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Potpourri
100
A recurring image that appears throughout a novel or story such as unusual occurrences such as the rabid dog, snow in Alabama, burning house, etc. in To Kill a Mockingbird.
What is motif
100
"The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on." The poem is mainly an example of this type of figurative language.
What is personification
100
A poem having the form and musical quality of a song.
What is a lyric poem
100
Using Context Clues tell me the definition of the word saturated in the sentence below: The saturated, dripping dog ran in the house after swimming in the lake.
What is wet
100
"In the fall, the leaves out where I live put on an amazing display of colors. In their descent into death, they seem to catch fire and burn a brilliant flame of scarlet, tangerine, or gold. Visually, their last days are worth far more than all their days of green and glorious life." This is the author's primary purpose.
What is to describe
200
A story with symbolic characters, events, or objects representing moral principles and ideas.
What is an allegory
200
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What is oxymoron
200
"...It is a downright mockery to talk to women of their enjoyment of the blessings of liberty while they are denied the use of the only means of securing them provided by this government--the ballot." This excerpt from "On Women's Right to Vote" by Susan B. Anthony is an example of: a) connotation b) bias c) anecdote
What is bias
200
Using Context Clues tell me the definition of the word thrive in the sentence below: Bats that eat fruit and nectar spread seeds and help flowers grow. Without bats many important plants would not thrive.
What is to flourish
200
"Nurses and nuns never think you know what they're talking about. If you're ten going on eleven, you're supposed to be simple like my uncle Pat Sheehan who was dropped on his head. You can't ask questions." "Critical" is the word that best describes the ______ of this passage: a) style b) mood c) tone
What is tone
300
"Thunderstorms occur when hot air mixes with cold air, and they can be a destructive force of nature." A written work with that thesis statement will most likely follow this type of organizational structure/pattern: a) description b) cause and effect c) problem and solution d) comparison and contrast
What is cause and effect
300
You 'plogize to Miz. Lillian Jean 'fore I holler at your Mammy. I jus' 'ploized 'fore y'all got here.
What is dialect
300
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep but I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleep." The "miles to go before I sleep" refers to living life before dying. Therefore, it is an example of this poetic term. (NOT a metaphor)
What is a symbol
300
Using Context Clues tell me the definition of the word pioneered in the sentence below: The ancient Greeks pioneered many kinds of writing we consider standard today. They wrote speeches , plays, poems, books about science and learning, long histories of things that happened then.
What to originate or take part in the development of
300
Fifty-five mostly prominent, male delegates attended the Philadelphia Convention in 1787. About 75% of the delegates had served in Congress and others were important people in their home states. These men are often referred to as the Framers of the Constitution. The word prominent probably means?
What is important
400
Bringing your own lunch to school is the only way to go. School lunches are gross and should be outlawed. I think that I would even like to eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches every day than have to even smell what they cook. This is an example of which persuasive tactic.
What is bias
400
"Getting your driver's license is like a bird learning to fly. It's an adventure; you feel independent and free." This is an example of a particular rhetorical device. (NOT a simile)
What is analogy
400
A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity.
What is paradox
400
We know Katrina is apprehensive about many things because she is so afraid of petting large animals, seeing spiders on the wall, ad walking through the tall grass. Using the example clue, the word apprehensive in this sentence means
What is unsure of/ hesistant
400
"Bob had always been one of those guys you had to watch out for. Not in the sense that he was going to attack you physically, but it was more like you never really knew just when he was going to stab you in the back or sabotage your best efforts." This is the word that best describes Bob: a) selfish b) opinionated c) ignorant d) unscrupulous
What is unscrupulous
500
This term refers to the grammatical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give them equal importance or structural similarity.
What is parallelism
500
"Did you want to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes? Shoulders falling down like teardrops, weakened by my soulful cries?" The word that best describes the mood of this stanza is: a) curious b) somber c) defeated
What is somber
500
Using Context Clues tell me the definition of the word sustain in the sentence below: Lakes occupy less the two percent of the Earth's surface , yet they help to sustain life. For instance, lakes give us fish to eat, irrigate crops and generate electrical power.
What is to prolong, To keep in existence; maintain
500
Using the context clues, give the meaning for the word in CAPITAL letters. George Washington Carver was frequently sick as a child. He was often kept apart, or QUARANTINED from his siblings.
What is kept apart
500
What do we want of these men? What do we want of ourselves? This is an example of ___.
What is parallelism
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