What are two central ideas that would be found in a dog training article?
Examples:
The importance of proper training.
The necessity of following commands.
The importance of socialization with other dogs and people.
What does the following Latin root mean?
Fac
to do, to make
Part A: What figurative language is being used in the example below
Part B: What does this figurative language mean?
"My momma always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."
Part A: Simile
Part B: Life is unpredictable
Determine the meaning of the word deficient by using context clues in the passage below:
Scurvy is a disorder caused by a diet lacking in vitamin C. In the past, scurvy was the major cause of illness among sailors, because their diets were often deficient in fresh fruits and vegetables.
lacking
What does the following Greek root mean?
psych
mind
What are two themes (messages) you can find in the passage below?
Pedro began paying attention in class, and studying for tests and quizzes. Slowly, his GPA began to rise. In addition, his self-esteem began to rise as well.
possible answers:
1. Hard work pays off.
2. Success improves your self-esteem.
Part A: What is the figurative language used in the example below
Part B: What does the figurative language mean?
"It was the early afternoon of a sunshiny day with little winds playing hide-and-seek in it."
Part A: Personification
Part B: There were occasional gusts of wind
Part A: What literary device is being used in the example below
Part B: What is the meaning?
"It took a Herculean effort on the part of two bystanders to move the stalled car out of traffic."
Part A: Allusion
Part B:powerful
Which phrase has a more negative connotation?
A. He was an employee
B. He was an underling
B. He was an underling
Which word below has a more negative connotation
A. He was conceited
B. He was confident
A. He was conceited
Part A: What literary device is used in the sentence below?
Part B: What is the meaning of the literary device?
"She was the Juliet to his Rome"
Part A: Allusion
Part B: The two people are very in love.
Part A: What is the figurative language being used in the example below
Part B: What does the figurative language mean?
"New ideas are food for his mind."
Part A: Metaphor
Part B: He is stimulated by new ideas
Part A: Which rhetorical device is in the example below?
Part B: What does it mean?
"What you see is what you get"
Part A: Parallelism
Part B: Things are exactly as they appear
What is the difference between mood and tone?
Tone is the author's attitude toward a subject in the text / Mood is the readers feelings to the text
Part A: Explain what Ethos, Logos, and Pathos are
Part B: Give an example of each of those rhetorical appeals
*answers will vary*