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| 10122030022 | when the reader knows something the characters do not | dramatic irony | 0 | |
| 10122031320 | the opposite of what we expect happens | situational irony | 1 | |
| 10122034085 | a story where its characters and objects have symbolic meaning | allegory | 2 | |
| 10122202578 | The Crusible's witch hunts symbolizes the "witch hunts" of the Communists in 1950 | allegory example | 3 | |
| 10122037258 | the meanings or emotions that a word suggests | connotation | 4 | |
| 10122038552 | an author's choice of words in a speech or writing | diction | 5 | |
| 10122038553 | knows only what the narrator know about the characters and events | first-person narrator | 6 | |
| 10122043722 | emotion | pathos (definition) | 7 | |
| 10128795466 | description, words of feelings/emotions | Things that build pathos | 8 | |
| 10128797651 | misery, dreadful, wrath/anger | Pathos example (fearful emotions) | 9 | |
| 10122045509 | credibility | ethos (definition) | 10 | |
| 10128801399 | writer stating facts that lead the reader to believe the writer has personal experience with the subject | These things build ethos | 11 | |
| 10128805283 | A police officer stating the legal actions they're able to do based on being a police officer. | Ethos (example) | 12 | |
| 10122048727 | contrasting ideas in a parallel sentence structure | antithesis | 13 | |
| 10122050034 | logic | logos (definition) | 14 | |
| 10128811476 | numbers, facts, research, reasons | These things build logos | 15 | |
| 10129260532 | The researchers surveyed 500 people. | logos (example) | 16 | |
| 10122051534 | The Glass Castle | Which book in this class was a memoir? | 17 | |
| 10122053434 | The Crucible A Raisin in the Sun | Which books in this class were dramas? | 18 | |
| 10122063332 | 19th century | When was the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas written? | 19 | |
| 10122066763 | The Glass Castle "My Kinsman, Major Molineux" | What pieces were not written in the 20th century? | 20 | |
| 10122071695 | tone | Sometimes in a writing, there can be changes or shifts in ________ | 21 | |
| 10122075091 | a character that contrasts with another character to highlight qualities of another character | foil | 22 | |
| 10129107664 | contrasting ideas are placed together on purpose | antithesis definition | 23 | |
| 10122077779 | The LONGEST days were too SHORT for him, the SHORTEST nights were too LONG for him | antithesis example | 24 | |
| 10129122414 | repetition of consonant (not vowel) sounds | consonance | 25 | |
| 10122084365 | "...sky-blue, were as INNOCENT and UNTOUCHED by experience as they must have been when she was ten." (the N sounds) | consonance example | 26 | |
| 10122086512 | 1920s | When was the Jazz Age? | 27 | |
| 10122088983 | 1840-1860 | When was American Romanticism? | 28 | |
| 10122093024 | Kate Chopin Walt Whitman | Which Romantic writers were NOT Dark Romantic writers? | 29 | |
| 10129129035 | When a writer uses words or phrases in similar grammatical form | parallelism (definition) | 30 | |
| 10122098699 | Mr. Covey was always under EVERY tree, behind EVERY stump, in EVERY bush, and at EVERY window, on the plantation. | parallelism (example- repeated structure) | 31 | |
| 10122106392 | a "loose" sentence which has an independent clause, then add details AFTER in subordinate clauses | cumulative sentence | 32 | |
| 10129200357 | I laid in my room, surrounded by blankets and pillows, with my music playing softly. | cumulative sentence (example) | 33 | |
| 10122115461 | the voice behind a text | speaker | 34 | |
| 10122110497 | a sentence which BEGINS with subordinate clauses and uses an independent clause until the end | periodic sentence | 35 | |
| 10122133213 | Surrounded by blankets and pillows, with my music playing softly, I laid in my room. | periodic sentence (example) | 36 | |
| 10122143058 | an object, person, or place that represents something else | symbol | 37 | |
| 10129154349 | the clock in Masque of the Red Death the green light in The Great Gatsby | symbol example | 38 | |
| 10129157865 | a kinder word or phrase to replace a harsh word | euphemism | 39 | |
| 10122144983 | "Plus-sized" instead "fat" "Passed away" instead of "died" | euphemism examples | 40 | |
| 10129167491 | comparing two things | anaology | 41 | |
| 10122147128 | Red is to apples as yellow is to bananas | analogy example | 42 | |
| 10122150264 | a reference to a well-known person, place, thing, etc | allusion | 43 | |
| 10129179520 | Be happy at Christmas! Don't be a GRINCH! His backyard was a GARDEN OF EDEN. | allusion examples | 44 | |
| 10122152835 | repetition of a word/phrase at the beginning of sentences | anaphora | 45 | |
