Figurative Language
More Figurative Language
Persuasive Writing
Rhetorical Language
Mystery Category
100

A comparison between two unlike items that is developed at great length is an...

Extended metaphor

100

Hyperbole and ____________________ are considered opposites in figurative language.

understatement

100

When a writer uses language that earns the trust of the audience, that is

ethos

100

True or False


Pathos is rhetorical language.

True

100

The name of the main character in a popular Christmas movie where a child doesn't make it on an airplane with his family for a trip at Christmas.

Who is Kevin?

200

The warm fire wrapped its arms around me is an example of...

personification

200

the word MOTIF is similar to the word

theme

200

When an author appeals to the emotions of the reader through his/her writing, that is called

pathos

200

"Do you actually know what is in that burger you're eating?"   


This is an example of what type of rhetorical language?

rhetorical question

200

The total number of kids your 7th grade Reading teachers have (at home) 

(Gibson, Desamo)

9

300

use of words, places or objects that have an important meaning beyond their literal meaning

symbolism

300

Which rhetorical device ADDS conjunctions for emphasis

polysyndeton

300

True or False:


Pathos is a literary device

False

300

...."to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together..." (from a speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)

This is an example of parallelism

TRUE OR FALSE

True

300

Name 3 of Santa's reindeer that start with the letter "D"

Dasher, Dancer, Donner

400

His heart is black as coal is an example of what literary device?

simile

400

"A mighty fortress is our God" is an example of a

metaphor

400

A writer should be sure to present the main ideas clearly and effectively.  

Ethos

Pathos

Logos


Logos

400

What is the main reason writers use rhetorical writing

to persuade

400

The amount of combined years your  7th grade teachers have been teaching. (Gibson, Desamo, Foster, Goodman, Davis, Litus)

*must get within 5 years

40

500

"splish, splash, plop, trill"


These are examples of:

onomatopoeia

500

Which rhetorical technique TAKES OUT conjunctions in order to create urgency

asyndeton

500

a speaker that introduces a presentation by telling a humorous story is trying to build

ethos

pathos

logos

pathos

500

An author will "refer to" a well-known movie or piece of literature when using

allusion

500

Who did the Mayor of Whoville propose to

Martha May