Figurative Language
We've Read What?
MLA
Rhetoric
Character Traits
100

A comparison using 'like' or 'as'.

What is a simile?


100

A play that explores the lives of two tragic lovers.

What is Romeo and Juliet?

100

Size 12pt

What is the appropriate MLA font size?

100

The appeal that uses data and facts to influence the audience.

What is logos?

100

A lustful teenager that also whined and cried a lot.

Who was Romeo?

200

An extreme (over the top) exaggeration.

What is a hyperbole?

200

A speech in which the speaker argues for equality amongst all people.

What is Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech?

200

Double Spaced

What is the correct spacing for MLA?

200

The appeal that influences the audience's emotions.

What is pathos?

200

A Reverend that fought for equality during the Civil Rights Movement.

Who was Dr. King?

300

A play on words.

What is a pun?

300

A short story in which a young man gets caught up in his work and reports his own letter to government officials.

What is "The Censors"?

300

Introduction, body, and conclusion paragraphs

What is a traditional essay set-up?

300

The acronym to guide you as you rhetorically analyze a text.

What is SOAPStone?

300

A botanist from Dacca.

Who was Mr. Pirzada?
400

Two contradictory words put together for effect.

What is an oxymoron?

400

A short story that explores relationships and how bonds are created among people.

What is "When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine"?

400

1in all around

What is the appropriate margin size?

400

The art of persuasion.

What is rhetoric?

400

The young girl that filled in the role as Mr. Pirzada's daughter. 

Who was Lillia?

500

A reference to another literary work.

What is an allusion?

500

A short story that explores how fear factors into our lives.

What is "Once Upon a Time"?

500

Modern Language Association

What is MLA?

500

A strategy that uses similar grammatical structure to emphasis a point.

What is parallelism?

500

A young woman that wants to please her parents, but decides to follow her heart instead.

Who is Juliet?