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Figurative Language
Sentence Structure
Poetry
Rhetorical Devices/Strategies
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Moishe the Beadle - be specific.

Who was Elie's spiritual advisor/mentor and he tried to warn the Jews about what was to come.

100

A direct comparison between two unlikely objects using is, was, were.

What is a metaphor?

100
The sun is setting quickly.
What is a simple sentence?
100
Looking at the ends of the lines in poetry to see if they sound alike will help you determine this.
What is rhyme scheme?
100

an extravagant often invented/created and quite often extended metaphor

What is catachresis?

200

She had visions of fire.

Who is Mrs. Schacter?

200

personification

What is giving non-living things human characteristics?

200
Although she was crying, she said she was happy.
What is a complex sentence?
200
A group of poetic lines corresponding to a paragraph in prose.
What is a stanza?
200
"He ate and ate and ate and ate" makes a point that he behaved like a greedy pig using this rhetorical strategy.
What is polysyndeton?
300

Head of the 'selection' process and loved to experiment on twins.

Who is Dr. Mengele?

300
a literary exaggeration
What is a hyperbole?
300
He finished the race, but his time wasn't good.
What is a compound sentence?
300
Repetitive beginning consonant sounds of words in close proximity.
What is alliteration?
300
This device requires you add a word or two for emphasis and even to intimidate your opponent/audience.
What is a sentential adverb?
400

Jewish prayer for the dead

What is Kaddish?

400
When the audience or reader knows more about the plot than the characters.
What is dramatic irony?
400
The horses galloped across the pasture; they were a beautiful sight.
What is a compound sentence?
400
This is especially important in poetry because you read the poem the way the poet meant it to sound. This includes paying attention to meter, pronunciation, inflection, intonation
What is prosody?
400
Using this particular device is a form of 'name-dropping' to make your point.
What is eponym?
500

This sign "Warning! Danger of Death!" on a barbed wire fence at the forced labor camp Auschwitz is an example of this. Be specific.

What is irony?

500
A brief reference in a story to another person, place, idea, historical event, work of literature.
What is an allusion?
500
While we were eating dinner, we watched t.v., and we helped our children with their homework.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
500
If your punctuation does not stop at the end of the line, but runs over into another line.
What is enjambment?
500
Using this device requires you to work very hard to NOT appear one-sided by using side-by-side arguments and even pointing out flaws in your own argument at times.
What is dirimens copulatio?