Persuasive Techniques
Groups three adjectives or phrases to make ideas more memorable.
Rule of Three
Gives human characteristics to non-human things
Personification
A type of poem that creates the shape of a diamond
Diamante
A type of sentence which consists of only one independent clause.
Simple
What did Meg hear at the post office?
A tramp stole some sheets
Uses an idea presented as fact without any evidence
Assertion
Means somethings other than what is actually being said.
Idiom
A poem that makes a shape
Concrete
A type of sentence which consists of a two independent clauses
compound
What did the children notice about the children playing in the yards of the houses in Camazotz.
They were playing in the exact same rhythm
Uses feelings to engage the audience
Emotions (Pathos)
Uses words to make sounds
Onomatopoeia
A poem made of three lines with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.
Haiku
A type of sentence which consists of a dependent and independent clause
Complex
Mrs. Which says she knows where Mr. Murry is. Where is he?
Behind the darkness
Uses the power of the mind to think and form judgements logically.
Reason (Logos)
Uses a comparison of unlike things using 'like' or 'as'
simile
A type of poem with a distinctive rhyming pattern.
Limerick
Name at least 3 parts of speech and what they are.
Noun, verb, pronoun, adjective, etc.
Why didn't they bring Charles Wallace with them when they escaped Camazotz?
It could have killed him.
Uses establishment of authority and reliability to gain the trust of the audience.
Credibility (Ethos)
Metaphor
A type of poem consisting of five lines. It usually mentions the subject, adjectives describing the subject, and verbs related to the subject.
Cinquain
What are the four sentence purposes?
Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative, Exclamatory
The man with red eyes says that it must be Charles Wallace who must work with him. Why?
Meg and Calvin's nerves are not complex enough