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Misc. (100-200)
P.O.V. (300-500)
Vocabulary
Isn't it Ironic? (100-400), Misc. (500)
Figurative Language
Greek (100-400), Misc. (500)
100
This is the use of images/designs/patterns/logos/designs to signify ideas and qualities by giving them deeper, more significant meanings that are different from their literal sense.
What is Symbolism?
100
DAILY DOUBLE (points awarded for each correct answer) 1) The author's exact words from the text and enclosed in these marks, e.g. "To be or not to be." 2) A person who is responsible for the thoughts and actions within a story, poem, or other literature. Every one of these has his or her own personality, which a creative author uses to assist in forming the plot of a story or creating a mood.
1) What are Quotations? 2) Who are Characters? or What is a Character?
100
An outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, assumed. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; a statement or situation where the meaning is contradicted by the appearance or presentation of the idea.
What is Irony?
100
Comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as.”
What is a Simile?
100
Focuses attention on the message. Often called a “logical appeal,” or an “appeal to reason.” Points out internal consistency and clarity within its argument. Frequently uses data to support its claim. (Greek for “word")
What is Logos?
200
The tension that the author uses to create a feeling of discomfort about the unknown.
What is Suspense?
200
DAILY DOUBLE (points awarded for each correct answer): 1) To find examples that support your thinking. 2) To make your thinking clear by giving details.
1) What is Identify? 2) What is Explain?
200
A situation where a character does not know something that other characters or the audience does (E.g.: when the audience knows the truth of King Oedipus's birth, but he does not.)
What is Dramatic Irony?
200
Direct comparison of the two unlike things, without using “like” or “as”. This can include a concrete vs. abstract idea or theme.
What is a Metaphor?
200
Focuses attention on the writer’s or speaker’s trustworthiness. Takes one of two forms: “appeal to character” or “appeal to credibility.” A writer may show this through her tone, such as taking care to show more than one side of an issue before arguing for her side. When you use a counter-argument to show an opposing side to an issue before explaining why your thesis is still correct, you use this. Other times, the author may rely on his reputation for honesty or his experience in a particular field. Advertising that relies on doctors’ statements or political records often uses an appeal to this. (Greek for “character”)
What is Ethos?
300
The identity of the narrative voice; the person or entity through whom the reader experiences the story. It may be third-person (omniscient or limited) or first-person (narrated by a character in the story or a direct observer.) This is a commonly misused term; it does not refer to the author’s or characters’ feelings, opinions, perspectives, biases, etc.
What is Point of View?
300
DAILY DOUBLE (points awarded for each correct answer): 1) To give evidence from the text to support your thinking. 2) The details or quotations from the text that supports your thinking.
1) What is Cite? 2) What is Evidence?
300
An outcome that turns out to be very different than was expected, the difference between what is expected and what actually happens. (E.g.: A man is scared to fly. When he finally gets on the plane, it crashes.)
What is Situational Irony?
300
DAILY DOUBLE (points awarded for each correct answer): 1) Feelings that are set by the writer for the reader. 2) Hints or clues of what will happen later in the story; serves the conflict.
1) What is the Mood? 2) What is Foreshadowing?
300
Focuses attention on the values and beliefs of the intended audience. Appeals to the audience’s capacity for empathy, often by using an imaginable story to exemplify logical appeals. This appeals to our imaginations and feelings, helping the audience grasp an argument’s significance in terms of how it would help or harm the tangible world around them. (Greek for “suffering” or “experience”)
What is Pathos?
400
The narrator is “all-knowing” of all characters’ thoughts/feelings.
What is Third-Person Omniscient?
400
DAILY DOUBLE (points awarded for each correct answer) 1) To explain a piece of text in detail in order to understand it better or draw conclusions. 2) To decide.
1) What is Analyze? 2) What is Determine?
400
Found when a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning.
What is Verbal Irony?
400
The author’s attitude towards the characters or the story. The author may not like the characters and may make fun of them in a subtle way. Part of the range of this includes playful, somber, serious, casual, formal, and ironic.
What is the Tone? Note: Tone is different from mood because it describes how the author feels about the characters, whereas mood describes how the reader feels when reading the story. The tone is important because it designates the mood and effect of a work.
400
Refers to the “timeliness” of an argument. Often, for an ad or an argument to be successful, it needs appropriate tone and structure and comes at the right time. For example, an ad featuring Avril Lavigne would be more effective for a teen magazine in 2002 than in 2012. A Sears ad featuring Kim Kardashian would be more appropriate in TeenVogue than it would be in AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) magazine. This is also the reason you might send a different kind of complaint email to your boss than you would to your mom or to a close friend. You may want similar results from all three of these recipients, but depending on who will read it, you may adjust the timing, tone, and level of formality within the email itself. (Greek for “right time,” “season”, or “opportunity”)
What is Kairos?
500
The narrator's knowledge is bound to one character’s thoughts/feelings.
What is Third Person Limited?
500
The struggle within the story. e.g. character divided against self, character against character, character against society, character against nature, character against God. Without it, there is no story.
What is Conflict?
500
To draw conclusions or insights based on your background knowledge and subtle indications (what's implied or suggested) in the text; this shows close reading and attention to detail.
What is Inferencing?
500
Sensory language, that appeals to the five senses and creates a mood.
What is Imagery?
500
An abstract universal topic/message that is developed over the course of a story. Generally, this has to be extracted as the reader explores the passages of a work. The author utilizes the characters, plot, and other literary devices to assist the reader in this endeavor.
What is Theme?