appeal to the five senses (touch, smell, sight, sound, taste)
What is imagery?
500
If an author uses a short story or personal account in order to support an argument he or she is using the strategy called -
What is anecdotal evidence?
500
This is the character or voice that relates the story's events to the reader -
What is a narrator?
500
Figurative language A. is the literal meaning of words B. communicates ideas beyond the literal meaning of words. C. is plain, simple language.
B. communicates ideas beyond the literal meaning of words.
500
What is commonly found in a bibliography or works cited page? A. All entries are alphabetically ordered by last name of author. B. All entries are numbered C. All entries are ordered by date published
What is All entries are alphabetically ordered by last name of author.
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