Vocabulary
Summarizing & Paraphrasing
Irony
Theme & Central Idea
Homophones & Figurative Language
100

To repeat or copy out (a group of words from a text or speech), typically with an indication that one is not the original author or speaker.

What is a QUOTE?

100

We do not give THIS in a summary OR in a paraphrase

What is AN OPINION

100

There are this many types of irony

What is 3?

100

A theme must apply to everyone, meaning that it must be this

What is UNIVERSAL?

100

I am using this when I talk to my car about making it to the gas station on an almost empty tank of gas.

What is PERSONIFICATION? 

200

To say or estimate that (a specified thing) will happen in the future or will be a consequence of something.

What is a PREDICTION?

200

A summary only includes these

What are KEY POINTS?  or

What are CENTRAL IDEAS?

200

Sarcasm is this type of irony

What is VERBAL IRONY?

200

This is the central idea of the following passage:

A bear's bite is so strong that it can crack a bowling ball, and it's claws are razor sharp.

What is BEARS ARE DANGEROUS?

200

Please turn in ______ work on time next semester.

What is YOUR?

300

To be rough and bad-mannered

What is BOORISH? 

300

When we rewrite something in our own words, but it is still almost as long as the original text

What is PARAPHRASE?

300

SEE GIF


What is DRAMATIC IRONY?

300

This was one of the themes to "They're Made of Meat."

Answers may vary

300

An expression that does not make sense in literal terms

What is an OXYMORON? 

400

When a word is pronounced like it’s meaning

What is an OTOMATOPEIA? 

400

Both a paraphrase AND a summary need this to avoid plagairism

What is A CITATION?

400

See Gif

Wall-E's vest friend is a cockroach, and Wall-E is glad he's around.

What is SITUATIONAL IRONY?

400

One way to find the central idea or a reading is to think about the author's _____________

What is PURPOSE? 

400

This class is WAY more fun _______ I expected.

What is THAN?

500

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

What is HYPERBOLE? 

500

A paraphrase include ALL of these

What are DETAILS?

500

A man aboard a train begins to choke. They search the train and find that there is only one doctor aboard. Then they find out that he is a doctor of philosophy and not a medical doctor.  

What is SITUATIONAL IRONY?

500

This answer does not need to be in the form of a question:

Why is this NOT a valid theme of "The Landlady"

Suspense

It is NOT a moral or a lesson.

500

When two terms that are opposites are used together to form a new meaning

What is an OXYMORON? 

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