Language Devices 1
Language Devices 2
Sentence Types and Punctuation
Structure Devices
War Poetry
100

What is emotive language?

Words that are emotions or evoke emotions

Wonderful, tragic, devastating

100

What is repetition?

Repeating a word or phrase

I've said this over and over again.

100

What punctuation is this?

...

Ellipsis 

The curtains went down...

100

What is foreshadowing?

A warning or indication of a future event that hasn't happened yet

It sure would be unfortunate if someone burned the office down...

100

Finish the title: "Charge of the ____ Brigade"

Light

200

What is the difference between a simile and metaphor?

A simile uses "like" or "as"; a metaphor does not

You are as bright as sunshine!

You are the sun.

200

What is hyperbole?

Exaggeration

Lunch is so late this year. I'm starving to death right now.

200

What is an imperative?

A command

Sit down.

200

What is a cyclical structure?

A narrative in which the story ends in a way that connects back to the beginning.

200

What format of writing will your assessment be?

News report/opinion article

300

What is juxtaposition?

When two opposite things are contrasted.

Night and day.

300

What is sibilance?

A type of alliteration using the letter "s" to create a sinister environment.


Silky snakes severed seven students.

300

What is a superlative?

The highest degree or quality of the root word.

The superlative of fast is fastest.

300

What is an asyndetic list?

A list broken up by commas rather than conjunctions such as "and"

I loved, I hated, I slept.

300

What was the issue in Belfast Confetti?

Whether Northern Ireland should unify with Ireland or remain part of the United Kingdom. Conflict between Catholics and Protestants. Known as "the Troubles".

400

What is the difference between zoomorphism and personification?

Zoomorphism is when a human acts animalistic.

Personification is when a nonhuman acts human.

The man took his huge paws and swung. The bell screamed. 

400

Create your own semantic field using at least 3 words. Then, tell us what the semantic field is.

Semantic fields use related words to create a full picture.

The semantic field of a beach would use words like sand, sunshine, ocean, and waves.

400

Give an example of an interrogative sentence.

Any question would fit!

What is your favorite class?

400

What is a polysyndetic list, also known as polysyndeton?

A list that uses multiple conjunctions in the place of commas.

I had to go to school and the mall and the volleyball court and the park and home.

400

In Charge of the Light Brigade, who are the two warring sides?

British vs Russian

500

There are three types of irony: dramatic irony, situational irony, and verbal irony. Describe each.

Dramatic irony is when the audience knows something that the characters do not.

Situational irony is the opposite of your expectations.

Verbal irony is sarcasm.

500

Give an example of alliteration using plosive sounds.

Alliteration is repetition of a sound at the beginning of the word. Plosive sounds are b, p, g, t, and d.


Bella baked billions of brownies.

Pay Penelope, pretty please.

500

Name and define five types of punctuation.

Periods, commas, semicolons, colons, exclamation points, ellipses, question marks, em dashes.

500

What is the difference between language devices and structure devices?

Language devices focus on the words and effects themselves, while structural devices focus on how the writing develops.

500

Name one of the authors of the war poetry we have read.

Ciaran Carson, Alfred Tennyson, or Simon Armitage