Comparisons and Irony
What compares two items using LIKE or AS?
simile
Giving human characteristics to a non-human thing.
personification
Which point-of-view uses words like "I" and "me?"
First Person POV
feeling, emotion, or attitude the author brings to a text
tone
TRUE/FALSE: (Wiesel, 42) would be an appropriate way to cite a quotation from page 42 when the author is not mentioned in the quote lead-in.
False. You do NOT put a comma between the author name and page number when citing a quote from a story or novel.
What compares two items without using LIKE or AS?
metaphor
a person, situation, word, or object that represents something else
symbol
Which point-of view typically uses words like "you" or "your?"
Second person POV
literary device that suggests something will happen later in the plot
foreshadowing
TRUE/FALSE: When using a quote lead-in followed by a quote and MLA citation, the period goes at the very end of the sentence.
True, unless the writer is going to extend the sentence after the MLA citation.
What type of irony occurs when the least expected outcome happens?
situational irony
alliteration
Which point-of-view allows the reader inside the mind of one of the characters, typically calling the character by name and using pronouns to refer to the character?
Third Person Limited POV
emotional use of strong language
connotative language
What do you call an extra space between two paragraphs in a novel?
Line break
What type of irony occurs when the audience knows something the character does not?
dramatic irony
What is the repetition of a chosen grammatical form within a sentence?
parallel structure
Which point-of-view helps the reader understand the thoughts of all of the characters and uses character names and pronouns to refer to the characters?
Third Person Omniscient
a literary device using huge exaggeration
hyperbole
What is the official word to refer to sentence length?
Syntax
What type of irony occurs when a speaker says one thing but means another?
verbal irony
What is the repetition of a word/phrase at the beginnings of sentences?
anaphora
What tense should most formal essays use: past, present, or future?
Present tense
device used when authors include blank lines between paragraphs to shift ideas or times
line break or spacing
What do you call it when a printed word looks a bit slanted compared to other words nearby?
Italics