Literary Devices/Elements
Figurative Language
Know that Lit.
Guess the rhetoric
Rhetorical Terms
Final Jeopardy Double or Nothing!
100

What are the two types of characterization and what acronym do we use to describe them? 

Direct and Indirect characterization 

Speech, thoughts, effect on others, actions, (looks)

100

Define personification

Giving a non-human thing (an object) human qualities. 


100

List the main character(s) in OMaM, Night, and Romeo and Juliet. 

George, Lennie, Elie Wiesel, Romeo and Juliet  

100

What is the rhetorical appeal shown here? Explain.  

Pathos because the ad is trying to make the reader feel sad/guilty/sympathetic to promote the brand & to not drink and drive. 

100

Define speaker and audience 

A speaker is the one who delivers the message the audience is the one who receives the message. 

200

What is the overarching message of a story called?

Theme. 

200

What are the two types of FL that make a comparison between two unlike things. What makes them different?

Simile and Metaphor. 

Similes use "like" or "as" in their comparison. 

200

What UHE best describes George and Lennie in OMAM?

Friendship

200

What is the rhetorical appeal shown here? Explain.

Logos because "silcom wireless" is using stats to persuade their audience. 

200

What is the event that prompt the speech/text called? 

Occasion 

200
Name the three UHE's we learned about in Night. 

Dehumanization 

Loss of faith 

Disillusionment 

300

Name the five types of conflict & give at least one example from a book we have read this year. 

Person Vs. Person, Person Vs. Self, Person Vs. Society, Person Vs. Technology, Person Vs. Nature 

Ex: Crooks has a Person Vs Society conflict in of Mice and Men. 

300

Define hyperbole and give an example. 

Hyperbole is an exaggeration. 

Ex: I'm so hungry I could eat a cow. 

300

What do Lennie, Crooks, Candy, and Curley’s Wife have in common? Explain. 

They all have a person vs. society conflict because they are apart of minority groups on the ranch. 

300

"Most of my life I was particularly terrified of speaking up because I had a speech impediment" - Amanda Gorman. 

Which rhetorical appeal does Amanda Gorman use to connect with her audience?

Ethos: She's establishing credibility by sharing a personal struggle. By revealing her speech impediment she shows authenticity, which helps the audience trust and connect with her. 

300

What is the speaker's attitude towards a subject called? 

Tone  

400

What are the components of a plot structure? 

Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution 

400

What are the three types of irony and briefly define each. 

Dramatic (the audience knows something the character does not know), Situational (the situation is the opposite of what one expects), Verabal (a character is saying that is the opposite of how they feel)

400

In Act IV (of Romeo and Juliet) only one other character AND the audience know that Juliet is not really dead. Who knows, and which type of irony is this?

Friar Lawrence knows that Juliet is not dead and this is dramatic irony. 

400

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character" - MLK 

What is MLK's tone in his infamous "i have a dream" speech, and which rhetorical appeal is being used?

Hopeful, optimistic, determined, passionate

Pathos

400

What are the three key elements used to define purpose in rhetoric?

Inform, persuade, entertain 

400

OMaM: What literary device does Lennie's treatment towards animals represent? 

Foreshadowing 

500

Define allusion

a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance.

500

What is imagery and what are the five things that are typically associated with it. What does imagery affect in a story?

Sight, Sound, Taste, Touch, Smell

Imagery affects the mood of a story. 

500

Based on this quotation what is Wiesel's purpose of writing night? 

 “However, having survived, I needed to give some meaning to my survival.”

To inform his audience about the atrocities that occurred during the Holocaust. 

500

Who is the speaker, who is the target audience, and which rhetorical appeal is used in this ad?

Speaker = Coke

 Target Audience = Taylor Swift fans & the younger generation

 Rhetorical appeal = ethos is because Taylor swift establishes cokes credibility because she is a famous & well liked celebrity. 

500

What are the three rhetorical appeals? Use one word to describe each. 

Ethos - Credibility 

Pathos - Emotion

Logos - Logic 

M
e
n
u