Figures of Speech
A figure of speech comparing two unlike things through the substitution of one with the other.
What is a metaphor?
Figurative language used to describe sensory details
What is imagery?
The telling of a story or an account of an event.
What is a narrative?
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Who wrote The Scarlet Letter?
A figure of speech spelling out natural sounds.
What is an onomatopoeia?
a comedic or ridiculing work closely imitating the style of another.
What is a parody?
What is parallelism?
Hester, Pearl, Dimmesdale, and Chillingworth
Who are the four main characters in The Scarlet Letter?
The wild beast finally made her way back into the house before being scolded by her mother for dragging mud inside and her clothes being covered in them.
Give an example of a metaphor.
The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is meant.
What is irony?
To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented.
What is an inference/to infer?
In 1800 during the time of Romanticism.
What time period was The Scarlet Letter written?
A figure of speech which substitutes one name with the name of something closely associated with it.
What is a metonymy?
A relaxed, conversational type of sentence where the independent clause is followed by phrases and clauses, that are not needed to complete it.
What is a loose sentence?
A self-contradictory statement.
What is a paradox?
Chillingworth
Who asked Hester to keep a secret?
A figure of speech grouping of contradictory terms put together to create a paradox.
What is an oxymoron?
an emotionally violent denunciation using violent language.
What is an invective?
An adjective meaning overly scholarly, academic, or bookish.
What is a pedantic?
Hester
Who said it? "I will not speak his name. My child must find a father in heaven."......