Devious Devices
Kachow!
Onomatopoeia
To take preventative action
forestall
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What is one reason to use a semicolon in a sentence? Double points if you can name all three.
In "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin, how does Mrs. Mallard feel about her husband's death?
Relieved/Freed
Identify the dependent clause in the following sentence:
I wanted to learn to dance so I signed up for lessons.
so I signed up for lessons.
The wind whispered softly through the valley.
Personification
To be what is needed; to be enough
suffice
What is an independent clause?
A clause that can stand on its own.
In the poem "The Tyger" by William Blake, what does the phrase "immortal hand or eye" represent in the following quote?
"What immortal hand or eye could frame thy fearful symmetry?"
The creator
The names of these Jeopardy categories (Devious Devices, Witty Words, Gritty Grammar, Literature Limelight, Hill's Huzzah) are examples of what literary device?
Alliteration
He was Hercules, Samson, Muhammed Ali, and Dwayne the Rock Johnson all in one.
Allusion
In a loud or emotional manner
tumultuously
What is the dependent clause in the following sentence:
Whenever I go outside, I make sure to carry an umbrella.
Whenever I go outside,
"An Address to Miss Philis Wheatley" by Jupiter Hammon alludes to this major book throughout the poem.
The Bible
Name one author we have read in class and the name of their work.
Kate Chopin - "The Story of an Hour"
Jupiter Hammon - "An address to Miss Phillis Wheatley"
William Blake - "The Tyger"
My mother always told me not to look a gift horse in the mouth.
Idiom
Repeated and annoying requests or demands
importunity
What is the difference between a restrictive and nonrestrictive clause?
A restrictive clause introduces information necessary to the sentence's meaning. A nonrestrictive clause can be removed without changing the meaning.
In "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin, why do the other characters worry about Mrs. Mallard's health?
She has a bad heart
Why is Jupiter Hammon, who wrote "An Address to Miss Philis Wheatley", a notable American writer?
He was the first published African American poet
Genocide is what we would call 'not great'.
Litotes
To bring about (something) by compulsion.
Constrain
Name the 8 parts of speech.
Noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, article
What was the message of "An Address to Miss Philis Wheatley" by Jupiter Hammon?
Salvation comes from God and is spiritual.
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What is the difference between dramatic, situational, and verbal irony?