Literary Terms/Figurative Language
“Life is like a box of chocolates.”
What is a simile?
Using cause/effect to show why pollution increased.
What is text structure?
A sentence that tells the reader what the essay will be about.
What is a thesis statement?
“As a doctor with 20 years of experience…”
What is ethos?
Memory of childhood trauma
What is a flashback?
The audience knows the villain is hiding behind the door.
What is dramatic irony?
The author’s attitude toward the subject, revealed through word choice.
What is tone?
What is an in-text MLA citation?
"Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation."
What is an allusion?
The witches’ prophecy in Macbeth hints at his rise and fall.
What is foreshadowing?
In Macbeth, this recurring image represents guilt and the psychological torment of the characters, especially after Duncan’s murder.
What is symbolism?
School start times should be later because...
What is a claim?
She likes running, swimming, and biking.
What is parallelism?
“Imagine your family losing their home…”
What is pathos?
Macbeth believes killing Duncan will secure his power, but it leads to his downfall.
What is situational irony?
A typical character type, symbol, or pattern that appears across literature.
What is an archetype?
Evaluating how trustworthy a source is based on expertise, accuracy, and lack of bias.
What is credibility?
“The dog chased the ball.”
What is active voice?
Only showing positive facts about one candidate
What is bias?
A novel with alternating chapters told by different characters.
What is multiple perspectives?
“The wind whispered through the trees.”
What is personification?
Headings, bolded words, captions, charts, or tables
What are text features?
“Some people say school start times shouldn’t change, but studies show later start times improve student performance.”
What is a counterargument?
“If we raise minimum wage even a little, every small business will go bankrupt,”
What is a fallacy?
Lady Macbeth is ambitious and manipulative but also struggles with guilt and fear.
What is a complex character?