Literary Devices
This is the device used to directly tell something about a character's personality or behaviours.
What is direct characterization?
These are the FANBOYS conjunctions, used to connect an independent clause with a dependent clause.
What are for, and, nor, yet, or, but, and so?
From where does this quotation originate?
"Yet there was a space round Henry, perhaps six yards in diameter, into which he dare not throw. Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life. Round the squatting child was the protection of parents and school and policemen and the law."
What is William Golding's Lord of the Flies?
This is the correct order of the elements needed in an introduction paragraph.
What are the hook, the scope, and the thesis?
This famous fashion style draws from the start of the century, where studded belts and star hair clips reigned and high-rise jeans were unheard of.
What is Y2K?
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 famous novel is set in the "Roaring Twenties" and is famous for a yearning protagonist hosting parties.
What is The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald?
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.
These are the three most recent Prime Ministers, from most recent to second-most to third-most.
Who are Mark Carney, Justin Trudeau, and Stephen Harper?
This is an example and explanation of a symbol in Macbeth.
Answers vary. Possible answers: the bloody dagger; LM's bloody hands; the Three Witches; Banquo
Name the error(s) in this sentence and correct them. Assume this is from a novel in class. Answer as a statement with the corrected sentence.
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?
This acronym and the words for which those letters stand, is beloved by certain English teachers. It reminds students of the structuring of their body paragraphs.
What is PEE? (Point, evidence, explain)?
This is Mr. Leung's all-time favourite Shakespearean play.
What is Othello?
These are the five formal names for the types of imagery.
What are visual, auditory, tactile, gustatory, and olfactory?
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 heartwrenching novel by a late Ojibwe author follows a young man as he bravely faces the traumatic experiences of residential school and does so through his love of hockey.
What is Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese?
DAILY DOUBLE: These are the names at least five of the books on Ms. Riding's desk.
What are Lord of the Flies, Rabbit Cake, Moon of the Crusted Snow, The Boy in the Treehouse, The Romantic Poets, The Hunger Games, Inside Stories, Fahrenheit 451, The Shift to Student-Led, The Marrow Thieves, Four Major Plays, The Underground Railroad, Shakespeare?
This is the typical number of teeth an adult has, INCLUDING wisdom teeth.
What is 32?
This is the difference between an allusion versus an allegory.
What is their duration/use? (In other words, allusions are brief mentions; allegories are story-long references. Allusions build the depth by drawing connections to well-known stories; allegories serve a moral purpose/life lesson through what has already happened)
These are the differences between active and passive voice, and these are two examples where the objects and subjects are the same:
Active voice: subject before object
Passive voice: object before subject
Examples vary.
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, yet their seemingly childish target audience.
What is Team Rocket?
What are simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex?
This is the real name of famous artist Playboi Carti.
What is Jordan Terrell Carter?