Figurative Language
What is a simile? Provide an example.
Figure of speech that compares two different things using the words "like" or "as."
What is irony? Provide the 3 types.
When the opposite of what is expected occurs or is expressed.
Situational, dramatic, verbal
What are context clues? Give an example of how they help understand a word.
Using what you already know and the words surrounding a text.
What is the correct form of the verb in this sentence? "She (go, goes) to the gym every day."
What is "goes"
What are the three rhetorical appeals? Name them.
Ethos, pathos, logos
Define personification and give an example from this excerpt:
"I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze."
Personification is a literary device where non-human objects, animals, or ideas are given human qualities or characteristics.
Describe the concept of foreshadowing.
When hints or clues are given about events that will happen later in the story.
How can you use context clues to determine the meaning of the word "benevolent" in a sentence?
Identify the error in this sentence: "Neither of the answers were correct."
Were ----> was
Explain ethos and provide an example of how it is used in a speech.
Examples may vary
Explain the difference between alliteration and repitition. Provide an example of each.
Alliteration repeats consonant letters and repetition repeats words
What is the purpose of symbolism in literature? Give an example from Gatsby.
Symbolism is the use of objects, characters, or events to represent deeper meanings or abstract ideas, adding layers of complexity to the text.
Use context clues to determine the meaning of "tumultuous" in this sentence: "Despite the tumultuous weather, the picnic was still enjoyable."
crazy, uproarious, hectic
Choose the correct pronoun: "Each student must submit (his or her, their) assignment."
Their
What is pathos? How can it be used to persuade an audience?
Emotion. Answers may vary
Identify the figurative language in the phrase "The world is my oyster."
The phrase "The world is my oyster" is a metaphor. World and oyster are being compared.
Explain the use of alliteration
Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in closely connected words, used to create rhythm, mood, or emphasis.
Explain how to use context to understand unfamiliar phrases in a text
Explanations will vary
What is the purpose of 2 commas separating info in a sentence?
Extra/ additional info/ appositive
Describe logos and give an example of its use in an argument.
Logic, examples may vary
Where is the metaphor in this excerpt from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee?
Atticus Finch says:
“But there is one way in this country in which all men are created equal—there is one human institution that makes a pauper the equal of a Rockefeller, the stupid man the equal of an Einstein, and the ignorant man the equal of any college president. That institution, gentlemen, is a court.”
Atticus uses metaphor to compare the court system to a leveling force.
Describe the use of imagery
Imagery is the use of vivid and descriptive language that appeals to the senses to create mental pictures.
Analyze this passage and find two words that require context clues for understanding. Define them.
As the hikers ascended the mountain, they marveled at the verdant landscape, where every shade of green seemed to burst from the ground. Unlike the arid desert they had left behind, this place was teeming with life, the air thick with the scent of flowers and the sound of rustling leaves.
verdant= richly green, full of vegetation
teeming= overabundance
Identify the grammatical error in this sentence: "The team have won their game."
have ----> has
Identify rhetorical appeals in this excerpt. Explain.
"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."
Pathos, explanations will vary