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Figurative Language
Vocabulary
Characters
Essay Writing Vocabulary
Random/Fun
100
The definition of Hyperbole
What is an exaggeration
100
Inexpressible
What is “(of a feeling) too strong to be described or conveyed in words”?
100
A person who "struggles" with Tea Cake
Who is Nunkie
100
This part of a proper CDW paragraph is where you would place concrete evidence from the text to support your claim.
What is Data?
100
The musical insturment that Mr. Ogden will be "shredding" on at this year's talent show
What is the Bass Guitar?
200
A comparison using "like" or "as
What is a Simile?
200
Blotchy
What is red faced and spotty?
200
Janie's second husband who is the first ever mayor of Eatonville, Florida
What is Joe "Jody" Starks?
200
This is the part of the CDW paragraph where you take a stand and explain your argument (not an opinion or a statement of fact).
What is a claim?
200
This begins at 6:30 pm tonight
What is the Talent Show featuring Mr. Kholher, Ogden, and students in the band "Ill Literates"
300
Descriptive language that engages all 5 of the reader's senses
What is Imagery?
300
Sullenly
What is "bad-tempered and sulky; gloomy?"
300
A character who steals money and gambles away 200 dollars.
Who is Tea Cake?
300
This is the part of a CDW paragraph where you explain how you believe the data connects, supports, or proves your claim.
What is Warrant?
300
Mr. Trubitt's "idiot" dog who tries to be more than just friends/roommates with Mr. Trubitt...
Who is Thunder?
400
What is a comparison of two unlike things
What is a Metaphor?
400
Transfiguration
What is “A complete change of form or appearance into a more beautiful or spiritual state?”
400
Tea Cake's real name
What is Vergible Woods?
400
Mr. Trubitt's Twitter handle
What is @mrtruthbitt
500
The language of a particular group, profession, region, or country, especially as spoken rather than formally written.
What is Vernacular?
500
Phosphorescent
What is “A light emitted after produced by something that doesn’t produce flame or heat, or after exposure to radiation?"
500
A female character who supports Janie at the beginning of the novel.
Who is Phoeby?
500
This is the proper way to cite evidence in a CDW paragraph. It looks like, (Authors name, Pg. #).
What is MLA Citation?
500
The name and, group of people he primarily wrote for,that author, Langston Hughes gave to the common man of the early 1900s
What is "The Low Down Folk"?