Figurative Language
The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing for a specific effect
What is diction?
Titles of short works are formatted using...
What are quotation marks?
Consider this claim:
For the benefit of all citizens, fluoride should be added to drinking water.
Which is the strongest evidence to support the claim?
What is B?
A clause that is a complete thought
What is an independent clause?
A thematic statement should...
A. Be universal
B. Include specific text information
C. Be a full sentence
D. Both A & B
E. Both A & C
What is E?
E. Both A & C- Be universal and a full sentence
A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical or cultural significance
What is an allusion?
Which is correctly formatted?
A. I can't wait to read the book Just Mercy.
B. I can't wait to read the book "Just Mercy."
What is A?
A. I can't wait to read the book Just Mercy.
Read the claim and the supporting evidence.
Claim: Parents should limit the sugar-sweetened beverages their children drink.
Evidence: Sugar-sweetened beverages can contribute to health problems such as heart disease and diabetes.
Why does the evidence support the claim? Choose the analysis that better explains the connection.
What is A?
Active or passive voice?
The letters have to be delivered.
What is passive voice?
Which of the following could be the theme of a story?
A. Fear is more dangerous than any beast.
B. A brave young girl pretends to be a man and takes her father's place in the army.
C. A fear of heights
D. "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too."
What is A?
Read the following excerpt from Sharon Olds' poem, "The Possessive":
My daughter — as if I
owned her
/ ... /
has been to the barber, that knife grinder,
and had the edge of her hair sharpened.
What kind of literary device is this an example of?
What is a metaphor?
In terms of formatting, what needs to be added or omitted to the student's work?
Student’s work:
In the poem, Dickinson writes, “Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul” (lines 1-2).
Poem Excerpt:
Hope is the thing with feathers 1
That perches in the soul, 2
What is a forward slash?
In the poem, Dickinson writes, “Hope is the thing with feathers / That perches in the soul” (lines 1-2).
Consider this claim:
Animals should be used for research because animal research saves human lives.
Which is the strongest evidence to support the claim?
What is B?
The use of the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas are of equal importance
What is parallel structure?
Read the passage.
People often refer to taxes in terms of their being much too high. In reality, they are probably even higher than you think, because in addition to the federal income tax we are now studying, there are many other Federal, State, and local taxes, including sales taxes, inheritance taxes, state income taxes, personal property taxes, real estate taxes, and others. These are just some of the most obvious ones.
What is the main, or central, idea of the passage?
What is B?
Read the following excerpt from William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet:
[Juliet:]
By whose direction found'st thou out this place?
[Romeo:]
By love, that first did prompt me to inquire. He lent me counsel, and I lent him eyes.
Which literary device is this an example of?
What is personfication?
What does this works cited entry indicate about the cited work? What kind of publication/medium is it?
Bagchi, Alaknanda. "Conflicting Nationalisms: The Voice of the Subaltern in Mahasweta Devi's Bashai Tudu." Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature, vol. 15, no. 1, 1996, pp. 41-50.
What is a scholarly/academic journal article?
Read the claim and the supporting evidence.
Claim: Kitchens and bathrooms are excellent areas for homeowners to renovate.
Evidence: Kitchen and bathroom renovations add more value to a house than they cost.
Why does the evidence support the claim? Choose the analysis that better explains the connection.
What is B?
A type of word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence, usually indicating location, time, direction, or purpose
What is a preposition?
Read the passage.
"'Well, I ain't giving you no trouble. Think I don't like to talk to somebody ever' once in a while? Think I like to stick in that house alla time?'"
Which theme, from John Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men, is reinforced by Curley's wife's complaint?
A. Dreams
B. Freedom and self-determination
C. Loneliness
D. The futility of war
What is C?
C. Loneliness
Read the following excerpt from The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros:
Weeds like so many squinty-eyed stars and brush that made your ankles itch and itch nutil you washed with soap and water. There were big green apples hard as knees. And everywhere the sleepy smell of rotting wood, damp earth, and dusty hollyhocks thick and perfumy like the blue-blond hair of the dead.
Which 3 literary devices are prominent in this excerpt?
What are imagery, simile, and alliteration?
Based on the information given below, what would be the correct in-text citation for the student's work?
Source information: Walden by Henry David Thoreau, page 8. Published by Dover Publications, Inc., New York 1995
Student's work: Though first published in 1854, the book's premise still resonates with readers today. In it, the author expresses his belief that an emphasis on wealth and success in mainstream American life has left people feeling empty, unsatisfied, and unable to truly appreciate being alive.
What is (Thoreau 8) ?
Consider this claim: Professional video gaming should be considered a sport because it shares many characteristics with other sports.
Which is the strongest evidence to support the claim?
A. Sociology professor Lucy Norton notes, "The definition of a sport has always been up for debate. Is chess a sport? Is dance a sport? This is something people have always disagreed about."
B. Competitive video gaming often occurs in an atmosphere similar to that of other major sports: a large arena with cheering fans and millions of dollars on the table.
C. According to Fred Carey, a sports journalist, "Professional gaming doesn't require physical ability or contact. Sports are, and always have been, physical."
What is B?
B. Competitive video gaming often occurs in an atmosphere similar to that of other major sports: a large arena with cheering fans and millions of dollars on the table.
Joins two sentences with fanboys (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
What is a coordinating conjunction?
Read the poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost.
Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief,
So Dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.
Which of the following best identifies a theme of the poem?
A. Love is unpredictable and inconsistent
B. The most beautiful moments of life are brief.
C. Perfection and paradise are unattainable.
D. It is dangerous to forget that we will all die at some point.
What is B?
B. The most beautiful moments of life are brief.