Allusions 1
When an author wants to simplify complex ideas and emotions by connecting to an established understanding within another work, they might use this
What is an allusion?
This is the information that is provided in an MLA in-text citation
What is the author's last name and page number?
This happens when two independent clauses (complete sentences) are incorrectly joined with a comma.
What is a comma splice?
This is a full sentence that explains a universal lesson from a literary work.
What is a theme?
This is the attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience
What is tone?
When in doubt, it's from ____________
What is Shakespeare?
This is where an in-text citation goes.
What is after the last word in the sentence, and before the period
True or false
This sentence is correct: I often walk the dogs on the beach, they love splashing in the waves.
False
What is a metaphor?
This is an extended metaphor, generally a story, that is used to teach a deeper lesson
What is an allegory?
This is a weakness a person has, an allusion to Greek mythology
What is an achilles' heel?
The proper citation for the following:
Jane Austen's Literary World — James Woodlawn, chapter 4, page 72.
Clueless, a modern-day teen drama, is a "much beloved" adaptation of Austen’s Emma ______.
What is (Woodlawn 72)
True or false
This sentence is correct: You can do this; you have all the skills necessary to be successful.
True
This is the state or feeling of friendship and mutual support within a group. Also the masculine equivalent of a sorority.
What is fraternity?
This is a style of writing where a person's thoughts and conscious reactions to events are perceived as a continuous flow.
What is stream of consciousness?
If a woman uses her loose morals to gain power over others, she might be called this.
What/who is Jezebel?
Proper In-text citation for the following:
My First Cookbook — a book by Simon Vale, chapter 2, page 49.
According to the recipe, the mixture should become a"firm, pliable paste" once it has been properly boiled _______.
What is (Vale 49)
This is one way to fix a comma splice that involves using a subordinate conjunction. This method reduces one of the two clauses to an incomplete thought.
What is subordination?
Something that is asked without wanting or needed an answer
What is a rhetorical question?
This is a figure of speech in which a non-human object is given human traits.
What is personification?
This is a temptation that could lead to trouble or causing something to happen that cannot be stopped.
What is a pandora's box?
Proper In-text citation for the following:
The Hunger Games — a book by Suzanne Collins, chapter 13, page 21.
A stunned Katniss realizes that she has "become someone precious" after she volunteers to take Prim's place ________.
What is (Collins 21)
True or false
This sentence is correct: It makes no sense to study Advanced Egyptian Agriculture in high school, if the student will not use the information in college or the real world.
False
This is a rhetorical device when structures within sentences or parts of sentences take the same form.
What is parallelism or parallel structure?
This is a Greek sculptor who created, then subsequently fell in love with a sculpture of a beautiful woman.
Who is Pygmalion?