Parts of Speech
Person, place, thing, or abstract concept
Noun
Why do Ponyboy and Johnny run away?
Johnny kills Bob
Exclusive control of the trade in some item or service
Monopoly
Type of persuasion where the blame is placed on a person or group
Scapegoat
Incipio, incipere, incepi, inceptus
To begin
Adverb
Who helped Ponyboy and Johnny run away?
Dally
Dwelling with two living quarters
Duplex
Type of persuasion featuring a well-known celebrity or public figure giving an endorsement
Testimonial
Totus
Used to join two sentences, clauses, subjects, etc.
Conjunction
What device did Shackleton's navigator use to calculate their position?
Sextant
A cure-all for diseases or troubles
Panacea
Type of persuasion which plays on paranoia or warning of disaster
Fear
Post
After
An adverb modifies these three parts of speech
verb, adjective, and adverb
What literary device is present: "like striking a stone wall with such force"?
Simile
One who deserts a group, cause, faither, etc.
Renegade
Type of persuasion which promises to elevate one's status
Snob Appeal
Ars, artis
Type of verb which requires a complement
linking verb
What character from summer reading wondered: "Why would a Dinka bring water to us"?
Nya
Ahead of the times, especially in the arts
Avant-garde
Three major types of rhetorical appeals and are also modes of persuasion
Ethos, Logos, and Pathos
Copia