Literary Devices
Name this literary device:
"She is as slow as a sloth."
What is a simile?
a type of writing that presents a clear stance on a debatable topic and supports it with evidence and reasoning.
What is an argumentative essay?
Formal vs Informal:
An essay for school.
What is formal?
analyzes the similarities and differences between two or more subjects, such as texts, events, or concepts
What is a comparative essay?
The meaning of three lines under a lower case letter.
What is capitalized?
Hinting at future events in readings to create suspense.
What is foreshadowing?
The first page of an essay which includes: the title, author, Class/ Period, and Date
What is a title page?
A page where all the links of literature and pictures used to give credit to the original author.
What is reference (bibliography, works cited) page?
the intended group for a message, regardless of the medium
Who is the audience?
¶ indicates that...
What is new paragraph or indent?
Name the literary device.
"Peter piper pick a pail of pickled peppers..."
What is alliteration?
a refutation or contradiction in a debate.
What is a rebuttal?
a type of essay that investigates a topic, problem, or idea in a non-conclusive way, focusing on the process of inquiry and exploration rather than presenting a definitive argument or solution.
What is an exploratory essay?
A paragraph of a topic that the writer is wanting to write about in their essay.
What is a proposal?
a horizontal line through the word or phrase, often with a loop or bracket around it
What is 'take-out'?
The movie "The Lion King" is this to Shakespear's "Hamlet".
What is an allusion?
the intended group for a message, regardless of the medium
Who is the audience?
A media form that shows the audience information about the subject the presenter will talk about.
What is visual aid?
The format for this citation is called:
Hasbrouck, Lucy.11,December,2024 “Homework Should Be Banned. Beaver Tales; casdbeavertales.org/27570/opinion/homework-should-be-banned/#:~:text=A%20study%20 from%20 Stanford%20University,allow%20this%20to%20 truly%20 decompress/.
What is APA formatting?
A circle around a word indicates that it is...
What is misspelled?
A reoccurring element with Symbolic meaning
What is Motif?
a rhetorical fallacy in which the intent is to attack the character or circumstance of the proponent of the position to distract from the argument. This personal attack is intended to devalue the claim without regard for the evidence provided.
What is a an Ad hominem fallacy?
Formal vs Informal:
Presentation slides has incomplete sentences and highlight the main points the presenter is saying.
What is informal?
According to Aristotle, there are three fundamental appeals to convince a person: reason (logos), ethics (ethos), and emotion (pathos).
What are rhetorical devices?
The letters W.O. written above an abbreviation or contraction mean...
What is write out?