figurative language
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
personification
In what year S.E. Hinton were born?
1948
What is the meaning of the root geo?
Earth
Why didn't Cherry wanted to see Dally again?
Because she was afraid to fall in love with him.
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
allusion
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
alliteration
How many syllables are in a haiku?
17 syllables
what is the meaning of the roots hydr, hydra, hydro?
water
Why did Johnny died?
He burned his body, and broke his back.
a short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme.
epigraph
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
metaphor
How many lines does a sonnet have?
14
what is the meaning of the root hetero?
different
Why Johnny did not wanted to see his mom when he was in the hospital?
Because he knew his mom came to yell at him.
Be a warning or indication of (a future event).
foreshadowing
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
simile
what was Shel Silverstein's final books
A Light in the Attic, and Falling Up
Meaning of the roots hema, hemo?
blood
What happened to Ponyboy's parents?
They died in a car crash.
Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
imagery
in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in non rhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible.
assonance
In what year did Shel Silverstein publish his first book?
1963
what are Greek and Latin roots
adding an affix to the beginning or end of a Latin or Greek root or root word.
Who was the author of the poem " stay golden" in the outsiders?
Robert Frost
The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
diction