Owl Creek Terms
This adjective means that something or someone is being described as shameful or is causing a loss of honor.
What is inglorious?
I was an author known for writing about the realities of the Civil War
Who is Ambrose Bierce
This is when an author uses something to represent something else, like an abstract idea, in a text.
In the real world, a stop sign is an example of this.
What is a Symbol?
This Greek term refers to an author's use of data and facts to support an argument.
What is Logos?
The overall meaning, moral, or message of a text.
What is a theme?
This term refers to a manager or owner of a plantation.
What is a planter?
I am famous for writing children's stories, but sometimes I like to write about unsuspecting murderers.
Who is Roald Dahl?
In "Owl Creek," the author's references to the color gray to develop his ideas of the murky nature of war and loyalties functions as this literary term.
What is a Motif?
This Greek term refers to an author's attempt to form an emotional connection between the reader and the text.
What is Pathos?
Part 2 of "Owl Creek" takes place before the events of Part 1 of the story. This is an example of this type of literary device.
What is a Flashback?
This noun refers to a Confederate person who supported the South leaving the Union during the Civil War
I wrote an essay challenging the reader to think about how something can be valued very differently depending on c
Who is Margaret Atwood?
In "The First Day," the narrator gives lots of sensory details about what the main character sees, hears, smells, and feels. This type of descriptive language is called
What is Imagery?
This Greek term refers to an author's attempt to establish credibility and trust with their reader.
What is Ethos?
In "Bread", by Margaret Atwood, bread is used as a __________ over the course of the text, functioning as a motif to develop a theme.
What is a symbol?
This refers to a person being irritated or annoyed, and can be used in regard's to a person's physical or mental status.
What is chafed?
I am known for my iambic pentameter and prose. I wrote many plays that high school students are subjected to, including all of you.
Who is William Shakespeare?
In "Marcus S. Morikawa, Principal," the reader learns at the end of the story that the troubling student he's talking about is in first grade. The shock of this unexpected punchline to the reader is caused by the use of this literary device.
What is Irony?
This is the Greek term for the art of persuasion.
What is rhetoric?
A symbol that is used over the course of the text to develop a larger thematic idea is called this.
What is a motif?
What is a Dictum?
This is the author of a photo essay about the work spaces of famous people who passed away.
Who is Mitch Epstein?
This prompt requires 3 answers.
These are the three main reasons/purposes that authors have for writing.
What is to Inform?
What is to Persuade?
What is to Entertain?
These are errors in logic that are used intentionally or unintentionally by an author to persuade a reader.
What are fallacies?
In "Lamb to the Slaughter", the reader and main character are both in on the secret that she murdered her husband. This is an example of this literary device.
(which is the opposite of wrinkly)