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TERM-inal Devices
Use Your Allusion
Your Favorite MC
You're Not my Archetype
A La Mode
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This literary device is a result of the word sounding like the action it describes.
What is onomatopoeia?
100
This allusion is used to refer to people or characters who exhibit extreme optimism, even in the face of adversity.
What is Panglossian?
100
The multiple choice section consists of this many passages and this number of questions.
What is 4 - 5 and 52-56?
100
Used by writers to mean "purification" or "a new beginning"....unless the character drowns.
What is water?
100
These modes all fall under the umbrella term of "Expository" writing.
What are Definition, Causation, Comparison & Contrast, and Description?
200
The purpose of this device is to compare tangible or intangible items side-by-side.
What is juxtaposition?
200
This refers to a character or person's primary weakness. Kryptonite was Superman's.
What is an Achilles' Heel?
200
If you find yourself staring at a question, you should employ this strategy.
What is "eliminate as many answers as you can, guess, and move on"?
200
Unless used for ironic purposes, this season means rebirth or renewal.
What is Spring?
200
Writers or speakers composing in this mode of writing primarily rely on use of the three appeals.
What is Persuasion?
300
A figurative comparison between two seemingly unlike things.
What is a metaphor?
300
A reference to two sea monsters, this allusion suggests a series of seemingly unconquerable obstacles.
What is Scylla and Charybdis?
300
If you plan to look at the questions first, you should focus on these types of questions.
What are questions referring to line numbers or sections (paragraphs, sentences, etc.)?
300
Most commonly related to Lucifer, this archetype suggests the ill-fated outcome of those who aspire to heights they should not attempt to reach.
What is The Fall?
300
When composing Persuasive pieces, writers and speakers may also use these other modes of writing as rhetorical strategies.
What are Definition, Causation, Comparison and Contrast, and Description?
400
A figurative comparison, this device goes beyond just one sentence or line, often extending throughout an entire piece.
What is an extended metaphor?
400
This allusion refers to a problematic situation to which there appears to be no favorable solution.
What is a catch-22?
400
If less than a minute remains and you have several blank answers remaining, you should do this.
What is "pick your favorite letter and bubble"?
400
This is the season of death.
What is Winter?
400
When writing a Descriptive piece, writers are most likely to heavily employ this rhetorical strategy/literary device.
What is Imagery?
500
This term refers to a short, simple statement that expresses a simple truth.
What is an aphorism?
500
Extremely old or ancient, this term literally means "before the flood."
What is Antediluvian?
500
Knowing basic rules of citation, including which titles are italicized and which get quotation marks, will help for this type of question.
What are footnote questions?
500
The most well-known characters fulfilling this archetype are Rome and Juliet.
What are Star-Crossed lovers?
500
Every mode of writing can be analyzed using these five strategies,
What is DIDLS (Diction, Imagery, Details, Language, and Syntax)?