Julius Caesar
Word Knowledge
Literary Devices
Literary Devices II
Organization
100
What is the reason why Antony sends his servant to talk to Brutus about Caesar's death?
To determine if Brutus will harm him
100
the basis of a word is known as its
Root
100
Drawing Conclusions requires a reader to
Use context clues to make inferences about characters, events and so on.
100
this speech, given alone on stage, is commonly known as
a soliloquy
100
which organization style arranges items as they should happen?
sequential
200
Brutus's tragic flaw can best be described as....
What is Trusting and naïve?
200
what is the definition of a prefix?
an element of a word which is placed before the root word to alter its meaning.
200
Verbal Irony is best described as
saying the opposite of what is expected.
200
The best way to determine if a line is in blank verse is to...
count the syllables of the line
200
this type of organization is signaled through words such as; then, first, ultimately and so on.
chronological
300
What is a major conflict which exists between Brutus and Cassius
Cassius's distrust for Antony
300
A suffix can best be described as
a word component added to the end of a root word to alter its meaning.
300
this item must be a sentence long, general and teach the reader about life.
Theme
300
The background of the author helps to formulate his or her
Perspective
300
this organizational type best shows the relationship between events
cause and effect
400
After Caesar's death, Brutus's primary flaw is his...
Errors in judgment.
400
readers can use what items to determine the meanings of unknown words
Context clues
400
inform, entertain, express ideas and persuade are all forms of what literary device?
author's purpose
400
matching tense or plurality in writing is a way in which author's create
Parallelism
400
to group things by commonalities is to use what kind of organization?
classification
500
Cassius shakes hands with the conspirators in order to
make peace and eliminate suspicion of him.
500
A connotation is known as
the image or emotion brought to mind by a word in how it is being used
500
pictures, charts and diagrams are all graphic aids which help the reader to understand what aspect of a text?
Data, statistics and figures.
500
In informational writing, the first sentence of the text is commonly known as the
Lead
500
if one were interested in finding the similarities and differences of a topic they would need to understand which style of organization?
Compare and Contrast