LITERARY DEVICES
"Terry was as stubborn as a mule."
What is a simile?
A chair being used during a play is considered what?
What is a prop?
This sentence is like an essay map for the rest of your essay; seen in the first paragraph.
What is a thesis statement?
the first word of a document and the first word after a period need this.
What is a capitalization?
This is the common font used in MLA.
What is times new roman?
"Mike made a muscle enhancer that makes muscles grow quick."
What is alliteration?
A speech made by a character alone on stage revealing his/her thoughts.
What is a monologue?
A sentences that is considered the attention-getter.
What is a hook sentence?
Names people, places, or things.
What is a noun?
This needs to be in the top right-hand corner of an essay.
What is your last name and page #?
literary device that interrupts the chronological sequence, the front line action or “present” line of the story, to show readers a scene that unfolded in the past.
What is flashback?
the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.
What is an enjambment?
A short entertaining story, used as a persuasive technique.
What is an anecdote?
A way to guide your reader from one thought to the next.
What is a transitional phrase?
You do this at beginning of every paragraph.
What is an indent?
The single characteristic (usually negative) or personality disorder that causes the downfall of the protagonist.
Ex: Odysseus had multiple
What is tragic flaw?
at or towards the back of a stage.
What is upstage?
Another word for information used to prove your point.
What is evidence?
What is missing from this sentence?
I went to the doctors today for a check-up.
What is an apostrophe?
The header in the top left-hand corner of essay.
What is First/last name, teacher's name, class period, and date?
Watching a movie about the Titanic and a character leaning on the balcony right before the ship hits the iceberg says, "It's so beautiful I could just die."
What is dramatic irony?
The grouping of lines together in poetry.
What is a stanza?
an acknowledgement you include in your text whenever you quote or paraphrase a source. It usually gives the author's last name, the year of publication, and the page number of the relevant text.
What is in-text citation?
Something needs to be fixed in this sentence:
I never understood the idea of going shopping at 10;30 at night.
What is change the semicolon to a colon?
MLA stands for what?
What is Modern Language Association?