Literary Devices
A comparison without using like or as
What is... a metaphor
The main statement you are trying to defend in an essay
What is... a thesis
What is... a noun
The time and place of a story
What is... setting
"I volunteer as tribute"
What is... The Hunger Games
A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies
What is... satire
Teachers often describe essays as this food
What is... a hamburger
A punctuation mark that indicates a pause
What is... a comma
The sequence of events in a story
What is... plot
"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good"
What is... Harry Potter
An appeal to emotion as described by Aristotle
What is... pathos
When taking a direct statement from a source, those words must be placed in....
What is.... quotation marks
A punctuation mark indicating a pause between two main clauses; more pronounced than a comma
What is... a semicolon
Can be flat, round, or static
What is... character
"To be or not to be
That is the question"
What is.... Hamlet
Excessive pride
What is... hubris
Essays in English class follow this citation style
What is... MLA formatting
A sentence that is missing a subject, or the main verb
What is... a sentence fragment
A problem, antagonism, or struggle that takes place between a character and an outside force
What is... conflict
"Winter is coming"
What is... Game of Thrones
The placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
What is... a juxtaposition
Each body paragraph must follow this 3-point structure
What is.... point, proof, analysis
When two or more complete sentences are not separated with proper punctuation
What is... a run on sentence
Through the eyes of someone in particular
What is... point of view
"Life finds a way"
What is... Jurassic Park