Poetic Devices
What poetic device is "snap"- as in "snap back to reality" in Eminem's "Lose Yourself"?
Onomatopoeia
What is the purpose of a hook in an essay?
To grab the reader's attention.
Reverend Hale's books represent knowledge or authority. This is an example of...
symbolism
What color do blue and yellow make?
green
Some people have very pessimistic attitudes about the state of the world today.
What does pessimistic mean?
Negative attitude
The word "whispering" in the line "To the tranquil and lucid whispering of the snow" is an example of what literary device?
personification
Name one strategy you could use to come up with a topic for an essay.
Answers can vary- brainstorming, drawing, talking it out, researching a topic
The portion of a literary work that introduces or explains the setting, characters, and conflict is called what?
Exposition
LeBron James has won 4 NBA Championships playing with how many different teams?
3- Miami Heat, Cleveland Cavaliers, LA Lakers
True or False
The following sentence is correct.
Devin is going to the dance with Sally and I.
False
Pick out the simile:
How dreary-to be- Somebody!
How public- like a Frog-
To tell your name -the livelong June-
To an admiring Bog!
Like a Frog
Works Cited
What is the main character of a story called?
Protagonist
What instrument does Squidward play?
Clarinet
Identify the subject in the following sentence:
Students in Ms. McCord's class are awesome!
students
Pick out the alliteration:
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
To provide background information
OR
To provide an organizational strategy
spellcheck, grammar check
The order or sequence of events that take place in a story is called what?
plot
How many sides does a hexagon have?
6
This sentence is correct:
"The Raven" is a poem by Edgar Allan Poe.
True
What is the term for a rhythmic pattern that consists of 10 syllables that are in 5 metric feet in which each foot contains a stressed and unstressed syllable
Iambic pentameter
Define Topic Sentence
The first sentence in a paragraph that tells the reader what the paragraph will be about.
What literary device does an author use to describe a character's clothes, physical descriptions, what they say, and a character's personality, motivations, private thoughts, desires, and actions?
characterization
Alexander Hamilton is on what US currency?
10 dollar bill
Fix the comma splice.
Games can be fun, we should play this again tomorrow.
answers can vary