Devices p1
A comparison NOT using like or as
A comparison USING like or as
Simile
What do you need to include in your thesis statement
Title of work and author
What is Trevor's mom's name?
Patricia (extra point for Nombuyiselo)
Ms. Williamson has a dog named
Popper
Setting two things side by side for contrast
Juxtaposition
Repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of consecutive sentences
Anaphora
One, colon
Trevor can trace every bad thing that has happened in his life back to a _________
Secondhand Car
Ms. Williamson went to this university
North Carolina State
An indirect, unexplained reference to another work/common knowledge
Allusion
Painting a picture in the mind of the reader using the five senses
Imagery
Your analysis should not be ________
summary
What was Trevor's dog's name?
Fufi
Ms. Williamson's favorite book and movie is:
Little Women
An exaggeration for effect
Hyperbole
a word, that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes
onomatopoeia
Meaning should __________
reach beyond the text / make a connection outside of the text.
Abel beat up Trevor's bullies in a chapter titled:
The Mulberry Tree
Ms. Williamson's has this many siblings:
1 (brother)
Giving human qualities to non-human things
Personification
Write one simile and one metaphor
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Write a lead-in for the following quote:
“I kept waiting for it to be a trick, for them to turn and say, “It’s you!” They didn’t. At a certain point, I felt so invisible I almost wanted to take credit. I wanted to jump up and point at the TV and say, ‘Are you people blind?! That’s me! Can you not see that that’s me?!’ But of course I didn’t. And they couldn’t.”
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Trevor pooped on the floor in a chapter titled:
Trevor, pray!
Ms. Williamson's husband does this for a living:
Engineer (extra point for Civil or mentioning bridges)