Technique, technique technique technique
Argument
Stories
Language
100

This technique is designed to capture the audience's attention

What is a hook?

100

My argument is that Dunkin Donuts is better than Starbucks. What argument technique is this an example of?

What is a claim?

100

What is the use of an object to represent a larger idea?

What is symbolism?

100

My alarm clock yelled at me this morning.

What is personification?

200

Ms McCarty and Mr Krug have differing perspectives when it comes to whether or not college athletes should be paid. What technique this an example of?

What is point of view?

200

"Dunkin donuts is better because the coffee is cheaper"

What is a subclaim?

200
What is a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing that it describes explicitly?

What is a connotation?

200

Imaginative, comparative, symbolic uses of language

What is figurative language?

300

A subtle hint at something on the horizon...hint hint wink wink

What is foreshadowing?
300

"Dunkin has a $6 meal deal including a coffee, a breakfast sandwich, and hash browns. You can't get that anywhere else!"

What is evidence?
300

In the opening scene of the Scottish play, you see the witches plotting against the throne, in an ominous, turbulent setting with thunder and frogs. What literary term is this? 

What is mood?

300

My classroom is like Penn Station when Boler and Logan stop by

What is a smilie?

400

The woods, in a car, in a plane, on the beach, Disney world, etc

What is setting?

400

"The egg that they use at Dunkin is fake. Starbucks is much healthier, and they use organic products."

What is an Opposing claim?

400

"Mildred is described as an emotionally hollow person who is disconnected from reality and is in love with the parlor wall." What literary term is this quote an example of?

What is Characterization?

400
"Life is a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get..."

What is a metaphor?

500

When my dad says "Go to your room!" in an angry voice, I know he means business. What technique is he using?

What is tone?

500

"Where did you hear that from?"

Source

500

"But his eyes, dimmed a little by many paintless days under sun and rain, brood on over the solemn dumping ground." What literary term is this quote an example of?

What is imagery?

500

Ms McCarty starts class with this everyday, as her personal form of yapping.

What is an ancedote?