Figurative Language
Vocab
Author's Craft
Vocab II
Mixed Bag
100
What figurative language is used in the following: "Their mother is tired all the time from buttoning, bottling, and babying."
What is alliteration?
100
active effort to improve employment or education opportunities for minorities
What is affirmative action
100
This quote is an example of which writing style? "Keep away from him, she says. He is full of danger. Benny and Blanca own the corner store. They're okay except don't lean on the counter. Two girls raggedy as rats live across the street. You don't want to know them."
What is short sentences or stream of consciousness?
100
the noun that the pronoun refers to
What is an antecedent?
100
a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different
What is dichotomy?
200
What figurative language is being used here: "The wheels are all wobbly like spaghetti." "His limbs were flopping all over the place like untied shoes."
What is a simile?
200
applying to everyone; occurring everywhere
What is universal?
200
what makes the writing style unique in the following: A very fat lady crossing the street says, You sure got quite a load there. Rachel shouts, You got quite a load there too. She is very sassy.
What is not using quotes?
200
Able to be interpreted in different ways.
What is ambiguous?
200
Adopting the ways of another culture and becoming a part of this different society.
What is assimilation?
300
What figurative language is used in the following quote: "Until then I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor."
What is a metaphor?
300
A short descriptive literary sketch that is rich and meaningful
What is a vignette?
300
What are the writing styles used in this quote from the book? "Marin says that if she stays here next year, she's going to get a real job downtown because that's where the best jobs are, since you always get to look beautiful and get to wear nice clothes and can meet someone in the subway who might marry you and take you to live in a big house far away."
What are run on sentences or stream of consciousness?
300
Two conflicting aspects.
What is dualism?
300
exclusion; depriving the right to belong
What is excommunication?
400
"Poof!" is an example of what figurative language?
What is onomatopoeia?
400
accomplished writers compare, analyze, interpret, and evaluate literature.
What is literary criticism?
400
What writers style is being used here? "Jose, Dagoberto, Alicia, Raul, Edna, Alma, and Rickey"
What is listing?
400
Regarded as outsiders or outcasts.
What is marginalized?
400
The following is an example of what writing style: "Laundromat, junk store, drugstore windows, and cars and more cars."
What is listing?
500
This is an example of what figurative language? "All at once she bloomed."
What is powerful verbs?
500
A word that takes the place of a noun.
What is pronoun?
500
Which writing style is being used in the following quote: "The shy ice cream bells' giggles of Rachel and Lucy's family."
What is unusual descriptions
500
Referring to a social group that has a common national or cultural heritage.
What is ethnic?
500
The noun that the pronoun refers to.
What is antecedent?
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