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Literary Terms
Rhetorical Devices
Speech Structure
Pronoun Usage
Frequently Confused Words
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A story or a poem where all of the characters, events, etc. are symbols
What is an allegory?
100
A brief, casual reference to a historical, literary, cultural, or bibical event
What is an allusion?
100
Use this speech structure when you are putting events in order by time
What is sequential?
100
Anne and _____ are going to the movies. A) him B) he
What is B) he?
100
I ate (to/two/too) much food at Thanksgiving.
What is too?
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A literary device where the author hints about events unfolding later in the plot
What is foreshadowing?
200
A question to which the answer is so obvious or does not need an answer
What is a rhetorical question?
200
Use this speech structure when you have two points: -The cause -The effect
What is Cause-Effect?
200
Just between you and ____, English II is the best class ever! A) me B) I
What is A) me?
200
(Their/They're/There) going to the movies tonight.
What is They're?
300
A work that makes fun of another work, event, social problem, etc.
What is a parody?
300
The repeating of words, lines, sentences, etc.
What is repetition?
300
Use this speech type when you have two points: -A problem -A solution
What is Problem-Solution?
300
The school just celebrated _____ 100th anniversary. A) its B) their
What is A) its?
300
The magician performed a brillant (allusion/illusion).
What is illusion?
400
A simple story used to teach a moral lesson
What is parable?
400
An extreme exaggeration used as a rhetorical device or figurative language
What is a hyperbole?
400
Use this speech type if you want to compare and/or contrast two objects, ideas, etc.
What is Compare-Contrast?
400
Anyone of the students could access _______ grades by using ParentConnect. A) their B) his
What is B) his? *Remember just because you don't know gender on this question, you DO know number! Pronouns have to agree in number.
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A few of the screws in the desk are (lose/loose).
What is loose?
500
A sarcastic work used to point out a social problem
What is a satire?
500
Using the same pattern or words to show that ideas are of equal importance
What is parrallel structure?
500
Use this speech structure if you are arguing for a social change
What is proposition-support?
500
Susan finished her test faster than ______. A) I B) me
What is A) I? *Remember to mentally finish the sentence! Susan finished her test faster than I (did).
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The special (effects/affects) in Catching Fire were amazing! Katniss really looked as if she were on fire!
What is effects?