Poetry
This type of figurative language uses "like" or "as" similar to the phrase "crazy like a fox."
What is a simile?
A rhetorical appeal that uses emotions to win its audience.
What is Pathos?
The direct, dictionary definition of a word.
What is the denotative meaning?
This story was about a real-life concentration camp experience in World War II.
What is Night?
This is the name of Mrs. Murr's screaming goat.
Who is Gilbert?
This figurative language uses the same letter sound repeatedly for emphasis as in the phrase "greasy, grimy gopher guts."
What is alliteration?
A rhetorical appeal that appeals to someone's character, trust, and ethics.
What is Ethos?
The emotional or cultural associations a word carries beyond its literal meaning.
What is the connotative meaning?
This literary element appeals to the senses: sight, smell, sound, taste, and touch/feel.
What is imagery?
This is what Mrs. Murr did before becoming a teacher.
What is a librarian, postal worker, hair dresser?
A type of figurative language that uses exaggeration such as "I've told you a million times to clean your room."
What is hyperbole?
This pamphlet by Thomas Paine was often read aloud on street corners and was read to George Washington's army.
What is Common Sense?
He was the author of Walden.
Who was Henry David Thoreau?
This short story, written by Ray Bradbury, talks about the dangers of time travel.
What is "A Sound of Thunder?"
This is the college Mrs. Murr went to.
What is UCF?
The author who wrote "The Mothering Blackness."
Who is Maya Angelou?
This speech on the Voting Rights Act was given by President Johnson in this year.
When is 1965?
She started the Drive Your Own Life campaign, promoting women in Saudi Arabia to drive on June 17.
Who is Manal al-Sharif?
In The Canterbury Tales, this character is nobility but does not look or act the part.
Who is The Knight?
This list is an acrostic that forms the word "HUMAN."
What are Mrs. Murr's class rules?
The author who wrote "Because I could not stop for Death."
Who is Emily Dickinson?
This document, written by Thomas Jefferson, was heavily influenced by Common Sense.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
In "We Contain Multitudes," Groff compares the climate and wildlife of this state to her experiences.
What is Florida?
These were the names of the children in "The Veldt."
Who are Peter and Wendy?
Mrs. Murr's favorite holiday movie.
What is Nightmare Before Christmas?