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Nominative V Adjective
Rhetorical Modes
Silly Snakes
Ugly Salty Taffy Wafers
Who knows
100
He is tall
What is a predicate adjective
100
The purpose is to explain
What is expository
100
I'm having a good time... not!
What is sarcasm.
100
The way the author constructs sentences
What is syntax
100
In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Dorothy only realizes at the end that she possesses the ability to go back home, the Scarecrow who wants a brain realizes that he is extremely intelligent, the Tin Woodsman realizes he already has a heart and the Lion realizes that he is bold and courageous.
What is situational irony
200
She is strong.
What is a predicate adjective
200
The purpose is to prove the validity of an idea
What is argumentation.
200
Political cartoons, SNL, and Swift's Gulliver's Travels
What is satire
200
The central idea or message of a work
What is a theme
200
Some starlings had alighted on a wire overhead in perfect progression like a piece of knotted string fallen slantwise.
What is a simile
300
Judy, who won the state chess championship, is a girl.
What is predicate nominative.
300
The purpose is to tell a story
What is narration
300
Only then did he find himself rolling head over heels like a shot rabbit.
What is simile
300
It might be playful or serious or formal or ornate. It is best discussed by analyzing diction and syntax.
What is tone
300
"Through the fence, between the curling flower spaces, I could see them hitting" is an example of this type of sentence
What is a periodic sentence
400
Although Claude is very fast, he was unable to eat the fifty hotdogs in the allotted time.
What is predicate adjective.
400
The purpose is to recreate a person, place, or scene.
What is descriptive
400
After the rain fell or When I was a little boy
What is a subordinate clause
400
Last week I saw a woman flayed, and you will hardly believe how much it altered her person for the worse.
What is understatement
400
The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.
What is metaphor
500
If it is pouring rain and the sky is dark, she, who is timid, will most likely be found under her bed.
What is predicate adjective.
500
Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is primary in these two modes
What is narration and argumentative.
500
All men are mortal Socrates is a man Socrates is mortal
What is a syllogism
500
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
What is wit
500
"We started dying before the snow, and like the snow, we continued to fall"
What is simile