Figurative Language
A comparison not using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
Dictionary definition of a word.
What is the denotation?
To examine the parts of something in detail.
What is to analyze?
A device that writers use to make their arguments appeal to readers.
What is rhetorical appeal?
Gary from Spongebob is this type of animal.
What is a snail?
A comparison using like or as.
What is a Simile.
Information gained from personal experience.
What is background knowledge?
The most important point that an author makes about a topic in a text.
What is the central idea?
The art of persuasion.
What is rhetoric?
The real monsters on Maple Street.
Who are the aliens?
An extreme exaggerarion.
What is hyperbole?
An idea or feeling a word suggests.
What is connotation?
Precisely and clearly expressed, leaving no room for doubt.
What is explicit?
A persuasive technique that appeals to logic and reason.
What is logos?
Tarpon Springs is "this" capital of the world.
What is the sponge capitol?
"BANG" is an example of what figurative language.
What is onomatopoeia.
A hint in the surrounding text that can help the reader infer the meaning of a word.
What is a context clue?
Implied but not stated directly.
What is Implicit?
A persuasive technique that aims to establish credibility.
What is ethos?
We are about to celebrate this holiday.
What is Thanksgiving?
Giving an inanimate object human characteristics is which type of figurative language?
What is personification?
Tools used to denote definitions such as dictionaries and glossaries.
What is reference materials?
The subject of a text, usually expressed as a single word or phrase in the form of a noun.
What is the topic?
A persuasive technique used to stir up emotions.
What is pathos?
Lives in a pineapple under the sea.
Spongebob Squarepants.