Literary Terms 1
This appeals to the emotions of the reader/audience.
What is pathos?
This uses reasoning and right vs. wrong to convince an audience.
What is ethos?
When I'm in a bad mood, I find that listening to music and reading a book can be very _____________ (11 letters).
What is therapeutic?
Synonyms for this word include extraordinary or unusual.
What is prodigious?
The only word the Raven knows in Poe's poem "The Raven".
What is Nevermore?
These are conjoining contradictory terms, such as jumbo shrimp or pretty ugly.
What is an oxymoron?
The denotation is the dictionary definition of a word. This term refers to the implied meaning of a word.
What is connotation?
The runaway car ____________ down the highway and crashed into a guardrail.
What is careened?
The _____________ (11 letters) house is designed to accommodate the man who is paralyzed from the waist down.
What is utilitarian?
This Puritan value states that God would physically move through an individual to cute them of their negativity.
What is grace?
"Her smile was as bright as the sun" is an example of this.
What is a simile?
"His smile was a 1000 watt light bulb that brightened the room" is an example of this.
What is a metaphor?
The Kardashians live in mansions of extreme _______________ (8 letters).
What is opulence?
Wilmer _____________ (12 letters) his parents when he didn't notify them that he would be late for curfew.
What is disconcerted?
Who is John Proctor?
"Seven sisters slept soundly on the sand" is an example of this.
What is alliteration?
Using this in advertising would require facts and statistics to appeal to the credibility of the product.
What is logos?
Administration in a school should _________ (5 letters) control and power.
What is exude?
On the first Wednesday of every month, the Lynn English teachers and administration _____________ (7 letters) in the auditorium for a faculty meeting.
What is convene?
In "The Devil and Tom Walker", after Tom makes his deal with the Devil, he agrees to work for him as this.
What is a loan shark (money lender, usurer)?
"The wave raced to the beach and said hello to the beachgoers" is an example of this.
What is personification?
Meaning a contrary or opposite opinion, concept, or characteristic; the sun is the __________ to the moon.
What is antithesis?
If you're trying to look up something weird on Google without showing in your search history, use this type of mode on your phone.
What is incognito?
Nodding grumpily in ______________ (12 letters), Finn agreed to watch the horror movie even though he wanted to see a comedy.
What is acquiescence?
When you begin the reading comprehension section of the midterm, you should do this first.
What is READ THE QUESTIONS?