Definitions
FL Examples
Morley Callaghan
Unit Story Questions
Definitions 2
100
Literary conventions that are meant to be interpreted imaginatively.
What is figurative language?
100
I haven't seen you in a million years.
What is hyperbole?
100
Morley Callaghan was born here.
Where is Canada?
100
List the three avenues used to give information about the characters.
What is dialogue, action, and description?
100
Using an object, color, ect. to stand for an idea.
What is a symbol?
200
Big exaggeration, usually with humor.
What is hyperbole?
200
The early bird catches the worm.
What is idiom?
200
List one of the themes Callaghan used in writing.
What is Christian theology or self-reflexive irony?
200
This is one thing the narrator/babysitter in "The Sound of Annie's Silence" discovered.
What is that she enjoyed her job? What is that all people should be treated as humans?
200
Alliteration is the (1)_____________ of the original (2) __________ sounds in 2 or more neighboring (3)_______ or (4)____________.
What is 1) repetition 2) consonant 3) words 4) syllables?
300
Language peculiar to a group of people.
What is idiom?
300
He is a lion on the football team.
What is metaphor?
300
This is the name of Callaghan's masterpiece.
What is The Loved and Lost?
300
One thing Jerry in "President Cleveland, Where Are You" discovered.
What is giving is rewarding?
300
Imagery is the use of (1) ______ description, usually rich in (2) _________ words to create a (3) __________ in the reader's mind.
What is 1) vivid 2) sensory 3) picture?
400
Literary device which presents a conflict between between appearance and reality.
What is irony?
400
The fall leaves screamed with color.
What is personification?
400
Name one award Callaghan received.
What is Governor Generals Award, Molson Prize, Royal Bank Award, or Lorne Pierce Medal?
400
One thing Hank in "The Shirt" discovered.
What is that he is not the only one who misses Rodge?
400
An onomatopoeia names something by (1) __________ the (2) _________ associated with it.
What is 1) imitating 2) sound?
500
Language that means exactly what is said.
What is literal language?
500
The kitchen smelled like a warm apple pie covered with cinnamon and ice cream.
What is imagery?
500
This is the theme of Unit 2.
What is self discovery & discovery about others?
500
One thing Luke in "Luke Baldwin's Vow" discovered.
What is to be practical and caring/understanding at the same time?
500
Giving human qualities to an inanimate object.
What is personification?
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