Can you FIGURE it out?
What's that SOUND?
Plot Diagram
Rhetorical Devices
Author's Choice
100
You are what you eat.
What is metaphor?
100
The jangle of her bracelets caught his attention.
What is onomatopoeia?
100
Okonkwo is widely known and respected as a wealthy farmer, a man of titles with three wives, and a fearless warrior. He lives in Umuofia.
What is exposition?
100
"More than one hundred peer-reviewed studies have been conducted over the past decade, and none of them suggests that this is an effective treatment for hair loss."
What is logos?
100
The voice telling the story.
What is narrator?
200
The wind sang a sweet lullaby, hushing me to sleep.
What is personification?
200
Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
What is alliteration?
200
Okonkwo’s terrified of being feminine.
What is conflict?
200
"I’m not just invested in this community – I love every building, every business, every hard-working member of this town."
What is pathos?
200
The type of literature.
What is genre?
300
The salty sweet flavor of salt water taffy was Carrie's favorite thing about going to the beach for summer vacation.
What is imagery?
300
'Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn' (Wordsworth)
What is assonance?
300
Okonkwo gets fed up and kills one of the white government officials.
What is climax?
300
"You know me – I’ve taught Sunday School at your church for years, babysat your children, and served as a playground director for many summers."
What is ethos?
300
The perspective of the narrator.
What is point of view?
400
"He cried all night, and dawn found him still there, though his tears had dried and only hard, dry sobs shook his wooden frame. But these were so loud that they could be heard by the faraway hills..." (Pinocchio)
What is hyperbole?
400
"'T was later when the summer went Than when the cricket came, And yet we knew that gentle clock Meant nought but going home." (Dickinson)
What is consonance?
400
Okonkwo commits suicide by hanging himself.
What is denouement?
400
"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury: we have not only the fingerprints, the lack of an alibi, a clear motive, and an expressed desire to commit the robbery… We also have video of the suspect breaking in. The case could not be more open and shut."
What is logos?
400
Attitude toward subject matter
What is tone?
500
You can tune a guitar, but you can't tuna fish. Unless of course you play bass.
What is pun?
500
"Hear the sledges with the bells Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night!" (Poe)
What is onomatopoeia?
500
The white men win.
What is resolution?
500
"They’ve worked against everything we’ve worked so hard to build, and they don’t care who gets hurt in the process. Make no mistake, they’re the enemy, and they won’t stop until we’re all destroyed."
What is pathos?
500
Writing in order to make people laugh, believe, or learn.
What is purpose?
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