Stories
I thought he loved me, but he broke my nose.
Myrtle from The Great Gatsby
Comparing two things using the words "like" or "as"
Simile
He wrote Poor Richard's Almanac
Benjamin Franklin
This is the format your English disquisitions are required to be in
MLA - Modern Language Association
This document has 27 Amendments.
The U.S. Constitution
He wore white shoes that Walter despised.
George Murchison
A deliberate and wild exaggeration
Hyperbole
Dr. Seuss's real name
What type of poem is the WELCOME statement in this classroom?
Acrostic
This document freed the slaves
The Emancipation Proclamation
My name was the last word he said before he died in his swimming pool.
Daisy from The Great Gatsby
A phrase not meant to be taken literally
Idiom
She wrote The Sign in Sidney Bernstein's Window
Lorraine Hansberry
This is exactly where a thesis statement should go. Exactly.
The last sentence of the introductory/first paragraph
This is the beginning of the U.S. Constitution
The Preamble
Willie Harris and Bobo.
Comparing two unlike things such as" It's raining cats and dogs"
Metaphor
She wrote "I Am Nobody"
Emily Dickinson
This is the type of poem that pays honor to something or someone
an Ode
These articles were an attempt to shape America without the King's rules.
The Articles of Confederation
This is what you call a book that is 200 pages or less.
Novella
A phrase where the words contradict themselves, such as: That baby is pretty ugly.
oxymoron
He wrote Common Sense
Thomas Paine
How many lines is a Limerick poem?
5 lines
This was the Colonists' last attempt to gain freedom from King George.
The Olive Branch Petition