Literary Techniques
Whats a metaphor?
A direct comparison between two unlike things
What is ethos?
Appeals to the speaker's credibility or authority
What is the main characters name?
Holden Caulfield
What is a personifiction?
Giving human qualities to non-human things
What is pathos?
Appeals to the audience emotions
What is Holden's history teachers name?
Mr.Spencer
What is imagery?
Vivid sensory language that creates a picture in the reader's mind
What is a rhetorical question?
A question asked for effect, not to get an answer
In Chapter 1 where was Holden as book started?
On top of the hill watching the game
What is foreshadowing?
Hints about what will happen later in a story
What is a hyperbole?
Deliberate exaggeration to make a point
Private school in Agerstown
What is Allusion?
A brief reference to a well-known person, place, event, or work
What is parallelism?
Similar structure in a series of phrases or clauses
In chapter 3 what does Ackley do that annoys Holden?
Ackley comes in without permission, and touches everything in Holden's room