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Figurative Language
Rhetoric
Setting/Conflict
Grammar/Writing
Dystopia
100

What is a simile? 

A comparison between two things using "like" or "as"

100

What is ethos? 

appeal to writer's credibility

100

What is the setting of a writing?

Where the story takes place.

100

What do you do to the first letter in a sentence? 

Capitalize it

100

What is a dystopia?

An imperfect society

200

What is personification? 

When you give an inanimate object human traits/characteristics.
200

What is pathos?

Appeal to the audience's emotions

200

What are the two types of conflict that a character goes through?

Internal and external conflict

200

What are conjunctions called that help you link sentences together to make a compound sentence? 

FANBOYS

200

What are common characteristics of a dystopia?

Citizens conform to uniform expectations, totalitarian leader, constant surveillance, etc.

300

What is a hyperbole?

An extreme exaggeration

300

What is logos? 

Appeals to logic (facts/statistics)

300

Plot diagram: the point of highest intensity, and the turning point for the conflict in the text.

The climax
300

How do you properly format an in-text citation? 

(Author's Last Name #).

300

What is a dystopian protagonist?

A main character who feels that something is wrong in society and questions it.  They usually go on a "quest" to fix it. 

400
Name five types of figurative language

Simile, hyperbole, metaphor, personification, allusion, alliteration, symbolism, irony, paradox

400

What is rhetoric used for? 

To persuade an audience

400

Plot diagram:  The end of the story where the conflict is resolved and all of the loose ends are tied up.

Resolution

400

What are proper sources to use in your writing?

Sources that are relevant to what you are writing, and professional/educational sources (.edu, .gov. etc.)
400

Who wrote The Maze Runner?

James Dashner

500

What are the three types of irony? 

Verbal, situational, and dramatic

500
What is commonly used to help persuade audiences (hint: we read about it last week).

Propoganda

500

What type of conflict is this:  Macie is upset about how her hair is looking today.  She stands in the mirror and cries, because she thinks people are going to make fun of her at school. 

Internal conflict

500

What are the differences between the three "there"s? 

There = location "over there"

Their = ownership "that is theirs"

They're = they + are "they're going to the fair"

500

Explain how the Creators are the antagonists in The Maze Runner.

While the Creators believe they are trying to save the world, they are the antagonist because they are harming children against their will to do so.