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Expressing or dealing with facts or conditions without influence from your opinions; unbiased, fair.
What is (being) objective?
100
emotional attachment, lovey-dovey, mushy, romantic, tear-jerking
What is sentimental?
100
Animal Farm by George Orwell A little way down that pasture there was a knoll that commanded a view of most of the farm. The animals rushed to the top of it and gazed round them in the clear morning light. Yes, it was theirs-- everything that they could see was theirs! In the ecstasy of that thought they gamboled round and round, they hurled themselves into the air in great leaps of excitement. Describe the mood of this passage.
What is happy, overjoyed, ecstatic, excied, victorious!?
100
the repitition of initial consonant sounds.
What is alliteration?
100
the feeling a reader gets from reading a poem
What is mood?
200
Humorous ridicule, a literary work ridiculing someone's faults...This genre shows contempt for the weaknesses and wrongdoings of individuals, groups, institutions, or humanity.
What is satire?
200
thinking back, contemplative, meditating Hint: Quote of the Week
What is reflective?
200
"The Bean Eaters" by Gwendolyn Brooks They eat beans mostly, this old yellow pair. / Dinner is a casual affair. Plain chipware on a plain and creaking wood, / Tin flatware. Describe the mood.
What is apathetic, complacent, nonchalant, unconcerned?
200
language that is not meant to be taken literally
What is figurative language?
200
Use of words that imitate sounds... Ex. Buzz, hiss, sizzle, neigh, etc.
What is onomatopoeia?
300
words that have the same meaning
What are synonyms?
300
mocking, scornful, says the opposite of what is meant
What is sarcastic?
300
"The Bully" by Paul Langan Each step required great effort, as if his feet were made of concrete. Even the money in his pockets felt uncomfortably heavy, and every muscle in his legs and back felt slow and achy. It was as if his body was quietly protesting what he was doing. Durrell knew that paying Tyray was wrong. The shame and guilt he felt for giving his mother's money to a bully swept over him in unending waves. Describe the mood.
What is heavy-hearted, guilty, ashamed?
300
A three-line Japanese verse form
What is a haiku?
300
attributing human qualities to non-human things
What is personification?
400
words that have the opposite meaning
What are antonyms?
400
anticipating only the best to happen, hopeful
What is optimistic?
400
"The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allen Poe I know not how it was-- but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit. I looked upon the scene before me-- upon the mere house, and the simple landscape features of the domain-- upon the bleak walls-- upon the vacant eye-like windows-- upon a few rank sedges-- and upon a few white trunks of decayed trees-- with an utter depression of soul which I can compare to no earthly sensation. Describe the mood.
What is gloomy, nervous, depressed, dreary?
400
words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses
What is imagery?
400
a figure of speech that uses like or as to make a direct comparison between two unlike ideas
What is a simile?
500
destination, goal, intention, mission, objective
What is purpose?
500
to BE sorry for
What is remorseful?
500
"My Sweet Baby" by Amy My life was a mess / my head constantly spinning / I didn't know what to do / so I prayed for a new beginning / I wished for you / but when my wish came true I didn't have a clue what to......... Describe the mood.
What is bewildered, confused, frustrated, hopeful?
500
a figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else (a comparison that is suggested or implied)
What is metaphor?
500
a group of lines of poetry that are unusually similar in length and pattern and are separated by spaces. Like a pharagraph of poetry.
What is a stanza?