Figurative Language & Rhetorical Devices
What is a simile?
A comparison using "like" or "as".
What is a theme?
The underlying message the author wants you to understand after reading the text.
What is setting?
The time and place in which a story takes place.
What kind of structure presents a problem and then explains how to solve it?
Problem & Solution
Define the following:
-Verb
-Noun
-Adjective
Verb: Action word (25 points)
Noun: Person, place, thing, or idea (25 points)
Adjective: A word that describes a noun (50 points)
What are the three kinds of irony (100 points)? Explain them (100 points).
Dramatic: When the reader knows something a character doesn't
Situational: When the opposite of what's expected happens
Verbal: Sarcasm
What is an epic poem?
A story told in the form of a poem, without needing to rhyme.
What is characterization?
The way a character's personality is developed throughout a text.
What kind of structure looks at results of something specific happening?
Cause & Effect
What does the word "assailed" mean in the sentence below?
She usually divined his arguments ahead of him speaking them, and assailed them before he could utter a word.
Fought; worked against; assaulted
Identify the figurative language, and how the mood it creates.
The clouds strolled across the sky with a sigh.
Personification (150 points)
Relaxed mood (150 points)
(Ex. The Sage)
The Hero
How does conflict affect the plot of a story?
Conflict drives the plot forward.
What kind of structure looks at events that occured in the past, at specific dates/times?
Chronological Order
What does the word "lingering" mean based on the following sentence?:
Even though the injury occurred many years ago, it still causes him lingering pain to this day.
Staying around even after it first appeared
Identify the rhetorical device...
*A piano falls on Bugs Bunny, who pops up out of it.*
Barely felt it.
Meiosis (understatement)
Explain the universal theme "Person vs Self".
When a character has to deal with a problem of their own, not caused by any other character or the environment.
What are the five major parts of a plot?
The Exposition (100 points)
The Rising Action (100 points)
The Climax (50 points)
The Falling Action (100 points)
The Resolution (50 points)
What kind of structure explains the steps in a process?
Sequence
What does the word "ambiguous" mean in the following sentence?
When the principal announced that “some schedule changes may affect a few students,” her message was so ambiguous that everyone left the assembly confused about what was actually going to happen.
Vague or unclear
What kind of irony is this, and why?:
Juliet, without telling anyone, has faked her death. Romeo, heartbroken to find Juliet dead, takes his own life. Minutes later, Juliet wakes up.
Dramatic Irony (300 points)
The reader knows Juliet is alive, but Romeo doesn't (200 points)
What universal theme does the following quote express?:
"Judith dreamt every night that she transformed into supergirl. But when she woke up each morning, she was stuck back in her normal body, unable to fly away."
Ideal vs Real
What kind of narrator knows everything about what's happening in the story?
Omniscient, 3rd-person narrator
What kind of structure is used to provide more and more detail about parts of a subject, situation, etc?
Descriptive text structure
What's a synonym for the word "respite" as used in the following sentence?
After many hours on the road, the family decided it was time to get off the highway for a respite.
Rest; break; pause