LITERARY TERMS
ABOUT MR. TAYLOR
DID I SAY THAT?
ABOUT SENTENCES
THEM IS BIG WORDS
100
"Give me liberty or give me death!"
What is ANTIMETABOLE?
100
Mr. Taylor does not yell. He projects.
What is a EUPHEMISM?
100
"A nudist camp is simply a place where men and women meet to air their differences."
What is a DOUBLE ENTENDRE?
100
Beaufort defeated Summerville.
What is a SIMPLE or DECLARATIVE or TELEGRAPHIC sentence?
100
The deliberate destruction of an entire nation, race, ethnicity, or religion (8 letters).
What is GENOCIDE?
200
"All for one and one for all."
What is ANTIMETABOLE?
200
"Mr. Taylor is not mean."
What is a LITOTE?
200
"Your words of praise are music to my ears."
What is a METAPHOR?
200
The ball was kicked by Prescott.
What is PASSIVE VOICE?
200
Placing the extraordinary next to the mundane. Intelligence next to Ignorance. (13 letters)
What is JUXTAPOSITION?
300
"They even love as though they hate."
What is a PARADOX?
300
"I prefer to be called Mr. Taylor the magnificent or Mr. Taylor his holiness."
What is an EPITHET?
300
"Going to the prom with you would be a desirable calamity."
What is a OXYMORON?
300
Because you know have the courage to look her in the eyes and say those magic words, you are now ready to ask her to the prom.
What is a PERIODIC SENTENCE?
300
That is messed up big time. (9 letters)
What is EGREGIOUS?
400
"We came, we saw, we lost."
What is ASYNDETON? (also: what Summerville High says about BHS)
400
Placing the extraordinary next to the mundane. Intelligence next to Ignorance.
What is JUXTAPOSITION?
400
"To you I speak," said Yoda. He always perverted his word order.
What is a MALAPROMISM?
400
Pass the AP Language and Composition exam with a 5 or you will not be allowed to attend the prom.
What is an IMPERATIVE SENTENCE?
400
A negative term for writing designed to sway opinion rather than present accurate information (9 letters).
What is PROPAGNDA?
500
"Summerville we defeated!"
What is INVERSION?
500
He has the strength of a hundred mortal men.
What is HYPERBOLE?
500
"A sinus infection is dripping mucus, inflamed nostrils, throbbing headaches, congested coughing, and constant vertigo."
What is CATALOGING?
500
A sentence that makes a statement
What is a DECLARATIVE SENTENCE?
500
A sentence that serves as a call to action (9 words).
What is HORTATIVE?
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