Go Figure
Extreme exaggeration is this.
What is hyperbole?
What is don't buy it or create your own?
"Morrie raised his eyebrows and interrupted the clamor with his high, sing-song voice."
What is a loud commotion?
On graduation day, Mitch Albom promised this to Morrie, his favorite professor?
What was to stay in touch?
Words or phrases that vividly describe sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.
What is imagery?
The dictionary definition of a word is called its ____________.
What is denotation?
On "Nightline," Morrie said he dreaded that soon someone would have to do this.
What is wipe his behind?
"They spoke about Morrie's increasing dependency on other people. He already needed help eating and sitting."
What is relying on others; opposite of independent
This event enabled Mitch to spend more time with Morrie.
What was his newspaper union's strike?
When the audience or reader knows something a character does not is this.
What is dramatic irony?
An expression whose meaning is different from the meaning of its individual words.
What is an idiom?
Morrie was intent on proving that the word dying was not "synonymous" with ______.
What is useless?
"I had not seen him in sixteen years. His hair was thinner, nearly white, and his face was gaunt."
What is sunken, thin?
Mitch originally wanted to do this for a living.
What was play the piano?
The tone or emotional meaning of a word. It can sometimes be positive or negative.
What is connotation?
Repetition of vowel sounds within a short passage. Ex. Hayden plays a game.
What is assonance?
Morrie shows Mitch a little test that measures what?
What is how breath he has left? How healthy his lungs are or aren't?
"With his face pressed close to mine, I could hear his labored breathing in my ear."
What is using a lot of effort?
Mitch's reunion with his old professor came about because he just happened to...
What was hear the name Morrie Schwartz on the TV?
The turning point of a story; its highest dramatic moment.
What is climax?
Combining contradictory words to reveal a truth. Ex. jumbo shrimp or pretty ugly.
What is oxymoron?
In chapter 6, The Classroom, Morrie talks about the tension of this?
What is opposites?
"I was impressed with, perhaps even a bit envious of, all the friends that Morrie seemed to have."
What is jealous or wanting what someone else has?
In chapter 3, Mitch uses this vivid description to show that life was precious.
What is water going down a drain?
The author interrupts a story to tell something that happened in the past.