Example 1
A rant is a type of...
Philippic
A literary device that uses repeated vowel sounds.
What is Assonance?
What is Mr. Yong's first name?
Gordon
The repetition of consonant sounds - which often occurs at the beginning of words.
What is Consonance?
"She sells seashells by the seashore" is an example of...
Consonance
Interior Monologue is a form of...
Stream of Consciousness
A medieval play based on Saints or biblical stories such as Adam and Eve or the Last Judgement.
What is Mystery Plays?
How many children does Mr. Yong have?
2
A situation where there is a mixture of harsh or inharmonious sounds. The use of sharp, harsh, hissing, and unmelodious sounds -primarily consonants- to achieve the desired effect.
What is Cacophony?
Aggravating Circumstances and Mitigating Circumstances are examples of legal...
A child could be called a child, kid, boy, girl, son, or daughter is an example of...
Semantics
A literary style in which a character's thoughts, feelings, and reactions are depicted in a continuous flow.
What is Stream of Consciousness?
What was the name of Yong's pod this year?
The VoYongers
Special words or expressions used by a particular group or occupation that is difficult for others to understand.
What is Jargon?
The Last Judgement is an example of...
Mystery Plays
"Hear the lark and harden to the barking of the dark fox gone to ground" is an example of...
Assonance
What is Epigram?
What show does Mr. Yong believe to have changed television?
Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
A set of objects, a situation, or a chain of events that serve as a means to evoke the reader with a certain emotion without directly stating the emotion that the author wants the reader to have.
What is Objective Correlative?
Hamlet’s own inability to process his emotions stems from the fact that he lacks a metaphor or objective outlet that can encompass all that he’s feeling is an example of...
Objective Correlative
"Klarissa Klein drives an old, grumbling Cadillac which has a crumpled bumper and a screaming, honking horn," is an example of...
Cacophony
A branch of linguistics that deals with the meaning of words, sentence structure, and symbols, deals with the comprehension of readers and how they come to understand different interpretations and uses words to help decipher whether a sentence is literal or figurative.
What is Semantics?
List all of Mr. Yong's classes this year.
English Incentive 9, Asian Studies, English Honours, Geography, English 12, AP English.
A discourse or declamation full of bitter condemnation. A bitter, verbal attack that is characterized by fierce condemnation towards a subject.
What is Philippic?
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” is an example of...
Epigram