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mash up
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Cynthia was feeling sinful in Cincinnati
What is an example of alliteration?
100
*to focus the readers' attention on a particular section text or sequence of ideas *to create rhythm and mood about a specific topic or idea *to create a specific connotation (ex. repetition of the "s" sound often suggests a snake-like quality implying slyness or danger)
What is the effect of alliteration on the reader?
100
A branch of drama that treats in a serious and dignified style the sorrowful or terrible events encountered or caused by a heroic individual.
What is a tragedy?
100
An introduction to a story that sets the tone and may provide the reader some background into the story.
What is a prologue?
100
Are you completely insane???
What is an example of a rhetorical question?
200
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What is an ellipsis?
200
Establishes a pause within a sentence to create emphasis.
What is the effect of an ellipsis on the reader?
200
In fiction and folklore,a look-alike or double of a living person who is sometimes portrayed as a harbinger of bad luck.
What is a doppelganger?
200
The god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection. He is often portrayed as the son of the love goddess Venus, and is known in Latin also as Amor ("Love").
Who is Cupid?
200
You're as cold as ice.
What is an example of a simile?
300
The pencil sharpener squealed and complained as she rotated the handle in an attempt to get the thing to work.
What is an example of personification?
300
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. - Dickens
What is an example of parallelism?
300
When a person or author makes an indirect reference in speech, text, or song to an event or figure.
What is an allusion?
300
Gives the reader a big idea with few words by referring to a famous person, place, event, or literary character.
What is the effect of an allusion on the reader?
400
*to organize ideas so they are easier to understand or compare *to create a satisfying rhythm for the reader *to show balance, equality, similarities, or importance between more than one idea
What is the effect of parallelism on the reader?
400
*to create vivid descriptions of seemingly basic concepts *to create sympathy or an emotional reaction to non-human characters
What is the effect of personification?
400
Their relationship resembled the Civil War at times.
What is an example of an allusion?
400
This gives the reader a way to anticipate the type of story that is coming.
What is the effect of a prologue on the reader?
400
An example of this is "Titanic" - a 1997 film starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio.
What is a tragedy?
500
The world's a stage
What is an example of a metaphor?
500
*to create vivid descriptions with few words often used to show equality amongst seemingly unlike things or ideas *allows the reader to see the significance or ridiculousness of an idea (depending on what it is being compared to)
What is the effect of a metaphor on the reader?
500
In literature, one of the strongest devices in which the author uses words and phrases to create “mental images” for the reader.
What is imagery?
500
Allows the reader to create a mental image through the senses.
What is the effect of imagery on the reader?
500
Mrs. Fairbrother (careful..........you want 500 points, right??)
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