Figurative Language
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.”- Edgar Allen Poe ("The Raven")
Onomatopoeia
A TV commercial depicting abused animals and "In the Arms of an Angel" playing in the background
Pathos
First, Abigail pretends to be possessed by a witch. Next, she accuses Goody Proctor of being a witch. Then, John Proctor tries to prove Abigail is a liar. Finally, John Proctor dies because he would rather save his integrity than his reputation.
Plot
The author of "My True South: Why I Decided to Return Home"
Jesmyn Ward
Synonyms: Ability; Competency
Capacity
"Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail"- Charles Dickens ("A Christmas Carol")
Idiom
An ad for skincare products with the caption "#1 Dermatologist Recommended"
Ethos
“A brisk autumn breeze flowed past, bringing with it scents from the city below: bread and cinnamon and oranges; roast meats and salt. Nesta inhaled, identifying each one, wondering how they could all somehow combine to create a singular sense of autumn.” ― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Silver Flames
Setting
The war between Athens and Sparta (Pericles' Funeral Oration)
The Peloponnesian War
Synonyms: Unwavering; Firm
Steadfast
"She weeps like a wench that had shed her milk" - All's Well That Ends Well by Shakespeare
Simile
An ad for Vitamin Water that lists all the vitamins in each bottle
Logos
In A Christmas Carol, Scrooge tells a charity collector that, if the poor would rather die (than go to poor-houses), they’d better do it, and “decrease the surplus population.”
Characterization
The name of the lacrosse equipment company started by Rachel Zietz
Gladiator Lacrosse
Synonyms: Believable; Trustworthy
Credible
"You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes"- Michael Jackson "Thriller"
Personification
A TV commercial for St. Jude Children's Hospital depicting little kids with bald heads in the hospital
Pathos
Conflict
The Supreme Court case that declared "Separate but equal" unconstitutional
Brown vs. Board of Education
Synonyms: Evil; Harmful
Malign
"Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before." - Edgar Allen Poe "The Raven"
Alliteration
An ad for Dawn Dish soap showing the soap being used to clean marine life after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Kairos
The abuse of power and "justice" in "The Crucible"
Theme
The grade Rachel Zietz was in when she started her lacrosse equipment company.
7th Grade
Synonyms: Relation; Relevance
Bearings