A comparison between two things without using "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
100
One of the major themes of "The House on Mango Street."
What is one of the following: (isolation, family, language, mobility, or other acceptable answers)
100
This modifier could describe a shirt.
What is (answers will vary)?
100
Using emotion in persuasion.
What is pathos?
200
"Severely" is this part of speech.
What is an adverb?
200
"My dad is like a raging bull," is an example of this.
What is a simile?
200
Modifiers include these parts of speech.
What are adverbs and adjectives?
200
The modifier in the following sentence:
He abruptly slammed on the brakes.
What is abruptly?
200
Using logic and facts in persuasion.
What is logos?
300
"But" is this part of speech.
What is a conjunction?
300
A great exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
300
A symbol of hard work.
What is (responses will vary).
300
The modifier in the following sentence:
"When she fell down the stairs, every bone in her leg shattered."
What is every?
300
Describe ethos.
If you said something along the lines of repuation, image, or credibility, you're good.
400
Sally, the best dancer in class, fell and broke her face open.
The phrase, "the best dancer in class," is this type of phrase.
What is an appositive phrase?
400
Giving living or human qualities to an inanimate object.
What is personification?
400
A question asked for effect, not to await an answer.
What is a rhetorical question?
400
The modifiers in the following sentence:
"The most evil person certainly deserves to die."
What are "most," evil," and "certainly?"
400
"70% of the American people suffered negative consequences as a result of those actions," is predominantly an example of what persuasive technique?
What is logos?
500
"I spoke to her with hesitation."
The phrase, "with hesitation," is this type of phrase.
What is a prepositional phrase?
500
When vowel sounds are repeated in a sentence or phrase.
What is alliteration?
500
The five types of sensory imagery.
What are sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell.
500
Write one sentence down ON PAPER and then hit your buzzer.
Your sentence must contain two underlined adjectives and two underlined adverbs.
Answers will vary.
500
"My opponent would have you believe he is an honest person. But would you trust someone who cheats on his wife, a woman he still claims to love and respect?"