Edit the sentence:
My sister likes to shop but my brother likes to sleep.
What is: My sister likes to shop, but my brother likes to sleep.
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What is a protagonist?
A protagonist is the central character in a work of literature, the one who is involved in the main conflict in the plot.
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What is culture?
Culture is the shared sets of arts, ideas, skills, institutions, customs, attitude, values and achievements that characterize a group of people, and that are passed on or taught to succeeding generations.
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What is simile? Give an example
A simile is a comparison of two things using "like" or "as".
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Find an example of juxtaposition. State the title of the work and then the example.
Some examples: Frieda Kahlo, "Legal Alien", "Where Worlds Collide"
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Correct this sentence:
Students need many supplies for school paper pencils pens and folders.
What is Students need many supplies for school: paper, pencils, pens, and folders.
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What is a hyperbole?
Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech.
Example: I am so hungry that I could eat a horse.
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What is a stereotype? Give an example.
A stereotype is an oversimplified, generalized conception, opinion and/or image about a particular group of people.
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What is personification? What passage/story did we see an example of this?
Giving life-like qualities to an object.
"My Mother Pieced Quilts"
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Identify three examples of allusion from SB. State the title and examples.
What are...
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Correct this sentence:
I just had a huge meal however I am already hungry again.
What is I just had a huge meal; however, I am already hungry again
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What is diction, and syntax?
Diction is the writers choice of words.
Syntax is the arrangement of words and the order of grammatical elements in a sentence.
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What is a symbol?
A symbol is anything (object, animal, event, person, or place) that represents itself but also stands for something else on a figurative language.
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What is a metaphor? Give an example.
Making a comparison without using like or as.
Her heart is gold.
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What do we learn about perception in "Where Worlds Collide"?
What is ...things are not always as they seem.
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Correct this sentence:
My friend said we need to get lunch at Chick Fil A
What is My friend said, "We need to get lunch at Chick Fil A."
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What is theme?
Theme is a writer's central idea or main message about life.
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What is perspective?
Perspective is a way of looking at the world or mental concept about things or events, on that judges relationships within or among things or events.
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Give an example of alliteration.
Sally sells seashells.
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What do we learn about stereotype and judgment in "Legal Alien"?
What is ...sometimes people can feel that they do not fit in because of the way they are treated.
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How can you make this sentence parallel (balanced)?
Tara likes swimming, biking, and to play lacrosse.
What is Tara likes swimming, biking, and playing lacrosse.
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What is connotation?
Connotation is the associations and emotional overtones attached to a word beyond it's literal definition. These "feelings" associated to the word may be positive, negative, or neutral.
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What are rhetorical devices? Explain each one.
Rhetorical devices are specific techniques used in writing or speaking to create a literary effect or enhance effectiveness.
Ethos: focuses on ethics, or the character and qualifications of the speaker
Pathos: rhetorical appeal to the reader's or listener's sense or emotions
Logos: appeal that uses factual evidence and logic to appeal the audience's sense of reason
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What is anaphora?
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of sentences.