Figurative Language
What literary device gives human qualities to nonhuman things?
a) Alliteration
b) Personification
c) Irony
d) Symbolism
b) Personification
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
a) Lets eat grandma!
b) Let’s eat grandma!
c) Lets eat, grandma!
d) Let’s eat, grandma!
c) Lets eat, grandma!
2. Which point of view uses “I,” “me,” and “my”?
a) First person
b) Second person
c) Third person limited
d) Third person omniscient
a) First person
central idea
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Read the sentence: “His words were knives, cutting deeper with every sentence.” What literary device is primarily used?
a) Simile
b) Metaphor
c) Personification
d) Allusion
b) Metaphor
When you copy writing word for word without rephrasing or using the quotation marks, you are.....
What is plagiarizing?
When the audience has information that the characters do not.
Dramatic Irony
This text structures examine and consider the similarities and differences between two or more objects, ideas, or people.
A. Sequence
B. Chronological Order
C. Compare and Contrast
D. Cause and Effect
C. Compare and contrast
This is word is used to distinguish the status of a student's test who gets caught looking at another student's screen, with a cellphone, talking, playing, etc.
INVALIDATED
Repetition of the same beginning sounds in words that are near each other.
Alliteration
What is the criteria for success of a short response
R.A.C.E.C.E
The process by which the author develops characters through their thoughts, feelings, and actions.
Characterization
I am writing an argumentative essay on how social networking has a negative impact on society. Which thesis statement would be the best claim for my essay?
A. Social networking is bad for society therefore we should convince more people to get off their computer and go outside.
B. Society’s lack of social skills derives from the impact of social networking which wastes time, exposes youth to predators, and causes stress.
C. Social networking helps society through exposure to different fields such as careers, politics, and religion.
D. I believe that social media negatively impacts society because of the risks to users and the lack of social skills needed.
B. Society’s lack of social skills derives from the impact of social networking which wastes time, exposes youth to predators, and causes stress.
When you don't understand a word, and you use the sentence around it to help identify the word's meaning, you are using......
What are context clues?
When you don't understand a word, and you use the sentence around it to help identify the word's meaning, you are using......
Context Clues
The literary device for when you are hinting or making a reference to another famous piece of writing.
What is an Allusion?
A dilemma that the main character is having within the story with thoughts and dialogue in their head resembles a
Internal Conflict