Vocabulary
Figurative Language
General Information
Rhetoric
Close Readers
100
strange, unusual; weird
What is peculiar?
100
Reference to an outside work of art, person, place, or event.
What is an allusion?
100
A general life lesson that can be learned across all generations. It is developed throughout the course of the text by the characters, events, and figurative language devices. It is not one word!
What is theme?
100
Together, they represent a trustworthy, well-rounded, well-constructed argument argument.
What is ethos, pathos, and logos?
100
Title/Author/This type of person would have 3/4 African descent and 1/4 European descent.
What is Desiree's Baby, Kate Chopin, and a quadroon.
200
The renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle-class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces poorer residents.
What is gentrification?
200
"Not all field geologists, however, refer to the Big Bend as a paradise. For some, this land of twisted, tortured rock is a nightmare." This quote makes use of what type of figurative language?
What is a metaphor?
200
Facts only; absent of all biases; accounts for the main points of a text but doesn't include any emotional implications.
What is an objective summary?
200
A statement or belief that requires supporting evidence. It is the beginning stages of an argument.
What is a claim?
200
Title/Title/Setting: These two stories share the same setting; this city is known for it's cultural diversity, it's traditional foods, and it's celebrations of life and death.
What is a A Carnival Jangle/Desiree's Baby/New Orleans?
300
Using evidence and reasoning to come to a conclusion.
What is an inference?
300
“Have you got a brook in your little heart, Where bashful flowers blow, And blushing birds go down to drink, And shadows tremble so?” What element of figurative language is being used in this text?
What is personification?
300
Animal Farm is an ____________ for Communism. It is a literary symbol for the hysteria that overcame American during the 1950's. Shooting an Elephant is also an ____________. It represents the Britain's colonization of Burma.
What is an allegory?
300
A faulty line of reasoning. It is used for persuasion; audiences should be cautious of this when it's being used. Used for deception in an argument.
What is fallacy?
300
The structure of The Landlady creates _____________ for the reader.
What is suspense?
400
Money hungry, ______________ landlords, aggressively greedy
What is rapacious?
400
“When the others went swimming my son said he was going in, too. He pulled his dripping trunks from the line where they had hung all through the shower and wrung them out. Languidly, and with no thought of going in, I watched him, his hard little body, skinny and bare, saw him wince slightly as he pulled up around his vitals the small, soggy, icy garment. As he buckled the swollen belt, suddenly my groin felt the chill of death.” What element of figurative language is accomplished by this text?
What is imagery?
400
To begin with, At first, Previously, Subsequently, Initially, The above are examples of _______________.
What is plot words?
400
The art of speaking and writing effectively.
What is rhetoric?
400
[Double Jeopardy] It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way--in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. What literary device and structure are being used in the text?
What is parallel structure and oxymoron.
500
In a time of grief, it is impolite to refer to the dead as someone who has "croaked" or "kicked the bucket" because the word choice carries an insensitive _____________. Rather, they should be considered "passed away", or "gone on."
What is connotation?
500
It helps us make sense of the behavior of any character in a story by helping us understand their thought processes. A good use of it always leads the readers or audience to relate better to the events taking place in the story. Dialogues and descriptions play a very important role in developing a character because they give us an opportunity to examine the motivations and actions of the characters more deeply.
What is characterization?
500
An open ended answer that requires a specific structure, word choice, and textual evidence.
What is a constructed response?
500
May be asked to create a dramatic effect. Generally understood that ______________ should go unanswered.
What is a rhetorical question?
500
Summarize "The Use of Force".
What is a young girl had fallen sick due to diptheria (a disease that shuts down the nervous system). Her physician's conscience narrates the entire literary piece. The young, ailing girl is difficult to treat. In fact, she is combative and impossible. The physician expresses his frustration with how the girl fails to comply so that she may be treated. His inner thoughts almost come over as sexual or perverted, when in actuality, the author's word choice steers readers to consider the subjectivity that can invade a physician's mind.