Speaking Figuratively
"The river, a long and blue snake, slithered through town" is an example of this literary device.
What is a metaphor?
Charging your audience with a task that will promote your position.
What is a Call to Action?
This is a contraction for the words "they are."
What is they're
I am thankful that she chose to be an advocate for CASA.
A. a person who pleads for or in behalf of another B. to speak or write in favor of
What is A. a person who pleads for or in behalf of another?
This element of poetry has a repeating pattern of similar sounds at the end of each line and stanza.
What is rhyme scheme?
"The wind whispered in my ear as I walked home" is an example of this figurative language.
What is personification?
This type of argument uses emotion to attempt to sway the audience.
What is pathos?
I cannot decide ________ to wear my raincoat or take my umbrella. A. Whether B. Weather
What is A. Whether?
The Latin prefix "acu-" means "sharp." Give a word that begins with this prefix.
(Possible answers include: What is acupuncture, acute?)
Iambic Pentameter is an example of this.
What is meter?
He laughed like a donkey.
What is a simile?
This type of argument uses logic and statistics to convince their readers.
What is logos?
“I am hungrier ___ a horse” A. then B. than
What is B. than?
The Latin prefix "ambi-" means "on both sides." This is an example of a word that uses this prefix.
(Possible answers: What is ambivalent, ambidextrous)
An example of this is: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
What is alliteration?
What we call clues or hints that something is going to happen.
What is foreshadowing?
This type of argument is based on the credibility of the writer.
What is ethos?
I hope the club will _______ my application. A. accept B. except
What is A. accept?
The Greek prefix "aut-" means "directed from within." This word is an example of this Greek prefix.
(Possible answers: What is an automobile, autograph, autobiography?)
A line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable (iambs). For example: "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
What is iambic pentameter?
A seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true.
What is a paradox?
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
What is anaphora?
The medicine did not ______ me as bad as I expected, but I did experience an interesting side _____.
A. affect, affect B. affect, effect C. effect, affect D. effect, effect
What is B. affect, effect?
The following is the best definition of "perfunctory" as used in this sentence: "He dropped his wife perfunctory kiss on her cheek and left."
A. performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial B. lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm; indifferent or apathetic
What is A. performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial.
This type of poem was often used by Shakespeare and contains 14 lines of iambic pentameter and contains the following rhyme scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.
What is a sonnet?