Grammar
Figurative Language
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Writing
Literary Terms
100
How should you punctuate the title of an article, poem, or other small work?
Quotation marks
100
Explain the difference between a metaphor and a simile.
Metaphor - A comparison between two unlike things without using like or as.
Simile - A comparison between two unlike things using like or as.
100
What does mood refer to in literature?
How the reader feels about the passage
100
What does it mean to cite?
To quote evidence from another source in order to support your argument or ideas
To provide information on where you found your sources so that you don’t plagiarize
100
Batman and the Joker are an example of…
Protagonist and Antagonist
200
Name 3 ways to fix a run-on sentence.
Use a period and a capital letter to make 2 separate sentences
Use a semicolon to separate the 2 sentences
Use a comma and a conjunction to separate the 2 sentences
200
“The sun smiled down on them” is an example of…
Personification
200
“Once upon a time...” falls on which step of the plot diagram?
Exposition
200
What does a topic sentence do? Where does it come in the paragraph?
A topic sentence introduces the topic that is about to be discussed.
It comes at the beginning of a body paragraph.
200
Describe the difference between limited and omniscient point of view.
Limited POV focuses on the thoughts and feelings of 1 character only.
Omniscient POV switches between multiple characters’ perspectives.
300
The following is an example of what type of sentence?
When you are finished, put your work in the tray.
Complex sentence
300
Provide an example of alliteration.
Sally sells sea shells at the sea shore.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Etc.
300
Draw a plot diagram on the board and label its 5 steps.
300
What is the controlling idea of an essay called?
Thesis Statement/Claim
300
What is the setting of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird?
Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930s (Great Depression)
400
Which form of two, too, or to correctly fits in the following sentence?
I would like to go with you ____.
Too
400
List all 5 sensory details that help build imagery in a narrative.
Sight Smell Hearing Touch Taste
400
List and define the three persuasive appeals (EPL).
Ethos – persuades with ethics and trustworthiness (famous people)
Pathos – persuades with emotions (path to your heart)
Logos – persuades with logic (facts/statistics)
400
Read the following sentence from an argumentative essay. This sentence is an example of what element of writing?
“Most Australians, so this argument goes, live in cities and never get to see these animals. It is claimed that marine parks allow the average Australian to appreciate our marine wildlife.”
Counterclaim/Counterargument
400
Describe the difference between a round and a flat character.
Round Character - multidimensional, has multiple sides to their personality, as complex as a real person
Flat Character - one dimensional, has only one main personality trait, too simple to be a real person
500
The following words are this part of speech:
quietly
carefully
well
adverbs
500
Before sneaking into the Capulet’s party, Romeo says: “My mind misgives / Some consequence yet hanging in the stars / Shall bitterly begin his fearful date / With this night's revels, and expire the term / Of a despised life closed in my breast / By some vile forfeit of untimely death. / But he that hath the steerage of my course / Direct my sail.” (Shakespeare 1.4.113-120)
This is an example of which type of figurative language?
Foreshadowing
500
Explain the difference between direct and indirect characterization AND give an example of each that shows the difference between them.
Direct characterization – directly describes the character’s personality/looks for the reader (He was tall.)
Indirect characterization – subtly hints at the character’s personality/looks (He nearly knocked his head on the door frame when he entered the room.)
500
Read the following sentence from an argumentative essay. This sentence is an example of what element of writing?
“However, as the article states, dolphins, whales, and seals can be viewed in the wild at number of places on the Australian coast.”
Refutation/Rebuttal
500
Provide an example of AT LEAST 3 of the following types of conflict from the novel To Kill a Mockingbird.
Character vs. Character
Character vs. Nature
Character vs. Society
Character vs. Self
Character vs. Character - when Bob Ewell spits in Atticus’s face
Character vs. Nature - when Miss Maudie’s house burns down
Character vs. Society - when the jury convicts Tom Robinson just because he’s black
Character vs. Self - when Sheriff Heck Tate is trying to decide whether to tell the town about Boo Radley saving the Finch children from Bob Ewell