The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning.
What is Irony?
100
The gurgling sound of my brother slurping his slushy on a hot summer day.
What is an example of Imagery?
100
Systematically and critically examine each of the facts.
What is to Analyze?
100
If you see someone carrying an umbrella you can infer that...
-they are waiting for a bus
-you are in Alaska
-it might rain
-it is Monday
I might rain.
100
The famous document that begins: "When in the course of human events..."
What is the Declaration of Independence?
200
The attribution of human qualities or characteristics to animals or objects.
What is Personification?
200
The Simpson's and South Park
What are examples of Satire?
200
To give or provide the meaning of; to explain; to explicate; to elucidate.
What is Interpret?
200
If you get fired from a job you can infer that...
-you might get a raise
-you will never get a job again
-you did something wrong
-your boss is happy with you
You did something wrong.
200
The Alabama city where state troopers attacked Civil Rights marchers on Edmund Pettis Bridge.
What is Selma?
300
A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect
What is Hyperbole?
300
As common as dirt.
What is and example of Simile?
300
To combine the parts into a coherent whole.
What is Synthesize?
300
If you see a man with a cast on his arm you can infer that...
-he have a broken leg
-he will have to wear it for 6 months
-he fell of a horse
-he has a broken wrist
He has a broken wrist.
300
What burns more calories—sleeping or watching TV?
What is Sleeping?
400
The use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
also
A literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn or ridicule.
What is Satire?
400
It is going to take a b'zillion years to get through the PSSAs.
What is an example of Hyperbole?
400
An idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word or thing.
What is Connotation?
400
If the electricity goes out you can infer that...
-a tree fell on a the power lines
-the bill didn't get paid
-it will never come back on
-it's snowing outside
The bill didn't get paid.
400
_______ used to be the capital of Pennsylvania.
What is Philadelphia?
500
The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas.
What is Imagery?
500
The ocean was sleeping and the breeze was whistling as the sun kissed my cheek.
What is an example of Personification?
500
The most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression.
What is Denotation?
500
If a house has a "For Rent" sign out front you can infer that...
-the house is no good to live in
-the house comes furnished
-the house is brand new
-the owner is looking for occupants