Vocab
Lack of emotion
What is apathy
Reference to someone or something that is known from history
What is allusion
Suffixes are added to this part of the root word
What is the end
Jumbo Shrimp
What is an oxymoron
Her eyes are bright diamonds in the night
What is a metaphor
Glaringly wrong; conspicuously faulty
What is flagrant?
A type of writing that ridicules the short-comings of people or institutions, usually in an attempt to bring about change
What is satire
TPCASTT stands for
What is Title, Paraphrase, Connotation, Attitude, Shift, Theme, Title
Sitting here in the principal's office waiting for the sentence to be pronounced. It all began last Friday when Pete and I decided to skip class
What is flashback
The leaves began to dance in the wind
What is personification
On the edge; unimportant
What is peripheral?
The manner in which Native Americans passed down their history
What is an oral tradition?
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
What is an alliteration
What is grabber/hook
If you go to bed with the dogs, you might wake with fleas
What is an aphorism
Greed
What is avarice?
A question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer.
What is rhetorical question
A hint from the writer about what is to come
What is foreshadowing
Elderly drivers have diminished vision, hearing, and reaction time.
What is a topic sentence
The emotion a reader feels
What is mood
To explain; to make clear
What is Elucidate?
Short statement that express wise or clever observations about life
What is an aphorism
An appeal to logic
What is Logos
Students should be required to wear uniforms to school
What is a thesis statement
Tone