Poetic Devices
Literary Elements & Techniques
Texts We Read
Controlling Idea
Teachers at Emma
100
a comparison of two unlike things using the word like or as
What is a simile?
100
refers to the time and place in which a story takes place
What is setting?
100
"Night" took place during this time period
What is the Holocaust?
100
Controlling ideas asks you to support your idea using __ texts.
What is two?
100
The ESL 1 teacher
Who is Mr. Diaz?
200
a comparison of two unlike things without using the word like or as
What is a metaphor
200
the central idea or concept of a story
What is theme?
200
Mr. Chong in "Two Kinds"
Who was Jing-Mei's piano teacher?
200
A controlling idea = Given idea + ____________
What is original idea?
200
The teacher who has been teaching the longest in the school
Who is Ms. Lobuglio?
300
giving human qualities to a non-living thing
What is personification?
300
the use of figurative language to create visual representations of actions, objects and ideas in our mind
What is imagery?
300
The end of "The Story of an Hour" is...
What is ironic?
300
Create a controlling idea for Love
What is Love...?
300
The number of teachers with the first name Michael
What is two?
400
The repetition of the first letter of a word for two or more consecutive words
What is alliteration?
400
use of the words in such a way in which the intended meaning is completely opposite to their literal meaning
What is irony?
400
At the end of "Daughter of Invention," her father buys her...
What is a typewriter?
400
Create a controlling idea for "Growing Older."
What is Growing Older...?
400
The spelling of our male Assistant Principal's name
What is H-E-C-K-E-T-H-O-R-N?
500
extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
500
the main character of story, novel or a play
What is the protagonist?
500
Johnny communicated using...
What is morse code?
500
Create a controlling idea for Motivation
What is motivation....?
500
The place where Ms. Yang taught before Emma Lazarus
What is Chengdu, China?
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