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Who is the author of To Kill a Mockingbird?
Harper Lee
Identify the literary device used here:
“Chocolate was her Achilles’ heel.”
Allusion
Name the three persuasive appeals Aristotle coined that are represented by Greek words
Ethos, Pathos, Logos
What was the name of the pig in Charlotte’s Web?
Wilbur
What perspective was Flowers For Algernon written in?
First-person point of view
Identify the literary device used here:
“I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse.”
Hyperbole
Name the three main author’s purposes?
To persuade, to inform, to entertain
Name three of the six FANBOYS conjunctions
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
Name the Great Gatsby character that said “That's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”
Daisy Buchanan
What device is implemented when the reader knows something that the characters do not?
Dramatic irony
Which of the Greek appeals is implemented here?
"As a dentist, I see this problem alot, and always recommend Sensodyne toothpaste for sensitive teeth."
Ethos
What device is implemented when an author uses humor, irony, or exaggeration to criticize their subject matter?
Satire
What era is Pride and Prejudice (and Bridgerton) set in?
Regency era
What kind of metric line/rhythm did Shakespeare use in his sonnets?
Iambic Pentameter
What is the difference between tone and mood?
Tone is the attitude of the writer towards the subject, mood is how the reader is made to feel
What kind of poem follows a structure of 5-7-5 syllables?
Haiku
Who are Katniss Everdeen’s two love interests in The Hunger Games series?
Peeta Mellark and Gale Hawthorne
What are these all examples of?
Silent Scream, Old News, Civil War, Bittersweet
Oxymorons
What do you call the “spark” or inciting event that inspires an author to produce a written work?
Exigence
Identify the device being used here:
"Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not...."
Apostrophe