| 10129187546 | IT WAS HE who listened to you. IT WAS HE who talked to you. IT WAS HE who helped you. | anaphora example | 46 | |
| 10122152836 | When a speaker or writer says one thing, but actually means another, such as sarcasm | verbal irony | 47 | |
| 10122180611 | statement that appears contradictory but is actually true | paradox | 48 | |
| 10129303682 | Knowledge is both a blessing and a curse. | paradox example | 49 | |
| 10122182443 | character which changes in a story | dynamic character | 50 | |
| 10122186480 | By underlining the title | How should you indicate the title of a book? | 51 | |
| 10122188799 | NOT a example of a cliche | one can gain wisdom through real-life experiences | 52 | |
| 10122192486 | the dictionary definition of a word | denotation | 53 | |
| 10122196588 | the vantage point from which a story is told | point of view | 54 | |
| 10122199055 | when what happens is the opposite of what you expected | irony | 55 | |
| 10122200926 | when a writer uses humor to critique society | satire | 56 | |
| 10122231796 | Now the only way to avoid this shipwreck, and to provide for our posterity, is to follow the counsel of Micah, to do justly, to love mercy, to walk humbly with our God. For this end, we must be knit together in this work as one man. We must entertain each other in brotherly affection, we must be willing to abridge ourselves of our superfluities. We must uphold a familiar commerce together. We must delight in each other... | Example which uses: Allusion Asyndeton Anaphora | 57 | |
| 10122237208 | restate a writer's words in your own words | paraphrase | 58 | |
| 10122243016 | Aristotle | Where does the term "rhetoric" come from? | 59 | |
| 10122249536 | Use loaded words with emotional connotation | What is one way to use pathos in your speech? | 60 | |
| 10122250977 | the art of using language effectively for persuasion | rhetoric (definition) | 61 | |
| 10122272326 | a category to which a work of literature belongs | genre | 62 | |
| 10122273563 | a figure of speech that uses words with opposite meanings | oxymoron | 63 | |
| 10129274260 | jumbo shrimp | oxymoron example | 64 | |
| 10122275560 | clues that hint about what is going to happen later in a story | foreshadowing | 65 | |
| 10122275562 | the author's attitude toward the subject they are writing about | tone | 66 | |
| 10129278219 | repeated use of "and," "or," etc in a sentence | polysyndeton | 67 | |
| 10122277765 | There were dogs AND cats AND birds AND hamsters AND turtles all running around. | polysyndeton example | 68 | |
| 10122286825 | the intended audience | When choosing a method of argument, it's important to acknowledge ______. | 69 | |
| 10129292773 | leaving out "and," "or," etc on purpose | asyndeton | 70 | |
| 10122298296 | There is plenty to eat-- apples, sandwiches, salad. | asyndeton example | 71 | |
| 10129309534 | sentence with one independent clause | simple sentence | 72 | |
| 10129310272 | I like to order tea. | simple sentence example | 73 | |
| 10129306143 | A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause | complex sentence | 74 | |
| 10129307604 | When I go to town, I like to order tea. | complex sentence example | 75 | |
| 10129312469 | sentence with two independent clauses | compound sentence | 76 | |
| 10129318252 | I like to order tea, and he likes to order coffee. | compound sentence example | 77 | |
| 10129325301 | a sentence with two independent clauses and one dependent clauses | compound-complex sentence | 78 | |
| 10129326317 | When we go into town, I like to order tea, and he likes to order coffee. | compound-complex sentence example | 79 | |
| 10129340397 | a piece of a sentence that cannot stand alone | dependent clause | 80 | |
| 10129341008 | When I go into town, | dependent clause example | 81 | |
| 10129344928 | to join together two related, but independent sentences | When do you use a semicolon ( ; )? | 82 | |
| 10129346205 | I have a big test tomorrow; I can't go out tonight. | semicolon example | 83 | |
| 10129351075 | to introduce an item or items after an independent sentence | When do you use a colon ( : )? | 84 | |
| 10129355937 | She asked me to buy several things: Eggs, milk, bread, and cheese. | colon example | 85 | |
| 10129361844 | I, me, my, we | first person pronouns | 86 | |
| 10129363328 | You, your | second person pronouns | 87 | |
| 10129368169 | he, him, she, her, they, them, it | third person pronouns | 88 | |
| 10129376137 | before "Hello," she called out. | When writing a quote, the ending comma comes _____ the closing quote | 89 | |
| 10129378771 | bringing together different pieces of writing to support your argument | synthesis essay | 90 |
