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Literature: Sound Devices
Logic and Fallacies
Rhetorical Devices
Punctuation
Literature: Terms to know
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This refers to the repetition of the beginning sounds of words.
What is alliteration?
100
Michael Jackson knew a lot about music? Yeah, right. What a freak.
What is ad hominem (personal attack or attack against the man)?
100
When will we finally say, "No more," and stand up for our rights?
What is rhetorical question
100
This punctuation mark can be used to separate items in a simple list.
What is a comma?
100
A perfect example or original model. We looked at this with "The Devil Went Done to Georgia" and "The Devil and Tom Walker"
What is an archetype? Daily Double - What type of archetype were these?
200
When a selction is considered poetry, but has little to no rhyme scheme or beat/meter and reads more like prose.
What is Free Verse or Blank Verse
200
This type of logic: You'd better pay attention. You wouldn't want the principal to come in here would you?
What is Pathos?
200
We create a government of the people, for the people, and by the people.
What is parallelism/parallel structure?
200
This punctuation mark separates two complete sentences that are related in subject matter and both clauses are equally important.
What is a semicolon?
200
Person, place, thing in a story that stands for something completely different and sometimes figurative and abstract.
What is a symbol?
300
Words that sound like the sound they describe are called this.
What is onomatopoeia
300
This type of logic appeals to logic and reason.
What is Logos?
300
I have cried the tears of a thousand men!
What is hyperbole or overexaggeration?
300
This punctuation mark introduces a list.
What is a colon?
300
The main point of a story - what an author wants you to learn about life from reading it.
What is theme?
400
This poetic term refers to two words that rhyme within a single line of poetry vs. rhyme at the end of lines of poetry.
What is internal rhyme vs. end rhyme?
400
A logical constuction that includes: Major Premise Minor Premise Conclusive Statement
What is a syllogism?
400
A comparison made over multiple lines of text in prose or poetry is called this.
What is extended metaphor?
400
Which punctuation mark is missing? "I knew beyond a doubt that I was suffering from one ailment exhaustion."
What is a colon?
400
This term is used when the unexpected happens in a story. We saw this in "Story of an Hour" and "An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge".
What is irony?
500
It is a type of imagery that uses sound devices to allow the reader to create a figurative image.
What is Auditory Imagery?
500
Mr. Marlatt wants us to study? I guess he wants us not to have a life so we'll be old and boring like him. This fallacy is called...
What is strawman?
500
A statement or group of statements that work against the argument or main idea of an argument?
What is... antithesis counterclaim rebuttal refuting?
500
Which punctuation mark is missing? "His cheeks were like roses his nose like a cherry!"
What is a semicolon?
500
This term refers to a work of literature that ridicules some aspect of society. (Think TWAIN -"The Story of the Bad Little Boy")
What is satire?