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Hodge Podge
100
“She stood in the center of the room, for hours, like a statute” is an example of what term?
What is a simile.
100
What is it called when an author hints at what is to come?
Foreshadowing
100
A critique has three paragraphs. What are they?
Summary, Analysis, Response.
100
Which word means to avoid doing work by faking illness?
Malinger.
100
In a Short Answer Response, what 3 things must the author do in the first sentence?
Restate the question, provide the title, provide the author.
200
“Oink” and “swoosh” are examples of what?
What is Onomatopoeia
200
What is it called when the audience knows what will happen in a story, but the characters do not?
Dramatic Irony
200
Supporting evidence (in the form of quotations) are used in which type of paragraph to support the argument?
Body Paragraphs.
200
Which word describes a person who lives in moderation and avoids extremes?
Abstemious
200
What does one do to the title of a play?
Italicize it.
300
“My teacher doesn't like the work I do; She thinks I should talk less and work harder, too” is an example of what poetic device?
Rhyming couplet.
300
What is it called when a character on stage says something brief that the audience is meant to hear, but other characters are not?
An Aside.
300
The first sentence of each body paragraph should begin with what type of sentence which identifies the subject matter of the paragraph?
Topic sentence.
300
Which word means to allow something by overlooking it?
Condone.
300
Rather than a novel, Of Mice and Men is technically a ______________?
A novella.
400
“The wind screamed against my window, demanding entrance into my room” is an example of what device?
Personification
400
What is the name for the turning point in a Shakespearean Sonnet?
Volta.
400
In formal (expository) writing, which two perspectives of writing should be avoided?
1st and 2nd perspective.
400
Which word means to support or back up something?
Corroborate
400
Which Queen ruled during Shakespeare's era?
Queen Elizabeth
500
“She studies seriously so as to sufficiently surpass her sister's scores” is an example of what literary device?
Alliteration.
500
What is the term for when an object or idea with its own meaning also represents something else?
Symbolism.
500
The last page of any research-based writing should be titled what? (Please spell your answer also).
Works Cited
500
Which word means to be outdated?
Obsolescent
500
What is the technical name for an author who writes mainly plays?
A Playwright.