Figurative Language
Tone and Mood
Persuasion
Conflict
Vocabulary
100
She was as bright as the sun.
What is a simile?
100
The author's attitude towards a story.
What is tone?
100
A type of persuasion that hits at your emotions.
What is pathos?
100
When a character has a struggle against his own thoughts or feelings.
What is man vs self?
100
"There were three main streets that wound up and around these coral hives, and they were all lined with habitations and thronged with the Yebba Dim Day's citizens." Thronged means:
What is crowded?
200
That girl is pretty ugly.
What is an oxymoron?
200
How the author wants me to feel.
What is mood?
200
A type of persuasion that is based on ethics. You should trust me because I am a good person.
What is ethos?
200
A struggle between a character and the laws or beliefs of a group.
What is man vs society?
200
"They'd dragged their vessels out of the cool evening air, and taken a hammer and crowbar to the cabins and the deck and hold, peeling apart the boards, so as to make some kind of habitation on land." Habitation means....
What are houses?
300
The wind called out my name.
What is personification?
300
"She led Candy to one of the houses made from fishing boats. As she followed the woman to the threshold, Candy felt just a little pang of doubt. Why was she being invited into Izarith's house so quickly, without any real reason, beyond that of a stranger's generosity?" Creates a tone of:
What is suspicion?
300
A type of persuasion that is logic and facts based.
What is Logos?
300
A struggle between a character and weather, animals, insects, sickness, or epidemics.
What is man vs nature?
300
"A beautiful woman walked by wearing a hat like an aquarium. In it was a large fish whose poignant expression bore an uncanny resemblance to the woman on whose head it was balanced." Poignant means....
What is sadness or regret?
400
It is raining cats and dogs.
What is an idiom?
400
"Though she was cold, she didn't care. Though she was weary to her marrow, and lost — oh so very lost — she didn't care. This was a New World rising before her, and it was filled with every kind of diversity." Creates a tone of:
What is hope?
400
The point that the author is trying to make.
What is a claim?
400
A struggle, mental or physical, between two characters.
What is man vs man?
500
"High overhead birds dined on clouds of mites like pinpricks of fire." The author means:
What is to emphasize both the extraordinary and ordinary sights in the city?
500
"A beautiful woman walked by wearing a hat like an aquarium. In it was a large fish whose poignant expression bore an uncanny resemblance to the woman on whose head it was balanced." Creates a tone of:
What is irony?
500
When the author tries to prove a point that someone else's opinion is wrong.
What is an opposing viewpoint?
500
All of the popular kids wear Nikes but Mr. Saenz wears Converse. The type of conflict that Mr. Saenz is having is..
What is man vs society?
500
"Teachers should have faith that their students will follow the honor code and not partake in anything immoral online." Immoral means
What is inappropriate?