Grammar
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Rhetoric
Past tense
Fiction
100
Run, go, be, cry, sing
What is verbs/verber
100
"At the lake shore there was another rowboat drawn up. The two Indians stood waiting."
What is "Indian Camp" by Ernest Hemingway
100
The three modes of persuasion/appeal
What is pathos, ethos and logos
100
The past tense of "to live"
What is "lived"
100
The when and where of a story
What is the setting
200
War, love, house, table
What is nouns/substantiver
200
"I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation."
What is the speech "I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King
200
The six elements in Cicero's rhetorical pentagram
What is writer, reader, topic, circumstances, language and intention.
200
The past tense of "to be"
What is "was/were"
200
The people in a story
What is characters
300
Amazing, great, lovely, good
What is adjectives/adjektiver
300
"She was good at making herself look like the places she was hiding."
What is "The Good Hider" by Jim Heynen
300
A mechanism by which three related words or points are presented in quick succession for literary effect.
What is rule of three/triade/triplet/Oratio trimembris
300
The past tense of "to go"
What is "went"
300
A beginning of a story in the midst of the action.
What is in medias res
400
Who, which, whom, whose
What is relative pronouns/relative pronominer/henførende stedord
400
"You live in a defended island of freedom, but your life is part of the main. So let me ask you, as I close, to lift your eyes beyond the dangers of today, to the hopes of tomorrow..."
What is the speech Kennedy's "Berlin-Speech"
400
List at least 5 rhetorical devices
What is metaphor, simile, anaphora, allusion, hyperbole, personification, antithesis, oxymoron, alliteration, assonance...
400
Past tense of "to lay"
What is "Laid"
400
A narrator who knows everything about the characters and events in the story.
What is 3. person narrator, omniscient point of view.
500
my, mine, your, yours
What is possessive pronouns/possessive pronominer/ejestedord
500
"There was a pause. "I'm not quite sure what to say, Mr. Willison. But there seems to be a mistake somewhere." He gave a hearty, protective laugh. "If Rob belongs to a boxing club, it's certainly news to me."
What is "Manhood" by John Wain
500
A figure of speech in which a thing or concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept
What is metonymy
500
The past tense of "to burst" (at springe, briste, revne)
What is "burst"
500
Figurative language where a thing/event or character represent or stand for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.
What is a symbol