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"I've got a hundred pages of homework to do tonight" is an example of...
What is Hyperbole?
A group of lines in poetry. The poetry version of a paragraph.
What is a stanza?
To successfully generate interest in their work, authors really need to know...
What is their audience?
A disagreeable thing expressed in agreeable language.
What is Euphemism?
A form of figurative language in which something that is not human is given human characteristics.
What is Personification?
Two things you have to do when integrating quotes or citing someone.
What are (any 2 will be accepted):
- Use quotation marks
- Cite the author
- Cite page #
- Explain your quote's significance/relevance
"Her eyes are gems" is an example of...
What is Metaphor?
A figure of speech that makes a comparison using "like" or "as."
What is Simile?
The writer or speaker refers either directly or indirectly to a person, event, or thing in history or to a work of art or literature.
What is Allusion?
"That wasn't a terribly good thing to do" is an example of...
What is oxymoron?
A lumberjack just had a tree fall on them. That situation is...
What is Ironic?
"Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer" is an example of...
What is Antithesis?
When the first sounds of words are the same as in: She shook the shears at the sheep.
What is alliteration?
Metonymy is...
When one thing is used to represent another (e.g., 'I cooked the dish.')
"Excessive pride or ambition can lead to one's downfall" could be a...
What is a Theme Statement?
Fluttering, sweet, abrasive, deafening and blinding are examples of these.
What are Sensory Words?
What is synecdoche?
Someone asking a question like "why does the WiFi hate me?" is an example of...
What is Apostrophe?
List two differences between Autobiographies and Memoirs.
- AB are only factual/Memoirs are influenced by emotions, attitude, memory, etc.
- AB cover someone's entire life/Memoirs are a specific event or period of time
- Autobiographies are USUALLY longer
- Memoirs are usually written like a novel/story
Other responses are possible.
An overused, worn-out word or phrase.
What is Cliche?