Literary Devices
This term is a grand exaggeration
Example: Ive told you a million times to clean up your room!
What is a Hyperbole
In the Jumping Frog story, what did the man do to the frog that was left while the Rev went to gather another frog?
What is fill the frog with birdshot/lead
Identify the FANBOYS
What is For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, and So.
This character is telling the story
Who is Bryan Stevenson
What is Mrs. Fort's Favorite Color
What is Turqouise
The thunder "boomed" and the lightning "cracked"
is an example of what literary device
What is Onomatopoeia
In the Story of an Hour what type of irony was used when she died at the end?
What is Situational Irony
Correct the sentence using the proper punctuation
I don’t like eating Italian food however I love eating pizza.
I don't like eating Italian food; however, I love eating pizza.
Why was Walter assumed to be guilty without a proper trial?
He was an African American man who was having an affair with a white woman, which was illegal in Alabama.
What is the mascot for Union?
Referring to known pieces of art, literature, biblical stories, or known world events like 9/11.
What is allusion
In the Crucible, what was the one thing that John didn't want taken from him?
What is his name.
Identify the subject and complete predicate in the following sentence:
In the middle of a cold night during winter break, they quietly went to the dark basement
Subject- They
Complete predicate- In the middle of a cold night during winter break, quietly went to the dark basement
What evidence could potentially help Walters' case that has been revealed from chapter 1-5
Answers may vary:
He was at his house working on his truck at the time of the murder. Bill Hooks was actually at work at NAPA auto the day of the murder, disproving his testimony that he said he had seen Mcmillians Truck
When is Mrs. Fort's Birthday
When is March 10th
Life is a highway. Her eyes were diamonds. He is a shining star. The snow is a white blanket.
These are all examples of what literary device
What is metaphor
Name one prominent Harlem Renaissance author we covered in our HR unit
Answers May Vary
Langston Hughes, Zora Houston Neale, Claude McKay, W.E.B Du Bois
What is the difference between a concrete noun and an abstract noun.
Concrete nouns are things that are physical items you can touch/see like apple, computer, Mrs. Fort. Abstract nouns are things that cannot be perceived by the senses like time, love, trust
What what ironic about the movement of the trial to Baldwin County
Baldwin County is mostly white.
What were the names of the first two fish that Mrs. Fort had
Who is Figment and Figment 2.0
The word we use for word choice
What is Diction
What was ironic about Mark Twain getting upset with his audience during the hypnosis?
He was already lying and he was mad that people were not believing his lie.
When we journal alongside a text- having conversation with the text- what do we call that
What is Dialectal Journaling
What are the names of Walter's children
Jackie, Johnny,and Boot
What is Ravenclaw