Amber's Cards

 

Literature device questions

 

Easy questions

 

1)     Define a symbol.

2)     Give an example of a catalog.

3)     Define an oxymoron.

4)     A sentence that delays introducing the subject and verb (or independent clause) until the end.  What is this a definition of?

5)     Turn over a new leaf.  What is this an example of?

6)     Give an example of a pun (also called paronomasia).

7)     The use of human characteristics to describe animals, objects, or ideas. What is that a definition of?

8)     Give an example of sarcasm.

9)     The comparison of unlink things without the use of like or as. What s this a definition of?

10)  Define a hyperbole.

11)  The repetition of similar sounds, usually consonants, at the beginning of words. What is this a definition of?

12)  Give an example of a biography.

13)  Give an example of a simile.

14)  In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, characters refer to clocks, which did not exist in ancient Rome. What is this an example of?

               

Medium questions

 

1)     The repetition of words that come from the same root word. What is this a definition of?

2)     A statement that seems absurd or even contradictory but that often expresses a deeper truth. What is that a definition of?

3)     “All day the wind breathes low with a mellower tone.” What is this an example of?

4)     Define an Auxesis.

5)     The use of decorous language to express unpleasant or vulgar ideas, events, or actions. What is this a definition of?

6)     Define a Hyperbaton.

7)     Your argument is sound . . . all sound. What is this an example of?

8)     I came, I saw, I conquered. What is than an example of?

9)     A direct address to an absent or dead person, or to an object, quality, or idea. What is that a definition of?

10)  All cats purr. This animal is a cat. Therefore, this animal must purr. What is this an example of?

11)  A figure of speech in which something is referred to by one of its attributes. What is this a definition of?

12)  They had a great thirst for viewing new paintings. What is this an example of?

13)  Of the people, by the people, for the people. What is this an example of?

14)  Give an example of Ellipis.

15)  An adjective or phrase that describes a prominent or distinguishing features of a person or thing. What is this a definition of?

16)  When the going get though, the tough gets going. What is this an example of?

17)  It’s nothing. I’m just bleeding to death is all. What is this an example of?

18)  I’m no Martha Stewart, but I can bake a decent pie. What is this an example of?

 

Hard questions

 

1)  “To each the boulders that have fallen to each.” What is this an example of?

2) “We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills.” What’s this an example of?

3) The company’s collapse left mountains of dept in its wake. What’s this an example of?

4 ) Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre. Monica Ali’s Brick Lane.J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye. What’s this an example of?

5) Othello’s jealousy, fueled by the false Iago, ultimately causes him to kill Desdemona, his wife. What’s this an example of?

6 ) In Thomas Hardy’s Jude the Obscure, the title character, a member of the lower class, teaches himself Greek and Latin in hopes of meriting a university education, but his dream of going to a university is thwarted because he live in a time in which social mobility is impossible. What’s this an example of?

7) John Milton’s Paradise Lost, which narrates the war among the angels in heaven, opens after the fallen angels are already in hell; only later does it deal with the events that led to their expulsion from heaven. What’s this an example of?

 8) In Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, Oedipus vows to discover his father’s murderer, not knowing, as the audience does, that he himself is the murderer. What’s this an example of?

9) One thousand sails pursued Paris when he fled with Helen of Troy. What’s this an example of?

10) Animal rights are as important as human right. Exploiting animals is no better than exploiting human beings. What’s this an example of?

11) Children’s television programs should not run advertisements for sugary cereals because such advertisements are contributing to an increase in sugar consumption and diabetes among children. What’s this an example of?

12) We should not discriminate against applicants based on their backgrounds, because all human beings are created equal. What’s this an example of?

13) We should do this because we’ve always done this. What’s this an example of?

14) The president of the company  must have known the company was committing fraud, because it is extremely unlikely that fraud on this scale could have been perpetrated without his knowledge. What’s this an example of?

15) The choice of poet E.E. Cummings to dispense with capitalization rules in his name and in his writing. What’s this an example of?

16) ”Rose is a rose is a rose.” What’s this an example of?

17) The title of William Faulkner’s novel The Sound and the Fury. What’s this an example of?

18) Four out of five dentists surveyed recommend sugarless gum for their patients who chew gum. What’s this an example of?

 -Amber, and Alexis

 

 

 

 

 

Study Guide                

 

Persuading        Convincing someone to change their minds about something

Passive voice    It’s a verb that includes the past participle like was swept

Parable:            A short story that has a moral using symbolism

Pathos:             The part in a piece of literature that causes emotion

Propaganda:     A way of spreading your ideas against someone else’s 

Protagonist:      The main character of a story  

Values:             A principle that people think are good like being fair and equal

Rhetorical context         a piece of text that is written with the readers preexisting ideas and opinions

Rhetoric           The way of persuading people or writing and speaking well

Stream of consciousness narration         A form of narration in which the narrator talks about a subjects thoughts, impressions and perception and its usually in first or third person           

Syntax              The way words are formed into lines, phrases, and clauses

Trope               A figure of speech that uses comparison to words, things, or meanings

Theme              A main idea in a story that is explored

Thesis statement           the main idea that is explored in a nonfiction work

Utopia              An imaginary, made up world used in literature

Authority          A person that has more say in something than anyone else

Active voice     A verb form which shows an action performed by the subject

Argument by definition  A form of argument that defines a term by putting it in a category and claims that if it is true for the category its true for the term

Argument         A claim made to persuade or convince someone or a position made with supporting reasons

Antihero/anti-heroine    A main character who is not what is to be expected

Autobiography  A story of a person’s life told by that person     

Anagnorisis                   When someone realizes that someone is not who they say they are

Anecdote         The telling of a single time or event

Conclusion       The end of an argument and end of a story

Connotation      A word that is associated with other things in the meaning of the word

 

                                   

 

 

 

 -Tom