Literary Devices
Other than personification, what literary device is used in the phrase, "The cat gave a frightful grin, showing white razors from ear to ear"?
Metaphor
What type of repetition is used below in “The Delight Song of Tsoai-talee” by N. Scott Momaday?
I am a feather on the bright sky
I am the blue horse that runs in the plain
I am the fish that rolls, shining, in the water
I am the shadow that follows a child
Anaphora
Provide at least two examples of nonfiction texts.
Books and textbooks, newspaper and magazine articles, literary essays, biographies, and memoirs
State and explain the four rhetorical appeals proposed by Aristotle.
Logos: appeal to logic, Ethos: appeal to ethics/credibility, Pathos: appeal to emotion, and Kairos: appeal to time.
According to the excerpt from Is it Right for People to have the Ability to Select their Child’s Traits? by Ruby, what change should be made in sentence 1?
Change then to than
What literary device is used in Robert Frost's, "After-Apple Picking"?
I feel the ladder sway as the boughs bend.
And I keep hearing from the cellar bin
The rumbling sound
Of load on load of apples coming in.
Imagery
Other than refrain and rhyme, what poetic feature is evident below in “daughters” by Lucille Clifton?
woman who shines at the head
of my grandmother’s bed,
brilliant woman, i like to think
you whispered into her ear
instructions.
Enjambment
Unlike fiction, nonfiction texts typically have more graphical elements like pictures, stylized font, graphs, and charts because
Nonfiction texts must present facts and data in a way that is engaging for the reader.
Identify and explain the logical fallacy used in the sentence below:
"Either the butler did it, or the witness for the defense is lying."
Either-or fallacy: assumption that there are fewer alternatives than there are (typically two). When this happens, we mistakenly suppose that a lack of consistency is true when it is false.
According to the excerpt from Is it Right for People to have the Ability to Select their Child’s Traits? by Ruby, how should sentence 3 be changed?
Change childs to child’s
In Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games, the characters in the novel are chosen at random to play in a death game with one remaining survivor. The literary device used in the repeated line, “May the odds be ever in your favor,” is -
Irony
In “The Oak” by Alfred Lord Tennyson, the poem is a metaphor that compares the Oak to -
a. the seasons
b. strength
c. human life
d. life and death
c. human life
Explain the difference between biographies and autobiographies.
A biography is a work written about someone else's life. An autobiography is a work about one's own life.
According to the excerpt from The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle, based on the author’s comments, the reader can conclude that the author believes -
a. big companies have the strongest culture
b. there is another way to create culture
c. people are thinking about culture incorrectly
d. group culture is not a strongly established trait
c. people are thinking about culture incorrectly
Explain the difference between independent and dependent clauses.
An independent clause is a complete sentence and thought.
A dependent clause is a group of words that contains a subject and verb but does not express a complete thought.
In The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, gold served as a symbol for -
Greed
In “The Oak” by Alfred Lord Tennyson, which of the lines below contain poetic language that conveys a sense of youth?
a. Bright in spring,
b. Summer-rich
c. Autumn-changed
d. Gold again.
a. Bright in spring
In the excerpt from “The Good Apples” by Daniel Coyle, the results of Felps’s experiment lead the reader to believe that -
a. people need to work with like individuals
b. one bad apple ruins a group’s ability to accomplish a task
c. a group’s success depends on all members
d. people are influenced by those around them
d. people are influenced by those around them
According to the excerpt from The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle, the author includes the stats about increased income to -
a. compare several success stories
b. explain why he is focused on culture
c. suggest culture defines a company
d. show how important culture can be
d. show how important culture can be
Explain the difference between coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.
Coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS) are used to combine words, phrases, or clauses. If it is used to combine two independent clauses, a comma is necessary before it.
Subordinating conjunctions (AAAWWUBBIS) are used to combine dependent and independent clauses. If the dependent clause comes first, a comma is needed at its end before the independent clause. Otherwise, no comma is necessary.
Other than a simile, what literary device is used in this line from Shrek?
"Ogres are like onions... Onions have layers. Ogres have layers. You get it? We both have layers."
Analogy
Iambic pentameter means
There are 5 repeated feet of unstressed-stressed syllables.
Iambic pentameter resembles a heartbeat: “love is a smoke made with the fumes of sighs.” ba-dum, ba-dum, ba-dum.
In the excerpt from “The Good Apples” by Daniel Coyle, the excerpt supports the author’s claim that -
a. outward appearances are deceiving
b. people can sabotage a group’s work
c. one member can affect group productivity
d. each person plays an integral role
c. one member can affect group productivity
Identify the logical fallacy in, "We shouldn't have to read this book by Freud. Everyone knows he used cocaine."
Ad hominem
Identify the mistake in "Five year-olds look overjoyed on the first day of preschool, but disillusionment soon sets in."
"Five-year-olds" must be completely hyphenated; otherwise, there are 5 "year-olds" (5 babies who are 12 months old).