Figurative Language
Texts Read This Year
Puncuation
Literary Terms
Rhetoric and MLA
100

"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse"


What is hyperbole?

100

This is the major political event that is taking place through out Persepolis

What is Revolution?

100

Jim was scared of going on the rollercoaster_ but he went anyway.

Comma (,)

100

This part of plot structure is the turning point in the story

What is the Climax

100

MLA style writing should be done in this style and at this size font

What is 12 point Times New Roman

200

This figurative language uses like or as to make comparisons.

What is a simile?

200

This is the main reason Othello feels isolated from the others in Venice and Cyprus

What is that he is black.

200

I want to go to Alice's party_ if the have Doritos there 

comma (,)

200

This word refers to the emotional feeling present in a work of literature. It is created using word choice and sensory description

What is Mood?

200

This rhetorical appeal tries to get the audience to feel certain emotions so that they act in a certain way.

What is Pathos?

300

"His car trembled with anticipation waiting for the light to turn green."

What is Personification

300

This word refers to a perfect world.

What is a utopia

300

I want to go to Alice's party_ they have Doritos there. 

Semicolon (;)

300

saying "You look great" when a person clearly looks disheveled, is an example of this type of Irony.

What is Verbal Irony.

300

MLA requires an intext citation when you do these things in a paper

What is use a direct quote, or paraphrase.

400

"That lamp is bright as the sun!"

What is a simile?

400
At the end of Persepolis Marjane is sent to this city out of the country

What is Vienna?

400

I had a plan_ James would go to the mall

Colon (:)

400

The audience knowing that Batman is Bruce Wayne while other characters do not, is an example of this type of irony.

What is Dramatic Irony?

400

This appeal is when the speaker tries to convince the reader with facts and reason

What is Logos

500

"Her legs were jelly as she walked through the graveyard"

What is a metaphor?

500

This is the real reason Iago decides to destroy Othello in the Shakespeare play.

What is... it is unknown, he deliberately says he will never say why he did what he did.

500

I want to buy a bike_ if I work hard, I can get it next month.

Semicolon (;)

500

This kind of conflict is when a person struggles against the rules and expectations of the place they live.

What is Person vs. Society?

500
This appeal relies on the speakers credibility or how trustworthy they are.

What is Ethos.