A reference to another work. The three types of these are historical, classical, and literary.
What is an allusion?
100
Advertisers and speakers use this to say "Everyone else is doing this, and it makes them cool. Why aren't you?"
What is Bandwagon?
100
I have a feeling this has happened before....
What is deja vu?
100
Typically, the thesis statement will be found here in the introduction.
What is the last sentence?
100
This is different from a summary or from paraphrasing because the author inserts his or her own opinion.
What is a critique?
200
An object or character that represents a much larger idea. For example: East/West Egg in The Great Gatsby or the rose in Dr. Heidegger's Experiment.
What is a symbol?
200
An example of this would be Eli Manning's commercial for Eco Drive watches.
What is a Testimonial?
200
Nick Carraway's ___________ is New Haven.
What is an alma mater?
200
"The girl jumped over the log, over the puddle, and over the fence" is an example of _________.
What is parallelism?
200
The "deal with the Devil" story is an example of this.
What is an archetype?
300
"I've told you six thousand times that this is the absolutely worst day ever!" is an example of this literary term.
What is hyperbole?
300
This tactic only shows the audience the positives about a product or a campaign.
What is card stacking?
300
"My bad."
What is mea culpa?
300
These should start each new paragraph, letting your reader know you might be switching gears.
What are transitions?
300
This point of view is "all knowing." Nothing is hidden from the reader.
What is third person omniscient?
400
This includes the time period as well as the physical location of a story. Pay close attention to this because it impacts a story more than we think!
What is setting?
400
This involves an advertiser/speaker saying negative, hurtful things about the competition.
What is name-calling?
400
This word means "the common people."
What is hoi polloi?
400
What is wrong with the following sentence: "Brent and Jake were playing chicken, and he wrecked his car."
What is an ambiguous pronoun?
400
A diary is an example of a ___________ source.
What is "primary?"
500
"The little waves with their soft, white hands" is an example of this. (An extra 100 points if someone can tell me what poem this line is from OR name the author.)
What is personification? ("The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls" by Longfellow)
500
Advertisers/speakers use this tactic to appeal to the common masses, saying they're just like you.
What is "plain folks?"
500
The serial killer used a distinctive ____________ each time he killed a new victim.
What is modus operandi?
500
Restate this sentence in ACTIVE VOICE: There were five baby kittens under the porch.
What is "I found five baby kittens under the porch." ect ect.
500
These are the four types of literary conflict.
What are "man v man," "man v nature," "man v self," and "man v technology?"