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Literature: Sound Devices
Grammar
Rhetorical Devices
Punctuation
Literature: Terms to know
100
This refers to the repetition of the beginning sounds of words.
What is alliteration
100
!for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
What are coordinating conjunctions (or FANBOYS?)
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
"Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss "
What is an allusion
200
When the ends of two lines of poetry rhyme, but the rhyme is a little bit off, we call it this type of rhyme.
What is slant rhyme
200
The CHARACTER LIVES on a farm in Maury County.
What is singular subject-verb agreement
200
We create a government of the people, for the people, and by the people.
What is parallelism
200
This punctuation mark separates two complete sentences that have a similar subject.
What is a semicolon
200
A structure in a story that stands for something completely different.
What is a symbol
300
Words that sound like the sound they describe are called this.
What is onomatopoeia
300
BOTH of the stories WERE WRITTEN by Ernest Hemingway.
What is plural subject-verb agreement
300
Tyranny, like shell, is not easily conquered.
What is simile
300
This punctuation mark introduces a list.
What is a colon
300
The main idea of a story - what an author wants you to "get" from reading it.
What is theme
400
This poetic term refers to two words that rhyme within a single line of poetry.
What is internal rhyme
400
I noticed that every time it rains, I get a cold. Rain causes colds.
What is post hoc
400
We must break free from the chains of injustice!
What is 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.
What is irony
500
"Gentlemen may say peace, peace - but there is no peace."
What is repetition
500
SOME of her paintings ARE beautiful.
What is the plural indefinite pronoun
500
Unlike you who will sit and wait for justice to come, I will get up and fight for it!
What is antithesis
500
Which punctuation mark is missing? "His cheeks were like roses his nose was a cherry!"
What is a semicolon
500
This term refers to a work of literature that ridicules some aspect of society.
What is satire