Figurative Language
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers is what type of figurative language?
alliteration
Define rhetoric
The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing.
The main part of a multi-part word.
The "root" word.
What are the key elements in literature?
Plot, conflict, character, setting, point of view and theme.
Explain 3 types of text structures. (There are more than the answers listed here)
Descriptive - taking time to add a lot of detail about something
Chronological/Sequence - Giving a specific order to do things, chronological relates to time order
Problem/Solution - Exposing an issue and providing ways to improve or fix it
Cause/Effect - Explaining the event or situation that resulted in another event or situation
What testing strategy can you employ to every question on the FAST test?
Process of elimination - use what you know in the text to toss out the definitely wrong answers. Mark out (or make note of) what word or phrase in the answer makes it wrong. Always support your answers with information from the text.
"I've told you a million times to clean your room" is an example of what type of figurative language?
Hyperbole (pronounced Hy - per - bow - lee)
What are the 3 main types of rhetorical appeals? (List and define)
Logos - logic/data/statistics
Ethos - speaker's credibility/ethics
Pathos - emotional appeal/worst case or best case scenario
What does a suffix do and where is it located?
A suffix is added to the end of a word to change is conjugation (-ed to a verb), word type (-tion to an adjective), or plurality (-s to a noun).
Define universal theme.
The moral of the story or message that the author is trying to convey. The theme can be applied to other areas of life outside of the story or poem.
Define author's purpose.
This is why the author is writing the text (or the speaker is speaking at that moment in time to that specific audience).
Define ambiguity.
Vagueness, obscurity, indistinctness
Compare/contrast simile and metaphor
Both compare seemingly unlike things, but simile will use "like" or "as"
How do you "evaluate" a claim made by a speaker?
Evaluate means to determine if it is valid. For this, you have to make a judgment: good or bad
What are the 2 most common "types" of root words?
Latin or Greek (Do you now them?)
Define shift, characterization, and setting
Shift - how something/someone changes
Characterization - how something/someone is described
Setting - where the story takes place
If the main point that the speaker is trying to make is called the claim, what is the other side of the main claim called?
Counterclaim
What is the difference between paraphrasing and summarizing?
Paraphrasing retells the story/event in your own words, whereas summarizing is a recap of the key points from the story.
Explain the difference between tone and mood
Tone is how the author feels about a topic and mood is the feeling that is created in the reader.
Define diction.
Word choice
Explain the difference between connotation and denotation.
Connotation is how a word makes you feel and denotation is the dictionary definition of the word
What are the "paragraphs" in a poem called?
Stanzas
"I have the honor of serving as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization operating in every Southern State." - Letter from Birmingham Jail
What type of rhetorical appeal is this?
Ethos - it's about his credibility and the things the speaker has done.
Define "coming of age"
The transition to maturity.
Explain the difference between figurative language and rhetorical devices.
The purpose in which they are being used. For example, a metaphor is figurative language in a short story or poem, but if a speaker uses a metaphor to convey the point, then it is a rhetorical device.
Define development.
Development occurs throughout the speech - not found in just one place, but grows throughout.
If there is not enough information to define a word through context clues, what can you do?
Break it down into its word parts.
When reading a short story, there is a reference to a "yellow brick road" - what is that called?
Allusion
“We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills.”- From "We Shall Fight on Beaches"
What type of rhetorical device is being used here?
Anaphora
If the question provides you with a specific line or section from the text, what should you do?
Answer the question based on the information provided ONLY - do not answer it as it relates to the text overall.