On Demand Writing
Grab Bag
Characterization
Literary Devices
ACT Grammar
100
A question, quote, statement of importance, or brief story.
What is an attention catcher?
100
This is the character listed below that did not appear in any of the texts we read: Candy Coyote Mr. Sam Owl Eyes Hale
Mr. Sam
100
Give the definition of characterization.
What is ways in which an author supplies the audience with information about a character that helps the audience understand the deeper meanings of the text.
100
Placing two objects, ideas, etc. next to each other for examination.
What is juxtaposition?
100
Name the grammatical problem with the sentence below: The police chased the man from Dallas, Texas all the way to the border of Mexico.
What is missing comma after Texas?
200
This is what RAFTS stands for.
Role, Audience, Format, Topic, and Strong Verbs.
200
This how the speaker feels about its subject.
What is tone?
200
This is the only character in The Great Gatsby who gives us characterization via private thoughts.
Who is Nick Carraway?
200
This literary device is represented in the sentence below: "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
What is a metaphor?
200
Name the grammar problem with this sentence: "I love to read and biking."
What is parallel structure issue?
300
When writing an argument essay, this is the extra component that should be included.
What is a counterargument?
300
This text was written by Arthur Miller.
What is The Crucible?
300
This type of characterization is represented in the sentence below: The man was tall, skinny, and irregularly shaped--like a strange palm tree.
What is physical description/characteristics?
300
This literary device is represented in the sentences below: "The sun streaks were high on the wall by now, and the light was growing soft in the barn."
What is imagery?
300
This punctuation mark separates two complete thoughts and implies a close relationship between those two thoughts.
What is a semicolon?
400
An introduction must answer these two questions.
What is my opinion? Why do I believe this?
400
The text in which this quote appears: "The silence fell on the room again. It came out of the night and invaded the room."
What is Of Mice and Men?
400
This characterization method is represented in the quote below...choose carefully: "The girl is murder! She must be ripped out of the world."
What is view of others?
400
These TWO literary devices are represented in the sentences below. "His huge companion dropped his blankets and flung himself down and drank from the surface of the green pool; drank with long gulps, snorting into the water like a horse."
What is simile and zoomorphism? (Also acceptable imagery)
400
This type of sentence is represented below: The man ran, but the police caught him.
What is a compound sentence?
500
A body paragraph must answer these two questions and in a passage based question it must give this.
What is 1.) Why do I believe this and 2.) How do I know I'm right? AND Textual evidence
500
This word, taken from The Great Gatsby, is an adjective and means superior or snobby.
What is supercilious?
500
These are the five ways authors characterize a character.
What is 1.) Private thoughts 2.) Views of others 3.) Actions and behavior 4.) Dialogue 5.) Physical characteristics
500
These two literary devices are very similar. One is applied to humans, the other is applied to animals. You must name both in order.
What is zoomorphism and personification?
500
These are five of the six comma rules.
What is What is (any five) 1.) in a compound sentence 2.) after an introductory phrase 3.) in a series 4.) in an address (after a state...Winchester, Ky.,) 5.) When directly addressing a person (Susan,...) 6.) around non-esssential stuff
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