Single word or phrase intended to support surrounding words

A piece of writing in praise of a deceased person

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

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

Comparison of two things that are alike in some respect.

Define Delayed Sentence

A sentence that withholds the end.

Conclusion or type of reasoning viewing a piece then whole

A sharp caustic remark. Verbal Irony.

Define Dues Ex Machina

Use of an artificial device or contrived solution to resolve

The moral element that determines a character's actions

A sudden or intuitive insight or perspective

A direct opposition between things compared

Ghostly counterpart of a living person or an alter ego

A statement that seems contradictory, but is true

Understatement with the negative contrary to emphasize

A person or thing that makes another seem better by contrast

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

A figure of speech that combines two contradicting elements.

Grammatically correct linkage of one subject with verbs

A brief history or tale told by a character in literature

References historical or literary figures, events, or object

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

A speech or writing in praise of a person or thing

A situation where the expected outcome is different, 42

Choose an example of nostalgia.

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

Characters are personifications of abstract concepts.

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

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

Information or rumor deliberately spread to help or harm

Intended for teaching or to teach a moral lesson

A piece of literature contained in or carried on by letters

combination of of words or pattern to evoke a desired effect

Define Formal Language

Language that is lofty, dignified, or impersonal

Used in novels or stories, define bildungsroman.

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

Character in a piece of work who opposed the main character

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Define Expletive
Single word or phrase intended to support surrounding words
An eerie atmosphere
Uncertainty within the text
How the sentence is organized
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Which is an Onomatopoeia?
BANG!
BUZZ
Angered
Scared
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Define Epitaph
A piece of writing in praise of a deceased person
A happy reunion
A sad phrase dedicated to death
An ulterior motive
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Define Aphorism
A statement designed to make a point of a common belief.
A reference to an outside source, but not directly stated.
A contradicting statement.
A brief history or tale told by a character.
5
Define thesis.
The essay's prompt
Focused statement of an essay.
The writer's purpose.
6
Define Satire
A form of oxymoron.
Sarcasm
Make fun or ridicule an idea or person.
Parks & Recreation, The Office, Family Guy, South Park, etc.
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Define Analogy
Comparison of two pieces of data, using factual evidence
Comparison of two things that are alike in some respect.
Comparison of two things using like or as
"It's a metaphor."
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Define Delayed Sentence
A nice catch
Conclusion or type of reasoning whereby observational
A sentence that withholds the end.
A delayed sentence
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Define Inductive
A figure of speech.
A lie.
The use of a metaphor
Conclusion or type of reasoning viewing a piece then whole
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Define Sarcasm
The author's purpose.
A factual sentence
Informative passage
A sharp caustic remark. Verbal Irony.
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Define Dues Ex Machina
Use of an artificial device or contrived solution to resolve
Ex Machina: Ava
Fictional characters
Utilizing a force of nature to resolve a problem
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Define Ethos
The moral element that determines a character's actions
A character's personality.
A character's lineage/cultural background
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Define Epiphany
An overstatement
A sudden or intuitive insight or perspective
A brief story or tale told by a character in piece of lit
A sentence that witholds the end
14
Define Contradiction
A direct opposition between things compared
Rejection of what is being said
A sharp caustic remark.
A piece of irony.
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Define Doppelganger
A mentor.
Siblings
Ghostly counterpart of a living person or an alter ego
A platonic/romantic partners
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Define Paradox
A statement that seems contradictory, but is true
A technicality
An error used as a plot device
Purgatory
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Define Litote
A hyperbole
An exaggeration to emphasize statements.
Understatement with the negative contrary to emphasize
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Define Foil
A sudden intuition
Foreshadowing events
A person or thing that makes another seem better by contrast
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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 Oxymoron
A statement that seems contradictory, but is true.
A figure of speech that combines two contradicting elements.
Satire.
A sharp caustic remark.
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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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Define Anecdote
A brief history or tale told by a character in literature
A reference from another piece of literature
Desire to return in thought or fact to a former time
Nostalgia
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Define Syllogism
A form of deduction.
A piece of writing in praise of a death of an individual.
Inductive reasoning.
A delayed sentence.
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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 Chaismus
Order of the terms in the first parallel clause is reversed.
A group of sentences placed in a specific order.
When a paragraph contains sentences.
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Define Eulogy
A statement expressed to the public of good luck
A speech given in a funeral
A speech or writing in praise of a person or thing
Trump's tweets
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Define Irony
A situation where the expected outcome is different
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An overstatement.
Paradox
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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 allegory
A literary device to provide emphasis to a concrete idea
Characters are personifications of abstract concepts.
Quote set at the beginning of a literary work
Ordinary language
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Define Utopia (More than one answer. You may choose one example.)
An imaginary place of ideal perfection.
Divergent, Clockwork Orange, Hunger Games, etc.
Star Wars, Guardians of the Galaxy, Star Trek
Heaven, Brave New World, The Giver, etc.
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Define parody
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Types of anolgy
A satirical imitation of work
A statement that is contradictory, but is typically true
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Choose an example of hyperbole.
It was all ight.
TODAY WAS HORRID! I AM DEAD!
Today was okay.
Today was terrible.
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Define propaganda.
Information or rumor deliberately spread to help or harm
Tweeting.
Instructions on how to make something
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Define Didactic
Intended for teaching or to teach a moral lesson
Foreshadowing
To distract the reader from the plot twist
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Define Epistolary
REDRUM
Anagram
Hyperbole
A piece of literature contained in or carried on by letters
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Define Perspective
A character's point of view.
To make a statement.
A bias.
Ya need glasses, homie.
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Define Devices
Comparison of satires.
combination of of words or pattern to evoke a desired effect
paradox
Comparison of two things
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Define Formal Language
Shorten language with the purpose of convenience
Redundancy
an expansive vocabulary
Language that is lofty, dignified, or impersonal
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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.
Clockwork Orange
Theme is the psychological growth of the main character
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Define Antogonist
Character in a piece of work who opposed the main character
Every Game of Thrones character.
A character who mentors the main character
A character who acts as the comic relief

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