An author's choice of words to convey tone or effect

Parks & Recreation, The Office, Family Guy, South Park, etc., Make fun or ridicule an idea or person.

A sudden or intuitive insight or perspective

A sharp caustic remark. Verbal Irony.

Conclusion or type of reasoning viewing a piece then whole

A piece of writing in praise of a deceased person

Order of the terms in the first parallel clause is reversed.

Define Formal Language

Language that is lofty, dignified, or impersonal

A direct opposition between things compared

Define Dues Ex Machina

Use of an artificial device or contrived solution to resolve

Comparison of two things that are alike in some respect.

A speech or writing in praise of a person or thing

Define Delayed Sentence

A sentence that withholds the end.

Information or rumor deliberately spread to help or harm

A statement designed to make a point of a common belief.

A statement that seems contradictory, but is true

A piece of literature contained in or carried on by letters

combination of of words or pattern to evoke a desired effect

Used in novels or stories, define bildungsroman.

Theme is the psychological growth of the main character, Clockwork Orange

A person or thing that makes another seem better by contrast

Character in a piece of work who opposed the main character

Single word or phrase intended to support surrounding words

Understatement with the negative contrary to emphasize

Characters are personifications of abstract concepts.

The moral element that determines a character's actions

Define Utopia (More than one answer. You may choose one example.)

Heaven, Brave New World, The Giver, etc., An imaginary place of ideal perfection.

Grammatically correct linkage of one subject with verbs

A situation where the expected outcome is different, 42

References historical or literary figures, events, or object

Intended for teaching or to teach a moral lesson

A figure of speech that combines two contradicting elements.

A brief history or tale told by a character in literature

Choose an example of nostalgia.

"I remember when I was a kid, I miss it."

Ghostly counterpart of a living person or an alter ego

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Define Diction
The use of dialogue
How a monologue is written
The form in which someone articulates their words
An author's choice of words to convey tone or effect
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Define Satire
Parks & Recreation, The Office, Family Guy, South Park, etc.
Make fun or ridicule an idea or person.
Sarcasm
A form of oxymoron.
3
Define Epiphany
A brief story or tale told by a character in piece of lit
A sudden or intuitive insight or perspective
A sentence that witholds the end
An overstatement
4
Define Sarcasm
Informative passage
The author's purpose.
A sharp caustic remark. Verbal Irony.
A factual sentence
5
Define Inductive
The use of a metaphor
A figure of speech.
A lie.
Conclusion or type of reasoning viewing a piece then whole
6
Define Epitaph
A happy reunion
An ulterior motive
A piece of writing in praise of a deceased person
A sad phrase dedicated to death
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Define Chaismus
When a paragraph contains sentences.
Order of the terms in the first parallel clause is reversed.
A group of sentences placed in a specific order.
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Define Formal Language
Language that is lofty, dignified, or impersonal
Redundancy
an expansive vocabulary
Shorten language with the purpose of convenience
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Define Contradiction
A sharp caustic remark.
A piece of irony.
Rejection of what is being said
A direct opposition between things compared
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Define Dues Ex Machina
Ex Machina: Ava
Utilizing a force of nature to resolve a problem
Use of an artificial device or contrived solution to resolve
Fictional characters
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Define Analogy
Comparison of two things that are alike in some respect.
"It's a metaphor."
Comparison of two pieces of data, using factual evidence
Comparison of two things using like or as
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Define Eulogy
A speech given in a funeral
Trump's tweets
A statement expressed to the public of good luck
A speech or writing in praise of a person or thing
13
Define Delayed Sentence
Conclusion or type of reasoning whereby observational
A nice catch
A sentence that withholds the end.
A delayed sentence
14
Define propaganda.
Tweeting.
Instructions on how to make something
Information or rumor deliberately spread to help or harm
15
Define Aphorism
A contradicting statement.
A brief history or tale told by a character.
A statement designed to make a point of a common belief.
A reference to an outside source, but not directly stated.
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Define Paradox
A statement that seems contradictory, but is true
A technicality
Purgatory
An error used as a plot device
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Define Epistolary
A piece of literature contained in or carried on by letters
Hyperbole
REDRUM
Anagram
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Define Devices
combination of of words or pattern to evoke a desired effect
Comparison of satires.
Comparison of two things
paradox
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Define Perspective
To make a statement.
A bias.
A character's point of view.
Ya need glasses, homie.
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Define thesis.
The essay's prompt
Focused statement of an essay.
The writer's purpose.
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Used in novels or stories, define bildungsroman.
A person or thing that makes another seem better by contrast
Informative, textbook passages of psychology.
Theme is the psychological growth of the main character
Clockwork Orange
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Define Foil
Foreshadowing events
A sudden intuition
A person or thing that makes another seem better by contrast
23
Define parody
A statement that is contradictory, but is typically true
Ctrl + C
A satirical imitation of work
Types of anolgy
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Define Syllogism
Inductive reasoning.
A piece of writing in praise of a death of an individual.
A form of deduction.
A delayed sentence.
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Define Antogonist
Every Game of Thrones character.
Character in a piece of work who opposed the main character
A character who acts as the comic relief
A character who mentors the main character
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Define Expletive
Uncertainty within the text
How the sentence is organized
Single word or phrase intended to support surrounding words
An eerie atmosphere
27
Define Litote
An exaggeration to emphasize statements.
A hyperbole
Understatement with the negative contrary to emphasize
28
Define allegory
Characters are personifications of abstract concepts.
A literary device to provide emphasis to a concrete idea
Quote set at the beginning of a literary work
Ordinary language
29
Define Ethos
A character's personality.
A character's lineage/cultural background
The moral element that determines a character's actions
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Define Utopia (More than one answer. You may choose one example.)
Star Wars, Guardians of the Galaxy, Star Trek
Heaven, Brave New World, The Giver, etc.
An imaginary place of ideal perfection.
Divergent, Clockwork Orange, Hunger Games, etc.
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Define Zeugma
Grammatically correct linkage of one subject with verbs
Utilizing adjectives to provide a clear image.
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Which is an Onomatopoeia?
BANG!
BUZZ
Scared
Angered
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Define Irony
Paradox
A situation where the expected outcome is different
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An overstatement.
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Define Allusion
A person or thing that makes another seem better.
Desire to return in thought or fact to a former time
References historical or literary figures, events, or object
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Define Didactic
Foreshadowing
Intended for teaching or to teach a moral lesson
To distract the reader from the plot twist
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Define Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines two contradicting elements.
A sharp caustic remark.
Satire.
A statement that seems contradictory, but is true.
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Define Anecdote
A reference from another piece of literature
Desire to return in thought or fact to a former time
A brief history or tale told by a character in literature
Nostalgia
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Choose an example of hyperbole.
TODAY WAS HORRID! I AM DEAD!
Today was okay.
Today was terrible.
It was all ight.
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Choose an example of nostalgia.
"I can't wait for college!"
"Remember when we had a good president? Yeah, me neither."
"I remember when I was a kid, I miss it."
"When I get my license I will drive my friends!"
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Define Doppelganger
Siblings
Ghostly counterpart of a living person or an alter ego
A platonic/romantic partners
A mentor.

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