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Literary Devices 2
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A phrase that is repeated throughout the poem and has a significant meaning...
What is a refrain
100
including lists of three items or reasons in your speech
What is power of three
100
What do you have to include in your topic sentence of an argumentative essay?
What is your stance on the issue.
100
The character who actively opposes the main character
What is the antagonist
100
The main character
What is protagonist
200
The repetition of the same beginning sound of a word used multiple times within a phrase or sentence...
What is alliteration
200
Involving your audience by speaking right to them..
What is direct address
200
Why do you have to include the opposing viewpoint in your argumentative essay?
What is to invalidate that viewpoint and further prove your stance is the correct one.
200
A warning or implication of what's to come...
What is foreshadowing
200
The central message
What is theme
300
A 14 line lyric poem with one main theme...
What is a sonnet
300
Words, phrases, or imagery that arouse an emotional response...
What is emotive language
300
How many supporting details should be included within an argumentative essay?
What is 3
300
Giving an inanimate object human traits
What is personification
300
Creating an image in your mind by being extremely detailed and descriptive
What is imagery
400
An exaggeration
What is hyperbole
400
Appealing to your audiences sense of right and wrong
What is appealing to character
400
True or false: An argumentative essay consists of an introductory paragraph, a "pro" paragraph, a "con" paragraph, and a conclusion paragraph. **If false, what does it consist of?
What is false, it includes an intro, 3 body paragraphs, a counter argument, and a conclusion
400
The resistance the protagonist faces while working through the plot of the story
What is conflict
400
An object or action that means more than its literal meaning
What is symbolism
500
A pattern of end rhymes that goes throughout the entire poem... Example: ABAB CDCD
What is a rhyme scheme?
500
Making your opinion sound reasonable or logical in order to relate to the audience
What is appealing to reason
500
A conclusion paragraph should include...
What is a restatement of your topic, a restatement of your supporting details and a conclusion statement or two.
500
The following sentence is an example of... As American as sweet apple pie.
What is simile
500
Identify all points of view...
What is 1st person is "I", 2nd person is "You", and 3rd person is pronouns and proper nouns/all -knowing