Show:
Literary Devices
MLA
Vocabulary
Punctuation/Grammar
Grab Bag
100
A figure of speech that makes an indirect comparison between two or more things using like, as, or resembles.
What is a simile?
100
Name Teacher Class Date
What is the heading?
100
near; about to happen
What is immenent?
100
Hurst writes "we named him William Armstrong"(pg.248)
What is Incorrect Hurst writes, "We named him William Armstrong" (248).
100
The connotations of the diction the author uses creates
What is the author's tone?
200
A figure of speech that gives human-like qualities to non-human things for emphasis or exaggeration.
What is personification?
200
The standard font and size.
What is Times New Roman, 12 pt.
200
beg, plead
What is implore?
200
Many womens walked around the mall.
What is Many women walked around the mall.
200
The flowers danced in the wind.
What is personifiction?
300
The use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot.
What is foreshadowing?
300
The title of a paper in MLA.
What is Centered?
300
freedom from punishment or harm
What is impunity?
300
She named her cat peanut after her favorite food.
What is Incorrect- She named her cat Peanut, after her favorite food.
300
Strong universal statement that avoids moralizing and expressing the central idea revealed by a work of literature
What is theme?
400
I'm the whisper in the wind.
What is a metaphor?
400
Placed in quotation marks with all important words capitalized.
What is a short story or poem?
400
shining, colorful
What is irridescent?
400
After the concert, we went to dinner.
What is Correct
400
Sandra walked tall and proud because she was very confident after her interview.
What is direct characterization.
500
The deep red-orange glow of the sunset created a soft relaxing mood.
What is visual imagery?
500
MLA stands for
What is Modern Language Association?
500
determined, stubborn, pig-headed
What is obstinate?
500
"I wonder," Kara exclaimed, "if this is the right way after all."
What is Correct
500
Anna could not decide if she should go with her family on a spring break trip or stay home with her friends.
What is internal conflict.