Formatting
The font prescribed for your Lit & Comp assignments.
What is Times New Roman?
A comparison using like or as.
What is a simile?
A word that comes from the Czech word "robota," meaning "forced labor"
What is robot?
Mr. Mallard strongly believes you shouldn't be able to get a license for one of these if you close before 11 pm on a Friday or Saturday? Folino's license would be revoked.
What are pizza places?
A "before" snapshot of your main character in the first beat of Act 1
What is an opening image?
The font size prescribed for your Lit & Comp assignments.
What is 12 point font?
Exaggerations to make a point, i.e. dying of boredom.
What is hyperbole?
This word comes from the Latin (also Spanish) word for cow, because a British doctor named Edward Jenner observed that milkmaids who had contracted cowpox, or variolae vaccinae, were much less likely to contract smallpox, which could otherwise devastate entire communities.
What is the word vaccine?
Mr. Mallard strongly believes these in Vermont hardly deserve their names because they do not open early enough and their quality is below what he believes he can make with his own grinder and French Press.
What are coffee shops/cafes?
A writing tool made from a moulted flight feather (preferably a primary wing-feather) of a large bird.
What is a quill?
The thing you do to new paragraphs or lines.
What are indents?
Giving human-like attributes to a non-human thing, i.e. city that never sleeps.
What is personification?
This word is likely derived from a mix of the Swahili words jambo ("Hello") and jumbe ("Chief"), which was the name of a ginormous elephant PT Barnum bought for his circus in 1880.
What is jumbo?
Mr. Mallard believes this rapper's name needs to be involved in the GOAT conversation due to his prolific career and instrumental role in the Wu Tang Clan? (He's the one saying "Cash Rules Everything Around Me" on the song "C.R.E.A.M.")
Who is Method Man?
This category of literature includes haikus, limerics, sonnets, and many other genres.
What is poetry?
The type of alignment where space is added between words so that both edges of each line are aligned with both margins.
What is Justify?
A comparison of two unlike things that share an attribute by saying one is the other.
What is a metaphor?
This fruit gets its name from the Aztec word ahuatl which referred to a part of the male reproductive system, as it is believed to be an aphrodisiac.
What is avocado?
This is the term Mr. Mallard believes is more accurate for describing what Meyers Wood Fired and Quebecois deem a bagel.
What is a pretzel?
An inciting incident (or life-changing event) that happens to a hero which catapults them into a new world or new way of thinking
What is a catalyst?
Fonts that have little ornate affixes, such as Times New Roman, which you don't typically see in handwriting, versus fonts without it, such as Arial.
What is serif and sans serif?
Using one word to represent a common link to a larger concept, i.e. "Folks in Washington don't care about us!"
What is metonymy?
A word that comes from the Old English "usquebae," derived from two Gaelic words: uisce (water) and bethu (life). Thus, literally meaning "water of life."
What is whiskey?
This Ethiopian spice mix is Mr. Mallard's absolute favorite and he buys it by the kilo in DC because City Market charges an outrageous price for a small amount. (Its name sounds like a British luxury fashion brand).
What is berbere?
Writing that is sometimes contrasted with poetry, that follows the natural flow or rhythm of speech, and the text of both nonfiction and fiction novels can sometimes be classified under this umbrella term.
What is prose?