GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY
LITERARY
DEVICES
IRONY AND RHETORICAL
DEVICES
GENERAL
100

A connecting word that shows location, relationship, or time is called a...

Preposition

100
to serve as a symbol for the meaning of something


depress - displace - denote

denote

100

Repeating the starting consonant sound in nearby words

Alliteration

100

Sarcasm is an example of what type of Irony?

Verbal Irony

100

A speech or type of writing used to praise or remember another person, commonly used in funerals.

Eulogy

200

Words that express sudden emotion such as Hey! Oh! and Wow! 

Interjection

200

to pass something on to another or hand down.

bequeath - bereft - brazen

bequeath

200

A word that uses unrealistic or exaggerated imagery to create a comedic or dramatic effect.

Hyperbole 

200

When the audience knows something that the characters in the story are not aware of it creates this type of Irony.

Situational Irony

200

Which author is considered a 'Science Fiction' Author?

Ray Bradbury   - O'Henry - Charles Dickens - Langston Hughes

Ray Bradbury

300

A punctuation mark associated with introducing a list or items. 

Colon

300

something that must be done or completed

congenial - compulsory - cohesive

compulsory

300

spell the 'O' word used to mimic the natural sounds they describe

Onomatopoeia

300

What are the 3 Rhetorical Appeals?

Ethos Lagos Pathos

300

A literary technique which creates a story inside of a story.

Frame Story
400

A word that directly follows a noun and renames or replaces it. I.e. My Friend Dave

Appositve

400

a short story or account of an interesting incident.

accolade - affliction - artifice - anecdote - aversion

anecdote

400

In literary works, a motif differs from a theme primarily because a motif is:

A. The underlying message or moral lesson of the story.

B. A recurring element (such as an image, sound, or action) that helps develop the theme.

C. The implicit comparison between two unlike objects without using "like" or "as."

D. An unexpected twist at the end of a narrative arc.

B
400

A expert or famous institution may be mentioned in writing to support which rhetorical appeals?

Ethos

400
The use of two contradictory words. (i.e. Dry Water)

Oxymoron

500

A word that is later replaced or refered to by a Pronoun

Participle

500

relating to or having diminished mental ability, such as loss of memory because of old age.

sovereignty - salutation -supplant - succinct - senility

senility

500

a rhythmic meter where each line has ten syllables arranged in five pairs of alternating unstressed and stressed beat (as traditionally used in sonnets)

iambic pentameter

500

Who is most often credited for the development and adaptations of the three appeals?

Aristotle

500

Ad Hominem, Slippery Slope, and Straw Man are examples of...

Logical Fallacies
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