Literary Devices
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(Redux)
A comparison that doesn't use like or as
Metaphor
A semi-colon is used to combine an independent clause with a dependent clause. True or False?
False.
Subject-Verb Agreement: Which sentence is INCORRECT?
A. If I could be anything, I want to be an astronaut.
B. I'd sing if I could.
C. You will go and you'll have fun.
A.
3-5
When a common saying or expression is used by an author, this literary device is called ____________.
An idiom.
What literary device is it when the author uses specific descriptions that evoke our sight, smell, hearing, or touch?
Sensory Details
a contraction.
A complex sentence has two independent clauses.
True or False?
False.
What is the sentence that introduces the subject matter of your essay, without yet revealing what your stance is?
The topic sentence
Tone
When an author creates a vivid picture in the readers mind through descriptive writing it's called ________.
Imagery
What is an example of plural noun:
Their's
Jims
Her
His
Jims
"Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement"
Correct the sentence:
1. Joseph Wharton, along with his many successful business ventures, has helped shape the history of American industry.
A. Wharton, including his many successful business ventures, have
B. Wharton, along with his many successful business ventures, have
C. Wharton and his many successful business ventures has
D. No Change
D. No Change
In which paragraph do you have to re-state your thesis statement?
A figure of speech that juxtaposes concepts with opposite meanings within a word or in a phrase that is a self-contradiction
Oxymoron
An Allegory
What is an example of a proper noun?
Her
Him
Jim
Automobile
Jim
11. There are several activities that I like to practice every day; motorcycling, running, and songwriting.
A. [NO CHANGE]
B. every day: motorcycling,
C. every day, motorcycling,
D. every day. Motorcycling
B. every day: motorcycling,
Reasoning.
Stepping back in time to provide missing context or backstory.
Flashback
When the writer tries to explain something to the reader by comparing it to something else that is more relatable it's called __________.
making an analogy
When a new, distinct word is formed from the combination of two other words by using a hyphen it is called _____.
A kenning.
4. The soldier successfully pulled his ally from the helicopter wreck, and since the flames engulfed their craft, he was unable to repair the vehicle.
A. [NO CHANGE]
B. helicopter wreck, the
C. wreck of the helicopter, with the consequence that
D. helicopter wreck, but because
D. helicopter wreck, but because
The three modes of persuasive writing include Pathos (appeal to emotion), Logos (appeal to facts, stats, logic), and _________ (an appeal to credibility).
Ethos.
This literary device is the perspective from which you tell your story.
Point of View