Figurative Language
Characterization
Name that Author!
Logical Fallacies
100

It uses like or as to compare two different things.

What is simile?


100
It is an implicit way to describe a character's traits

What is indirect characterization?

100

I wrote Romeo & Juliet

Who is William Shakespeare?

100

It occurs when a conclusion is based on the idea that if A occurs then eventually Z will happen.

What is Slippery Slope?

150

It details an object or action in a way that while not literally true, helps illustrate an idea or comparison.

What is metaphor?

150

It is when the author explicitly shares a character's traits.

What is direct characterization?

150

I wrote To Kill a Mockingbird

Who is Harper Lee?

150

It is when a conclusion is drawn from deficient or prejudiced information. 

What is Hasty Generalization?

200

It provides human traits to abstract or nonhuman articles.

What is personification?

200

It is a multifaceted, detailed character.

What is a round character?

200

I "wrote" the Odyssey

Who is Homer?

200

It is when the conclusion that needs to be proven is instead confirmed within the initial claim. 

What is Begging the Claim?

250

To add emphasis, it typically offers unrealistic, huge exaggerations. 

What is hyperbole?

250

It is a character with minimal traits.

What is flat character?

250

I wrote the Lord of the Flies.

Who is William Golding?

250

It is an attack on the person not their opinion or argument.

What is Ad hominem?

300

Based on shared common knowledge, it references  an existing person, event, well-established history/pop-culture event, or work. 

What is an allusion?

300

Name the five means of characterization.

What is physical description, action, inner thoughts, reactions, and speech.

300

I wrote The House on Mango Street

Who is Sandra Cisneros?

300

It is assumes that if "A" occurred post "B" then "B" caused "A".

What is Post hoc ergo propter hoc.