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Literary Devices
Vocabulary
Grammar
SOAPSTone and Methods of Persuasion
100
All of the following are elements of SOAPSTone EXCEPT: purpose speaker appearance subject
What is appearance
100
The definition of a simile
What is a comparison of two unlike things using like or as
100
Something that is profound is: happy exciting moving depressing
Moving; touching; important
100
A compound sentences requires two _______________ clauses. What is the name of the type of clause?
What is an INDEPENDENT clause
100
What does each S stand for in SOAPSTone?
Speaker and Subject
200
All of the following are examples of breakfast food EXCEPT: cereal toast ice cream pop tarts
What is ice cream
200
The definition of a metaphor
What is the comparison of two unlike things (not using like or as)
200
The root –path– in the word empathy refers to a. understanding b. problems c. feelings d. light
What is C. feelings; as in empathy, sympathy, apathy
200
There are three ways to combine a compound sentence. Name one.
comma/conjunction or semicolon or semicolon/conjunctive adverb/comma
200
Who is the author of the LiveStrong bracelet?
What is Lance Armstrong
300
All of the following are examples of similes except: A. The light is as bright as the sun B. School is like prison C. It is so hot outside, I feel like I am in a desert D. Being at school is heaven
What is D. Being at school is heaven
300
The definition of personification
What is giving human characteristics to inanimate objects
300
What does the word empathize mean? a. understand or relate to b. encourage c. move past d. become familiar with
What is A. understand or relate to
300
1. In which of the following sentences is the subject missing? a. Mother told my her fears. b. Mother told my father fears. c. told my father her fears. d. Mother told father her fears.
What is C. told my father her fears. MOTHER is the subject.
300
The definition of tone
What is the author's attitude toward the text
400
Ate a delicious sandwich. All of the parts of a sentence are present in the phrase EXCEPT a. Subject b. Verb & Subject c. Object d. Verb
What is A. SUBJECT
400
Which type of literary device is used below? “They were writing down little sums on to an old chipped slate, using a bright piece of yellow chalk…It was a long, slender stick of vivid yellow. I had never seen anything like it before, and it showed up so well against the black surface of the slate…”
What is IMAGERY
400
What does the word inspiration mean? a. advocate b. encouragement c. improvement d. true statement
What is B. encouragement
400
7. In which of the following sentences is the direct object missing? a. Peyton Manning completed the to Reggie Wayne. b. Peyton Manning the pass to Reggie Wayne. c. completed the pass to Reggie Wayne. d. Peyton Manning completed the pass to .
What is a. PASS
400
Using facts and statistics.
What is LOGOS
500
Reference the metaphor below. “You are my rock.” All of the following are true EXCEPT: a. It appeals to our sense of smell. b. It conveys that one person can rely on (depend on) another. c. It compares unlike things. d. It equates a person with a rock.
What is A. it appeals to our sense of smell
500
Give the figurative meaning of it is raining cats and dogs. Explain the difference between figurative and literal.
What is it is raining very hard. Figurative is what we understand phrases to mean, and literal means the dictionary definition of the words.
500
The incident with the chalk can BEST be described as an epiphany for Christy’s family because: a. His mother’s hair grew back after Christy pulled one of her curls out. b. His sister Mona’s slate (chalkboard) was finally used. c. Christy’s display of intelligence was the first sign that his mind was not crippled. d. Since Christy learned the alphabet, it meant that he could finally talk.
What is C. Christy’s display of intelligence was the first sign that his mind was not crippled.
500
6. All of the following sentences are in S + V + IO + DO order EXCEPT: a. The mother bird fed a worm to its baby. b. I’d like to do you a favor. c. Carlos sent everyone in his family an email. d. He lent David his pencil.
What is A. The mother bird fed a worm to its baby.
500
Name and define the three methods of persuasion
What is Pathos- an appeal to emotion Logos- an appeal to logic Ethos- an appeal to credibility/trust in the speaker
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