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Figurative Language
Rhetorical Devices
Literary Terms
Poetry Devices
Grammatical Terms
100
the practice of beginning several consecutive or neighboring words with the same sound ex. "The twisting trout twinkled below."
What is alliteration?
100
this persuasive device appeals to a person's sense of emotion
What is pathos?
100
a scene that interrupts the action of a work to show a previous event
What is flashback?
100
the repetition of sounds in two or more words or phrases that appear close to each other in a poem--several types of this include end, internal, and slant
What is rhyme?
100
a person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
200
the words or phrases a writer uses to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas descriptively by appealing to the senses
What is imagery?
200
this persuasive device appeals to a person's sense of logic
What is logos?
200
the use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest future action
What is foreshadowing?
200
the deliberate use of any element of language more than once--sound, word, phrase, sentence, grammatical pattern, or rhythmical pattern
What is repetition?
200
these show the action taking place in a sentence
What is a verb?
300
a comparison of two unlike things not using "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
300
an example of this persuasive device would be a doctor promoting the latest energy drink and how good it is for people to consume
What is ethos?
300
1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person, limited, omniscient
What is point of view?
300
a change or movement in a piece resulting from an epiphany, realization, or insight gained by the speaker, a character, or the reader
What is shift or turn?
300
these describe or modify nouns
What is an adjective?
400
Hiss! Buzz! Bang!
What is onomatopoeia?
400
"to the individual," the target person's characteristics are attacked, instead of the argument ex. Nick Jacobson is not a worthy candidate for vice president of the senior class because he is short and frowns too much.
What is ad hominem fallacy?
400
the sequence of events or actions in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem
What is plot?
400
the study of sound and rhythm in poetry
What is prosody?
400
The very hungry caterpillar ate the leaves ravenously. Name the adverbs in the sentence above.
What is very and ravenously?
500
"sweet sorrow" or "cold fire"
What is oxymoron?
500
"to the crowd," a misconception that a widespread occurrence of something is assumed to make an idea right or true
What is ad populum fallacy?
500
there are three types: verbal, situational, and symbolic
What is irony?
500
the writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject, character, or audience, and it is conveyed through the author's choice of words and detail.
What is tone?
500
the arrangement of words and the order of grammatical elements in a sentence
What is syntax?