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Advertising
Diction
Tone
Syntax
Imagery
100
What is the advertising technique used in the following example: Ronnie fromthe Jersey Shore promotes the diet supplement Xenadrine.
Ethos
100
What is diction?
Word Choice
100
What is tone?
The attitude of the author
100
Syntax is
sentence structure!
100
Identify the correct definition: Imagery is a.) both positive and negative, depending on the story b.) the mental images one has while reading c.) involving one or more of your five senses d.) all of the above
D.) All of the above
200
What is the advertising technique used in the following example: Eight out of nine doctors recommend Crest Whitestrips over Colgate.
Logos
200
Diction tells readers the _______ of the passage.
tone
200
Which literary element contributes to the tone directly?
Diction
200
True or False: You can decipher or infer the author's emotions and tone based on clues within the syntax of a passage.
True
200
Identify the five senses that readers and writers should incorporate into their work and recognize.
Sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing
300
What is the advertising technique used in the following example: The excited kids had the time of their life at DisneyWorld.
Pathos
300
Identify the following passage as formal or colloquial: I ain't got no money. I don't know where I go from here. Whatcha gonna do when you got nothin?
Colloquial
300
You must always used what type of speech when describing tone?
An adjective
300
True or False: Only one attitude or point of view can be expressed in a passage.
False
300
Figurative language uses imagery. Create an example of the simile.
Created a comparison between two things using the words "like" or "as"
400
What is the advertising technique used in the following example: An exhausted woman rubs her back and complains to her unahppy husband that their mattress is too hard.
Pathos
400
Identify three words that are used to create a specific form of diction, which contributes to the tone: The penetrating rays scalded my skin as I maneuvered over the torn up sidewalk, desperately trying to not succumb to the unforgiving heat.
Penetrating, rays, scalded, maneuvered, succumb, unforgiving
400
Identify the tone of the passage below: As the impeccably fast runner sprinted towards the finish line, he could feel the beads of perspiration cascading down his flesh and fall onto the fleeting pavement. His competition was behind him, in the back of his mind, as he remained fixated on the victory that lay before him. As he crossed the divider between torture and paradise, he slowed down and relished in his newfound supremacy.
The victorious diction contributes to the triumphant tone. Possible answers: triumphant, successful, conquering, achieving, winning
400
True or false: Connotation means the implied or suggested meaning
True
400
Alliteration is an example of imagery and figurative language. It uses the repetition of one letter at the beginning of a word. Create an example of alliteration.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers Sally sells seashells down by the seashore
500
What is the advertising technique used in the following example: By finding a roommate on RoommateFinder.com, you can cut the cost of your rent by at least 50%!
Logos
500
Define monosyllabic and polysyllabic
Monosyllabic means to have one syllable. Polysyllabic means to have two or more syllables.
500
True or false: There are only be one attitude or point of view in a passage.
False
500
True or False: Denotation stands for the figurative meaning
False. It stands for the literal meaning
500
"Her eyes were glistening jewels" is an example of what type of figurative language? a.) simile b.) personification c.) metaphor d.) alliteration
C.) Metaphor