The repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of words or in a stresses syllable
Alliteration
The magi is a reference to what book?
the Bible
"The strong desire to succeed"
Ambition
Language that appeals to the five senses and uses vivid details to help the reader feel and imagine what's going on
Imagery
Which short story ends with a dark ending that we read in class recently?
The Lottery Ticket
"Kind, generous"
Benevolent
In the song by Taylor Swift, there is a line, "Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone'. This is an example of what literary device?
Allusion
What does the lottery ticket represent?
Greed
"to use selfishly or for profit"
Exploit
This question will use an example from Shakespeare's classic play, "Romeo and Juliet". In the Fifth Act of the play, Romeo arrives at the Capulet family tomb to find his love, Juliet, supposedly dead. However, we in the audience know that Juliet is not really dead, she merely took a potion to make it look like she was dead for her own motives. When the audience of a story knows more than the characters involved, what type of irony is employed?
(Taken from funtrivia.com)
Dramatic Irony
Who performed the speech about the Challenger tragedy that we read in class a while ago?
Ronald Reagan
"extravagant or exaggerated (as of a melodrama)"
Melodramatic
The magi is an example of what literary device?
Symbol/Symbolism
What was the only Edgar Allen Poe poem we read in class?
The Bells
"completely new and never having happened before; historic"
Unprecedented