Literary Devices and Figurative Language
The repetition of initial consonant sounds
What is alliteration?
Type of punctuation that encloses a person's exact words
What is are quotation marks?
This word means to change course
What is the word divert?
This is the explanation of examples and supporting details in a body (11 sentence) paragraph.
What is commentary?
The type of device illustrated in these lyrics: "Kanye's best prodigy / He ain't signed me but he proud of me"
What is allusion?
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
What is metaphor?
Punctuation mark that combines two closely related independent clauses
What is a semicolon?
This word means showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise
What is the word meticulous?
This is the role of the topic sentence in a body (11 sentence) paragraph.
What is clearly state a claim and a main point from the thesis and preview the contents of the paragraph?
The part of the plot in which the setting and characters are introduced
What is the exposition?
In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the audience/reader knows that Juliet has faked her death, but Romeo does not and he thinks she is really dead.
What is dramatic irony?
The type of comma usage in the following statement: I am here, but I am tired.
What is FANBOYS?
This word means to make (an action or process) easy or easier
What is the word facilitate?
This is copying/stealing someone else's ideas and not giving credit to an author/creator.
What is plagiarism?
The two uses of a semicolon.
What are 1. combine two independent clauses that are closely related 2. combine two independent clauses that are closely related with a transition word?
I have a ton of homework tonight!
What is hyperbole?
The rule that is used in the following sentence: When Ashley went home, she found that her mother had made her cookies.
What is AAAWWUBBIS?
This word means open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning
What is the word ambiguous?
These are the parts of a thesis statement.
What are topic, argument/opinion, and main points?
This is the name of the Brooke Point Black-Hawk mascot.
Who is Benny?
A message or lesson or abstract idea about human life.
What is theme?
The type of comma usage in the following sentence: If you study, you should do well on the exam.
What is AAAWWUUBBIS?
The word "precarious" used in a sentence
(answers may vary) What is: The gymnast balanced precariously on the four-inch beam with one foot in the air.
This is the acronym and what it stands for when using quotations in writing.
What ICE (Introduce, cite, and explain)?
The name of one of Mrs. Ritenour's cats
What is Casper or Malcolm?