Figurative Language
For what purpose does an author use imagery?
to create a vivid mental picture for the reader by engaging their senses, allowing them to more deeply experience the story
A claim to oppose or go against an original claim is called a what?
What number of lines are in both Petrarchan and Shakespearean sonnets?
14
Why do authors use repetition?
-To call attention to a specific aspect of the text
-To develop meter or rhythm in a poem or speech
The feeling or atmosphere that an author creates for the reader is what?
Mood
For what purpose does an author use allusion?
-To make references to existing texts
-To build ethos with an audience
-To make a connection from their writing to a different text
When an author or speaker disproves an opposing counterclaim that is called a what?
Refutation or Rebuttal
A "couplet" is a stanza with how many lines?
2
When the vowel sounds in the middle of words repeated within words or lines of poetry that is an example of what kind of repetition?
Assonance
The way sentences are arranged in a text is called the texts what?
Syntax
"Sally sold sea shells" is an example of which type of figurative language/repetition?
Alliteration
The reasoning for why an author chooses to write/speak is called what?
Purpose
A "quatrain" is a stanza with how many lines?
4
"We will rise from the golden hills of the West. We will rise from the windswept Northeast" is an example of which type of repetition?
Anaphora
Sometimes words have nuanced (complex) meaning. Compare the connotations of 'assertive' and 'aggressive': When would you describe someone as 'assertive' rather than 'aggressive' in a professional setting?"
If an author compares someone to "Judas" what type of figurative language would that be an example of?
Allusion
Why might a speaker choose to use a formal tone instead of an informal tone in an argumentative speech?
To develop ethos and increase their own credibility as a professional or serious speaker.
The ____________ of the poem is the voice or persona that delivers the poem's words
Speaker
"A government of the people, for the people, [and] by the people, shall not perish from this earth" is an example of which type of repetition?
Epistrophe
What is the italicized dependent phrase modifying?
My car, which didn’t pass inspection, broke down less than a mile from my home.
"My car" (noun)
"All his enemies were put to the sword" is an example of what type of figurative language?
Synecdoche
What is the process of applying laws to facts to solve legal issues?
Legal Reasoning
Read the haiku below and ID a theme in the poem.
I write, erase, rewrite
Erase again, and then
A poppy blooms.
-Sometimes hard work is required for success
-Never give up when things get hard
-Teacher Discretion
"Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime" is an example of which type of repetition?
Parallelism
What is the italicized dependent phrase modifying?
As the Cheshire cat smiled, his body began to disappear, and soon all that was left was his cheesy grin.
His body began to disappear (clause)