Literary Devices
The single most important literary device
What is REPETITION?
Which rhetorical appeal relies on the speaker's credibility and character to convince the audience?
What is ETHOS?
It is a helpful strategy to ___________ key words in the questions.
What is HIGHLIGHT?
When doing a vocabulary based question such as the one below, which strategy would be the most helpful?
To meet the demand, factories rushed to make even more products.
Which entry best defines demand?
A. forceful statement
B. wish
C. strong need
D. question
What is placing the answer options in the sentence?
Very typical examples of characters, settings, and situations throughout literature.
What is ARCHETYPES?
This is an example of ....
This guy is an animal on the drums.
What is METAPHOR?
What is LOGOS?
If a question asks how a text is organized- they are asking what the ________________ is.
What is TEXT STRUCTURE?
If you cannot find helpful context clues, what is a helpful strategy to help find the meaning of a difficult word?
What is breaking down the word into prefixes/root words/suffixes and/or using Spanish cognates?
Benvolio and Tybalt
or
Peter and Anne
are examples of ...
What are FOIL CHARACTERS?
A comparison of two unlike things that is developed at length across multiple sentences.
What is AN EXTENDED METAPHOR?
Which rhetorical appeal best suits the context of a charity advertisement?
What is PATHOS?
Test creators often include answer choices that are similar or partially correct to test comprehension. How can you avoid answer incorrectly?
What is READING ALL ANSWER OPTIONS?
What is identify synonyms/antonyms or consider the tone?
Juliet's line comparing her wedding bed to her grave is an example of ______________
What is FORESHADOWING?
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of sentences particularly within poetry.
What is ANAPHORA?
This rhetorical strategy can also be used as a poetic device. It is often used to create rhythm, emphasize a point, or evoke an emotional response by the use of repetition of a specific word or phrase.
What is EPISTROPHE?
If the test creators ask from whose point of view the story is being told, what do they want to know?
What is 1st, 2nd, 3rd person?
To answer a question even if you do not know the word you are being tested on, you can use ________________________.
What is PROCESS OF ELIMINATION?
What is EXTERNAL CONFLICT: CHARACTER VS SOCIETY?
The audience knowing that Juliet is not truly dead, but Romeo believes she is.
This is an example of .....?
What is DRAMATIC IRONY?
This rhetorical strategy is used by author's to highlight ideas, concepts, and personalities through comparison.
What is JUXTAPOSITION?
Most of the time if a question is about perspective, the test creators want to know _____________________________________.
What is HOW THE PERSPECTIVE INFLUENCES THE NARRATIVE?
The suffix -ism means ...
What is BELIEF OR PRACTICE?
The setting archetype of "the small town" usually represents
What is INTOLERANCE?