Parts of Speech
Person, Place, Thing, or Idea.
What is a Noun?
Attributing human characteristics to nonhuman things.
What is Personification?
The substance or essence of a speech or text.
What is the Gist?
A brief statement or account of the main points of something.
What is the Summary?
A fictional small American community that observes an annual tradition which is intended to ensure a good harvest and purge the town of bad omens.
What is The Lottery?
Expresses action or being.
What is a Verb?
A comparison between two unlike things using the words "like," "as" or "than".
What is Simile?
The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
What is Diction?
Concerning the writing, study, or content of literature, especially of the kind valued for quality of form.
What is Literary?
A couple who gets married and they feel empty about their relationship.
What is The Feather Pillow?
Modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.
What is an Adjective?
A direct comparison without using the comparative words "like" or "as".
What is Metaphor?
The arrangement of words in sentences, clauses, and phrases, and the study of the formation of sentences and the relationship of their component parts.
What is Syntax?
The use of humor, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
What is Satire?
A woman who is consumed with her appearance why escorting her son.
What is Bringing My Son to the Police Station to Be Fingerprinted?
A word used in place of a noun.
What is a Pronoun?
An over-exaggeration used to emphasize an emotion or description.
What is Hyperbole?
A temporary state of mind or feeling.
What is the Mood?
The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
What is Irony?
An unnamed narrator who is going to visit his ill friend to try and cheer him up.
What is The Fall of the House of Usher?
Modifies or describes a verb or an adjective.
What is an Adverb?
The repetition of the same consonant sound at the start of one or more words near one another.
What is Alliteration?
The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.
What is the Theme?
Implied by an author's word choice and the way that the text can make a reader feel.
What is the Tone?
When we're happy, or afraid, we're releasing powerful hormones, like oxytocin or dopamine, that are working to make these moments stick in our brain and for enjoyment.
What is Why Do Some Brains Enjoy Fear?