Literary Devices
This is the device used to directly tell something about a character's personality or behaviours.
What is direct characterization?
On the board, write the following with appropriate apostrophes. Full sentences are not required:
1) Any singular subject owning a house 2) James owning a car 3) The siblings owning a basketball, together
Subject's house
James's car
The siblings' basketball
From where does this quotation originate?
"Her knock is crisp and precise, much like the woman herself. Elayne smells of Joy Baccarat and her Chanel suit is flawless... It would be cruel to say Elayne looks like a million bucks because, surely, she looks like two million" (29).
What is Rebecca Roanhorse's "White Hills"?
This is the correct order of the elements needed in an introduction paragraph.
What are the hook, the scope, and the thesis?
This is the longest river in the world.
This device uses two specific words to make a comparison between two things, in order to show a relationship. Name the literary device and the two words said device can use.
What is a simile? What are "like" and "as"?
This romantic comedy in ancient Athens centres around a complicated love square, where all the wrong characters love all the wrong people.
What is A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare?
These are the three guiding "whats" that include summarizing, noting literary devices or elements, and connecting to a bigger idea
What are: Here's What, So What, and Now What?
This is how many points a touchdown in football is worth.
What is six points?
This is an example and explanation of a symbol in Romeo and Juliet
Answers vary. Possible answers: the vial, the Nurse, Tybalt, Mantua
Name any two error(s) in this sentence and correct them. Assume this is from a novel in class.
When Jimmy said 'no I don't", this leaves Johnny bewildered. (Lastname, 12).
When Jimmy says, "No I don't" (Lastname 12), this leaves Johnny bewildered.
From which famous YA novel does this quotation originate?
“Sixteen years on the streets and you can learn a lot. But all the wrong things, not the things you want to learn. Sixteen years on the streets and you see a lot. But all the wrong sights, not the things you want to see.”
What is The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton?
These are three examples of prepositions and the purpose of prepositions in a sentence.
These are the names of all 7 teachers in the English department this year at McNair Secondary.
Who are Ms. Riding, Mr. Leung, Mr. Lui, Ms. Mar, Ms. Valiquette, Ms. Kelly, and Mr. Young?
These are any three aspects that can be considered part of the setting of a text.
What are the geography, the weather, the era, the time of day, the social background, the season in the year?
These are the three types of dashes used in writing and a use for one of them.
What are the dash/hyphen (-), the en dash (–), and the em dash (—)? Hyphen: connect two words to create an adjective/new noun; en dash: shows duration; em dash: shows an interruption in speech
This poem considers the theme of hubris through the story from "a traveller from an antique land" who discusses "the decay / Of that colossal Wreck" (1, 12–13)
What is "Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley?
DAILY DOUBLE: These are the names of 15 different characters from Romeo and Juliet.
Who are Romeo, Juliet, Montague, Lady Montague, Lady Capulet, Capulet, Friar Lawrence, the Nurse, Tybalt, Mercutio, Benvolio, Balthasar, Friar John, Paris, the Prince, Watchingmen 2 and 3, Lead Watchman, the Apothecary, Rosaline, Peter, Sampson, Gregory, etc.?
This is the second-largest bone in the human body.
What is the tibia?
These are the five formal names for the types of imagery.
What are visual, auditory, tactile, gustatory, and olfactory imagery?
This is one use for an em dash (—) in writing.
What is to interrupt a thought? What is to add a long pause for effect?
Determined to "protect the world from devastation" and "unite all peoples within our nation", this ne'er-do-well trio redefines the term "literature" because of their cultural impact but childish target audience.
Who are Team Rocket?
This is why quotations should not show up in your introduction, conclusion, or the very end of your body paragraphs. Answer as a statement.
Evidence requires thorough explanation, and those new, specific ideas should not appear where you are beginning or ending.
This children's toy brand spans decades—launching in 1999 and continuing production even today—and it is known for their catchphrase: "Let 'er rip!"
What is Beyblade?