Language Development
If a beneficiary is "one that receives a benefit" What is the likely definition of the root -bene-
What is to give
A brief story that illustrates a point.
What is an anecdote?
"Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow."Oh, woeful, oh woeful, woeful, woeful day!" is an example of...
What is repetition
The authors reason for or intent in writing.
What is Author's Purpose
The author of the novel "The Haunting of Hill House"
Who is Shirley Jackson?
Hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word within a book
What is Context Clues
Is generally conveyed through the choice of words, or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject. Can be formal, informal, serious, comic, sarcastic, sad, or cheerful, or it may be any other existing attitude.
What is Tone
"My body is on fire"
"The thunder storm brought us a little bit of rain today."
Identify the literary devices for each sentence
_What is Hyperbole
_What is an Understatement
Literary Device that appeals to the readers 5 senses (sight, sound, touch, smell, taste) to help them to experience the writing or feel something.
What is Imagery or PATHOS
An object in a story that has representative meaning
What is a symbol?
Two different definitions (denotations) of the word "date"
Two definitions of the word "date"
language that contains implications beyond the meanings of words, and is often used to persuade or convey a specific way of thinking
What is Charged Language
"With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right…" is an example of...
What is Anaphora
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness" is an example of...
What is Parallelism
A situation in which the outcome is totally different from what we expect.
What is situational irony?
Definition of Latin prefix sub-
What is under, below, beneath
one that appeals to the mind and is the strategic use of claim, evidence, and warrant to convince an audience to do or believe something.
What is an Appeal to Logic/ Logos
context, signal phrase, quotation marks, and/or in-text citation.
A pithy, clever saying that offers wisdom about life or communicates a belief or value.
What is a proverb?
The letter "S" in the acronym STEALd stands for
What is Says
Definition of Latin root -pac
What is Peace
Jordan Peele's film Get Out falls into this genre because of its social commentary on the modernized enslavement of POC
What is Satire
"Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice" is an example of
What is Antithesis
Is an argumentative appeal and persuasion through which a speaker establishes their credibility and knowledge or leverages their authority over the audience
What is Appeals to Authority/ Ethos
The d in STEALd
What is direct characterization