Figurative Language
Descriptive language that appeals to sense perceptions in order to create an impression
What is imagery?
The art of public speaking.
What is rhetoric?
The author refers to another person, place, or event to add deeper meaning to their work.
What is allusion?
Whist
What game does Fogg enjoy playing at the Reform Club?
Beware the Ides of March
What does the soothsayer say to Caesar?
An expression in which a related thing stands for the thing itself
What is metonymy?
A question not intended to be answered.
What is a rhetorical question?
Represents both itself and another idea the author attaches.
Passepartout's shoes.
What does Passepartout fail to remove when entering the Indian temple?
False letters
What does Cassius use to convice Brutus to join the conspiracy?
using part of something to stand for the whole
What is synecdoche?
the second of two parallel phrases, clauses, or sentences reversing the elements of the first, inverting the parallel structure
What is chiasmus?
The mood or emotion that the reader is to share with the characters.
What is atmosphere?
Passepartout becomes an acrobat.
What job does Passepartout take in Yokohama?
Et tu, Brute?
What are Caesar's last words?
Give an example of an extended metaphor.
What is "Mother to Son"?
What is Pilgrim's Progress?
What is The Screwtape Letters?
two adjacent phrases or clauses that are parallel syntactically but contrasting in meaning
What is antithesis?
The attitude of an author toward his subject.
What is tone?
Who is Aouda?
Honorable men
What does Marc Antony say about the assins?
Name the device in the following quote.
"Like the first fierce stars that sprang out of divine darkness" - "A Piece of Chalk"
What is alliteration?
Words with similar but slightly mismatched sounds.
What is slant rhyme?
The person created by the author to tell the story.
What is persona?
A dead rajah.
Who does Passepartout impersonate?
75 coins
What does Caesar leave to every citizen in his will?