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The teacher proudly read the worksheet to her students. She watched them as they sat quietly in their desks. When the students left the room, she sat down and reflected on the months of preparation that went into this day. She felt confident that her skills as a high school teacher would be rewarded once the tests were assessed.
What is Third Person Limited Point of View?
100
He is like a mouse in front of the teacher.
What is a simile?
100
Henry was a lion on the battlefield
What is a metaphor?
100
The audience knows what a character does not know.
What is dramatic irony?
100
A stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable
What is an iambic unit?
200
They were helpless. They didn't understand. Nobody did, least of all me. They wanted to come down, but I was leaving the next day.
What is first person point of view?
200
It’s no wonder everyone refers to Mary as another Mother Teresa in the making; she loves to help and care after people everywhere- from the streets to her own friends.
What is an allusion?
200
What Deafening Silence!
What is an oxymoron?
200
(speaking so that the audience can hear . . . no one on stage can hear) . . . "Perhaps he thinks I don't remember, but I can assure you, I do!"
What is an aside?
200
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall!
What is a couplet?
300
Little Red was furious. "What did you do with my grandmother?" The wolf was indignant! "Why do you automatically think that I did something wrong."
What is Third Person Omniscient?
300
Beware the Ides of March!
What is foreshadowing?
300
The swiftest traveler is he that goes afoot.
What is a paradox?
300
Alone on stage, the wolf shares his life's story.
What is a soliloquy?
300
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, ( da Dum da Dum da Dum da Dum da Dum )
What is iambic pentameter?
400
Take out a sheet of paper. Write your name in the upper left hand column. Then listen carefully as more directions are given.
What is Second Person Point of View?
400
I am so angry I could rip someone's head off!
What is a hyperbole?
400
Time never waits for anyone.
What is personification?
400
Mercutio speaks to his friends in length about Queen Mab.
What is a monologue?
400
A couple appears in court to finalize a divorce, but during the proceeding, they remarry instead.
What is situational irony?
500
The Lady Warriors, ranked No. 5 in the ESPN Hoopgurlz Fab 50, won their third state title, beating Science Hill 70-55. It capped a 34-3 season with all three losses coming to teams ranked in that same national poll at the time.
What is Third Person Objective?
500
Santa’s helpers are known as subordinate Clauses.
What is a pun?
500
This represents ideas or principles in any piece of written literature. Examples include the following: * Animal Farm * Works by Dr. Suess
What is an allegory?
500
The "Prologue" in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet consists of these fourteen lines of iambic pentameter.
What is a sonnet?
500
The server at a McDonald's window is greeted by a friendly customer who asks him, "How are you doing?" He replies without hesitation, "I'm living the American dream."
What is verbal irony?