Figurative Language
What type of figurative language is this?
Her words were like daggers.
simile
Identify the claim, evidence and reasoning.
(1)Schools should not make students wear uniforms. (2)This is America where people are free to make their own choices. (3) Research even shows that uniforms do not help raise test scores or improve student behavior.
(1) claim - the opinion that can be argued
(2) reasoning - the thinking
(3) evidence - facts from sources to support a claim
The struggle or problem in a story is called the _____________.
conflict
What do we call groups of lines in a poem?
stanzas
Name the three main purposes authors write.
persuade, inform, entertain
What type of figurative language is this?
The party died down but the music still called me to the dance floor.
personification
A friend to another friend after he ate all his Takis says, "Are you serious right now?" This is an example of what type of rhetorical device?
rhetorical question
The sequence of events that happen in a story are called the _________.
plot
A poem that doesn't follow a specific structure is called a ____________. It has varied length and rhyme schemes.
Free verse
An author's, narrator's, or character's particular attitude toward or way of regarding an event or topic.
perspective
What type of figurative language repeats consonant sounds, generally at the beginning of words?
alliteration
What is a logical fallacy?
errors in reasoning; mistakes in the argument
How can the setting influence or impact a character? Give an example
•setting influences how a character behaves
•aspects of setting can create conflict for a character
•setting can cause reactions in characters which reveal their feelings and perspectives
Name two characteristics of a sonnet.
14 lines
iambic pentameter (10 syllables per line with alternating stress)
quatrains and couplet
Why might a narrator be considered "unreliable?"
•Aren’t credible or trustworthy
•Aren’t telling the whole story
•May do this on purpose or they may not have all the knowledge themselves
Name 2 reasons why an author would use figurative language? What is its purpose?
Possible Correct Responses:
-to describe something more accurately
-to evoke emotions in the reader
-to create a deeper meaning
-to create a specific tone
Is this ethos, pathos, or logos?
A daughter to her father:
You have left me home alone nearly every afternoon this year, and I never do anything wrong. I’ve had an iPad for a year and nothing bad has happened to it. Don’t my actions show I am responsible?
ethos
Other than the time and place, what can be considered part of the setting?
weather, quality of surroundings, geographic features, society, economy, historical time period
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
The House on the Hill
By Edwin Arlington Robinson
ABA
The choice of words an author uses is called ____________.
diction
Identify 2 types of figurative language used in these lines of poetry from The New Colossus:
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles.
-allusion "brazen giant of Greek fame"
-repetition "land"
-alliteration "sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand"
-personification of the statues
-metaphor "torch whose flame is the imprisoned lightning"
Is this abductive, deductive, or inductive reasoning?
All heroes dedicate themselves to helping others. The two celebrities described in the prior paragraphs dedicated themselves to helping others through their charities and businesses. These two celebrities are therefore heroes.
Deductive Reasoning
General principle that all heroes help others and that the two celebrities helped others leads to the specific conclusion that those celebrities are heroes.
Name the setting, characters (at least 2), plot (at least 2), and conflict of one thing we've read this year.
Many answers allowed
Why would a poet repeat words or phrases (refrains)?
To create a specific type of tone
When a narrator is outside of the story AND knows the thoughts and feelings of ALL characters, this is _______ ______ ________ point of view.
3rd person omniscient