Miscellaneous
the group, the class, the team, the band
What are collective nouns?
A proposal was decided to be submitted, and it was approved immediately.
What is parallel structure?
“The clouds were low and hairy in the skies,
Like locks blown forward in the gleam of eyes…”
What is simile?
This comparing clouds to hair being in one's face using the word like
Early in the film, Dorothy sings the song “Over the Rainbow,” in which she yearns to visit an imaginary place not unlike Oz, which she will encounter later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
These are hints or clues of what is to come in a story.
The author recalls their experiences growing up in a small town, describing the people, places, and events that shaped their childhood. They include real dates, conversations, and personal reflections to show what life was like during that time.
What is non-fiction?
Banquo and Macbeth
What is an example of a foil?
After the snow covers the ground in the winter many animals have a hard time finding food.
What is a comma error?
The pines at the base of Mont Blanc are “Children of elder time”
What is a metaphor?
This is comparing the trees to the concept of being a child to a much older time.
Rabbits, playing solitaire, the story George tells Lennie
What is a motif?
Something repeated throughout a story to create emphasis.
The turning point in the story ex: When Katniss threatens to eat the berries in The Hunger Game
What is the climax?
Everything changes after this point in a story ultimately leading to a resolution.
To finish by the 3 p.m. deadline, the computer keyboard sang with Sylvia's flying fingers.
What is a misplaced modifier?
Scrubbing the tile grout with bleach and an old toothbrush, the mildew stains began to fade.
What is a dangling modifier?
“The sky, lazily disdaining to pursue
The setting sun, too indolent to hold
A lengthened tournament for flashing gold
Passively darkens for night’s barbecue…”
What is personification?
The sky is described to do human things like being lazy.
Macbeth believes the witches’ prophecies guarantee his safety, trusting that no man “of woman born” can harm him and that he will remain king until Birnam Wood moves to Dunsinane. Because of this confidence, he fights fearlessly in battle, unaware that fate is working against him in ways he cannot yet understand.
What is cosmic irony?
During the town hall, Mayor Lopez smiled warmly at every speaker, took notes diligently, and stayed an extra hour to answer questions from residents who had been waiting patiently outside.
What is indirect characterization through actions?
"Romeo lingered beneath the moonlit balcony,
cursing Love’s blind archer who loosed his shaft too well.
Though he had sworn his heart to freedom,
Cupid’s arrow struck unseen,
leaving him wounded with desire and joy alike,
a captive made not by chains, but by love itself."(Shakespeare)
What is an allusion?
One urban legend is that Tito’s Taco Palace makes their burritos with kangaroo meat.
What is a pronoun-antecedent agreement error?
"There is no world without Verona walls,
But purgatory, torture, hell itself…"
What is hyperbole?
This is saying a world without the city of Verona would hell or tortuous.
“The graveyard, and the church, were close together… and the odor of the damp earth was mingled with the faint perfume of flowers that had been brought there in memory of the dead. This mingling of decay and sweetness seemed emblematic of the moral condition of the people who gathered there.”
What is olfactory imagery?
This scene from The Scarlet Letter describes the different smells in great detail.
At the start of the story, Macbeth is a brave and loyal soldier, admired by his peers and trusted by the king. But after hearing a prophecy from three mysterious witches, he becomes ambitious and begins to desire power at any cost. He struggles with guilt and fear after committing murder to take the throne, and over time, his actions become increasingly ruthless and paranoid. By the end of the story, Macbeth is consumed by his ambition and paranoia, making choices that lead to his downfall.
What is a dynamic character?
Macbeth is changing throughout the play. Starting out as loyal and slowing becoming more corrupt as the story progresses.
all, any, more, most, none, some
What are indefinite pronouns that take both singular and plural verbs?
All of the players are extremely stressed out because each of the players play a role in the success of the team.
What is a subject-verb agreement error?
Each is a singular indefinite pronoun so it would take the singular verb "plays"
"That sword was not useless / to the warrior now." (Beowulf 1575–1576).
What is litotes/understatement?
litotes: uses double negatives. Litotes is always used deliberately and has the intention of creating emphasis.
The author believes that power inherently corrupts; turning revolutionary leaders into the very oppressors they overthrew. He uses the allegory of the farm to demonstrate this idea and clearly illustrates the problems within corrupt government systems (Based on Animal Farm).
What is theme?
This is the author's intended message or purpose behind a piece of literature.
Macbeth stood alone in his castle, staring at the dagger that seemed to float before him.
“Is this a dagger I see before me,
The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee.
I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.”
He thought of the king, sleeping peacefully, trusting him completely. His mind raced with ambition and fear. Could he really murder the man who had honored him and whom the kingdom depended on? Every heartbeat seemed louder, every shadow threatening. He knew that if he went through with it, there would be no turning back.
What is internal conflict?
Macbeth has two motivations that are conflicting. He loves and respects the king but also wants to be king as well.