Literary Terms
Wild Card
Informational Text
Grammar
Poetry
100
The comparison of two or more things without using like or as.
Metaphor
100
What are all four elements of RACE in order?
Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain
100
A rhetorical appeal that evokes emotions in the audience
Pathos
100
List the 8 Parts of Speech.
Noun, Verb, Adjective (Article), Adverb, Pronoun, Conjunction, Interjection, Preposition
100
What is the rhyme scheme of the above poem?
AABBA (Limerick)
200
A question that asks you about how a word/s impact the text is asking you to look at...
Diction
200
What kind of irony is depicted in the image above and why?
Situational Irony. A caution wet floor sign is slipping on a wet floor.
200
What does the acronym SPACECAT stand for?
Speaker, purpose, audience, context, exigence, choices, appeals, tone.
200
What do all prepositional phrases end with? What is that called?
All prepositional phrases end in a noun called the object of the preposition.
200
What is a couplet?
A pair of lines
300
What example of figurative language is being used in the passage?
The crisp autumn air smelled of fallen leaves and woodsmoke. The golden sun dipped below the horizon, painting the sky with streaks of orange and pink.
Imagery
300
Give all 5 points on a plot diagram in order!
1. Exposition
2. Rising Action
3. Climax
4. Falling Action
5. Resolution
300
What are the three examples of author's purpose?
To entertain. To inform. To persuade.
300
What question do you ask yourself to find a direct object?
Who/what did the subject verb?
300
What does the acronym SWIFT stand for?
Structure/Summary
Word Choice
Imagery
Figurative Language
Tone/Theme
400
What is the difference between tone and mood?
Tone is how the author feels about what they are writing. Mood is how the author wants the reader to feel while reading.
400
Anything that stands for or represents something else is known as what literary term? Example: the word "Game" in "The Most Dangerous Game"
Symbol
400
Which rhetorical appeal is being demonstrated in the ad? 
Ethos (Taylor Swift is a celebrity endorsing Diet Coke, therefore, she is using her credibility to appeal to an audience)
400
A verb functioning as a noun is called ... (Hint: ends in -ing)
Gerund
400
What and HOW is hope being compared to?
“Hope” is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -
A bird & by using metaphors
500
What are possible themes for the passage?
Maya had practiced her speech a dozen times, but as she stepped onto the stage, her voice trembled anyway. the audience blurred into shadows while she searched for the courage she’d hoped would appear by now. yet when she finally spoke, her words felt stronger than her fear.
Finding courage even when you feel afraid
Discovering inner strength in a challenging moment
Realizing you are more capable than you thought
500
When a person outside the story tells the story and seems all-knowing, this is known as which point of view?
Third Person Omniscient
500
What are the 5 text structures for nonfiction writing?
Description, Sequence (Chronological), Cause & Effect, Problem & Solution, Compare & Contrast
500
Give at least THREE times when you should use a comma.
List/Series
Compound Sentence
Appositives (extra info)
Names in a sentence
Addresses
500
Which tone word best describes the following quote from William Shakespeare's "Sonnet 18"?
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? For thou are more lovely and more temperate...
Admiration