Literary Devices
Author's
Author's Biography
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The expression, in vivid language, of what the five senses experience.
What is Descriptive Writing
100
Sister Flower's
Who is Maya Angelou
100
Journalist and Environmental Activist. Primarily writes about politics, AIDS and marine life.
Who is David Helvarg
100
Best-known living horror writer. Worked as a high school English teacher and industrial laundry worker.
Who is Stephen King
200
Seeing how things are alike and different.
What is Comparison-Contrast
200
Flavio's Home
Who is Gordon Parks
200
Born in Montana in 1941. An activist for peace, women's rights, health care and economic justice.
Who is Barbara Ehrenreich
200
Rooted in elemental need to make connections. The result of an action.
What is Cause-Effect
300
Using examples to describe something that happened, making a point.
What is Exemplification
300
The Storm This Time
Who is David Helvarg
300
Foremost member of the 1920's literary movement known as the Harlem Renaissance.
Who is Langston Hughes
300
Main Theme in Flavio's Home.
A young child forced into an adult situation and handling it well.
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Using clear logic to try and convince the reader otherwise.
What is Argument-Persuasion
400
Shooting an Elephant
What is George Orwell
400
Writes on education and childhood in America. Native of Philadelphia. Born in 1948.
Who is Kay S. Hymowitz
500
Strategies you can use to generate ideas before starting the first of a paper.
What is Pre-Writing
500
Someone's Mother
Who is John Murray
500
Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist. Began writing for Daily Local News of West Chester, Pennsylvania.
Who is Dave Barry
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