Lit Devices
MC
Essays
Poems
Ms. Brown
100
The ____ of a literary work is the perspective or attitude that the author adopts with regards to a specific character, place or development.
What is tone?
100
The number of questions in the multiple choice exam and the amount of time.
What is 55 questions 60 minutes?
100
The guiding statement for an essay. It must fully answer the what and the how of the question in the prompt.
What is a thesis statement?
100
It basically refers to one unit or group of lines, which forms one particular faction in poetry.
What is a stanza
100
Ms. Brown's Alma Mater
What is The University of Michigan?
200
In a ________, one subject is implied to be another so as to draw a comparison between their similarities and shared traits.
What is a metaphor?
200
The letter you choose in the event that you need to bubble in answers at the last minute.
What is a guessing letter?
200
These 2 things must go into your thesis or introduction paragraph.
What is the title and the author's full name?
200
This refers to the order in which particular words rhyme.
What is rhyme scheme?
200
The city she was born in.
What is Detroit?
300
The ______ of any literary work is the base topic or focus that acts as a foundation for the entire literary piece.
What is theme?
300
The amount of time given to complete the MC section.
What is 1 hour / 60 minutes?
300
Explanations of the quotation used and how it ties back to the thesis which fully answers the prompt do not come from the text. They come for your unique thoughts and are referred to as this in your essay.
What is commentary?
300
A 14 line poem with the rhyme scheme of ababcdcdefefgg is called a ______.
What is a Shakespearean Sonnet
300
Ms. Brown's favorite color.
What is pink?
400
In literature this refers the step by step process wherein an author introduces and then describes a character. The character can be described directly by the author or indirectly through the actions, thoughts, and speech of the character.
What is characterization?
400
For the majority of the questions in the MC section of the exam, even if you are not sure of the correct answer, you can use this strategy.
What is process of elimination?
400
These are used in your body paragraphs to help you analyze the literature.The evidence you gather is based on your use of these.
What are literary devices?
400
A line of poetry written with 10 syllables and 5 feet per line and a stressed and unstressed syllable in each foot is written in this meter
What is iambic pentameter
400
In college Ms. Brown was a pre-med concentrator, but she majored in ______ and ______.
What are Women's Studies and English.
500
This is using an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.
What is symbolism?
500
Questions that do not give you a reference line and who's answer is not directly in the text require you to use your _____ skills.
What is inferencing?
500
The 2:1 Rule stipulates that this must be true in your essay.
What is for every 1 piece of evidence or quotation there are 2 pieces of commentary to explain that evidence.
500
The difference between what is written directly in the text and understood
What is denotation vs. connotation?
500
Ms. Brown fondly refers to this man as her boo.
Who is William Shakespeare?
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