Define Character
Person represented in a dramatic or narrative work
Define Implicit
Implicit: Intended or suggested rather than directly stated
Define Comma-splice
When you use a comma to link two independent clauses (which should instead be linked by a colon, semicolon, or conjunction.
Example: He loves cooking, he's great at making curries.
What type of literary device (figurative language) is present in this sentence?
She ran as quick as a cheetah.
Simile
There are interlaced flavors of chocolate candy in the valentine present. What does the word "interlaced" mean?
1. Meshing Together
Define Analyze
To break material down into its constituent parts and determine how the parts relate to one another and to the overall structure or purpose of the text(s)
Define Figures of Speech
Spoken or written language that departs from literal meaning in both pattern and usage (e.g., personification, metaphor, hyperbole)
What type of sentence is this:
She loves to cook she loves to bake.
Run-on
What type of literary device (figurative language) is present in this sentence?
Juliet is the sun.
Metaphor
If your parents think that your grade is unfair, and they argue with your teacher to change it, the grade in question is:
4. Disputed
Define Allusion
A passing reference in a text to a literary or historical person, place, event, or other literary work
Define Figurative Language
Words or expressions with meaning other than the literal interpretation
What type of sentence is this?
She loves to cook, she loves to bake.
Comma Splice
What type of literary device (figurative language) is present in this sentence?
The tree danced in the breeze.
Personification
Which is the best example of impertinent behavior?
4. covering your ears while someone is talking
Define Explicit
Explicit: Directly stated
Define Sentence Fragment
It is not a complete thought (sentence).
Example: Because she won the contest
Define Simile:
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox ).
What type of literary device (figurative language) is present in this sentence?
She finally figured out why she fought her friends over French fries.
Alliteration
No word must ever leak out about this military action! It has to be a clandestine operation in order to succeed.
Which word is a synonym of CLANDESTINE?
4. secret
Define Evidence
Facts, figures, details, quotations, or other sources of data and information that provide support for claims or an analysis of the text and that can be evaluated by others
Define Run-on Sentence
A run-on sentence occurs when two or more independent clauses are connected incorrectly (generally without punctuation).
Example: She won the contest she did not have to take the test.
Define Metaphor:
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
What type of literary device (figurative language) is present in this sentence?
The fence groaned as it shuffled closed.
Personification
Talking about food bowls is a digression from our conversation about dog breeds. What does the word "digression" mean?
4. to depart off a central topic