(their/her) Each of the girls volunteers ____________time to charity.
What is her?
100
allegory
A story in which interconnected symbols create an overall story that has a meaning or moral.
100
You look like a million bucks!...well, ok, not exactly a million. that might be a bit of _______________.
hyperbole
200
You are asked to read an article and tell what it is mainly about, leaving out minute details, sticking to the big ideas. You are writing a ___________.
(his/her or their) Many of the students returned ______________ books.
What is their?
200
Is a hint about what is going to happen later in the plot
What is foreshadowing?
200
allusion
If it doesn't stop raining soon, I might have to build an ark. This is an example of ____________.
300
You are researching and you want to use information from a source in your paper. You must put that information into your own words. That is called a ___________.
paraphrase
300
(allusion/illusion) The magician perform a wonderful ______________.
What is an illusion?
300
(his/her or their) Someone left ________________ homework in my classroom.
What is his/her?
300
Statement that doesn't seem true, but it actually is
What is paradox?
300
An argument based on a incorrect assumption is based on what is called a _________________.
false premise
400
French phrase that means "the joy of living/life"
What is joie de vivre?
400
(whom/who) You gave the book to _______________?
What is whom?
400
(his/her or their) None of the students are ready for __________________ EOC.
What is their?
400
A play on words
What is puns?
400
a comparison used to help explain, using a known situation to explain how it is like one that is new or unknown.
analogy
500
example: When we wed 'neath the willows
while we wandered, weary and worried...
alliteration
500
(fewer/less) He has _________________patience than I.
What is less?
500
(his/her or their) Each of the fathers took ________sons fishing today.
What is his?
500
What literary element is found in the following phrase from Romeo and Juliet?
But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun
What is metaphor?
500
thesis
the heart of a paper or speech...what it is going to be about