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MAP Vocabulary Game Show! RIT 221-260
Click on one of the game boards below to choose a game RIT Aphorism – Cliché Iambic Pentameter– Scansion
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Aphorism – Contrast First Person - Literature Quotation- Table Tale-Viewpoint Voice– Paradox Pathetic Fallacy– Iambic Pentameter $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500
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A wise saying that contains a truth and is often cliché
A wise saying that contains a truth and is often cliché. Think of the messages you get in Chinese cookies, or quotes that speak to you. (“A penny saved is a penny earned” is an example of an ____________) Return to Main Board Answer
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Aphorism Return to Main Board
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Repetition of vowel sounds in the middle of words
Repetition of vowel sounds in the middle of words. ("Try to light the fire" is an example of an _________) Return to Main Board Answer
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Assonance Return to Main Board
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Another word for alliteration where consonant sounds repeat within words. (All’s well that ends well is an example of a __________) Return to Main Board Answer
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Consonance Return to Main Board
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The act of saying something that is opposite or very different in meaning to something else. (Please don’t ____________ me when I am explaining the history lesson.) Return to Main Board Answer
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Contradict Return to Main Board
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To compare (two people or things) to show how they are different
To compare (two people or things) to show how they are different. (The __________ between life in the city, and life in the countryside is quite remarkable in her country.) Return to Main Board Answer
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Contrast Return to Main Board
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Written works (such as poems, plays, and novels) that are considered to be very good and to have lasting importance. (Henry David Thoreau is considered one of the greatest writers in American __________.) Return to Main Board Answer
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Literature Return to Main Board
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The activity or job of collecting, writing, and editing news stories for newspapers, magazines, television, or radio. (Mary is going to major in _____________ at college so she can become a writer.) Return to Main Board Answer
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Journalism Return to Main Board
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Words that sound the same, but are spelled differently and have different meanings. (be, bee; steel, steal; to, two, too are examples of a ____________________). Return to Main Board Answer
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Homophone Return to Main Board
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The way in which the parts of a piece of writing or music or of a work of art are arranged (The writer chose poetic __________ to get his message across to the readers.) Return to Main Board Answer
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Form Return to Main Board
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When the author writes as though you are one of the characters in the story. (I, we) (me, us) (my/mine, our/ours is an example of _________ _____________) Return to Main Board Answer
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First Person Return to Main Board
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A narrative mode in which the protagonist or another main character is referred to by ________ personal pronouns and other kinds of addressing forms, for example the English __________ pronoun "you." Return to Main Board Answer
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Second Person Return to Main Board
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A poem made up of 14 lines that rhyme in a fixed pattern
A poem made up of 14 lines that rhyme in a fixed pattern. (A Shakespearean ________is generally written with 10 syllables in each line.) Return to Main Board Answer
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Sonnet Return to Main Board
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When you take what someone says word-for-word and use it in your writing. (“To be or not to be is one of my favorite _____________.) Return to Main Board Answer
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Quotation Return to Main Board
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Information presented and arranged in some sort of system
Information presented and arranged in some sort of system. (The amount of rain we have had everyday this month is recorded in the ___________.) Return to Main Board Answer
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Table Return to Main Board
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The use of symbols to express or represent ideas or qualities in literature, art, etc. (The speaker uses ____________ when talking about all of the things the United States Flag represents.) Return to Main Board Answer
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Symbolism Return to Main Board
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The feelings/attitude that you infer the author seems to have from their writing. (The __________ of the story is dark and lonely.) Return to Main Board Answer
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Tone Return to Main Board
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When the author makes you feel like you are watching the whole story and are not a character. (In a book written in __________ __________ you read these words a lot: he, she, it, him, her) Return to Main Board Answer
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Third Person Return to Main Board
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In fiction: it’s the way the story is told
In fiction: it’s the way the story is told. In nonfiction it’s the opinion of the author. (The author’s _________ on religion is very obvious in the story.) Return to Main Board Answer
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Viewpoint Return to Main Board
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Imaginative narrative of an event
Imaginative narrative of an event. (One of my favorite stories is Dolphin _____________.) Return to Main Board Answer
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Tale Return to Main Board
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Word or phrase that has a meaning
Word or phrase that has a meaning. (The __________ diffusion is used in my social studies textbook.) Return to Main Board Answer
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Term Return to Main Board
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When you can tell someone's personality from their writing
When you can tell someone's personality from their writing. (The Writer’s __________ shows his attitude about the character’s in the story.) Return to Main Board Answer
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Voice Return to Main Board
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A perfect example or idea that represent common patterns
A perfect example or idea that represent common patterns. (The Villain: A character whose main function is to go to any extent to oppose the hero; The Journey: The main character takes a journey that may be physical or emotional to understand his or her personality and the nature of the world) Return to Main Board Answer
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Archetype Return to Main Board
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Means all knowing, in writing it’s a type of third person point of view where a narrator seems to be able to tell you the thoughts and feelings of all characters. Return to Main Board Answer
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Omniscient Return to Main Board
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Combination of words that do not seem to go together
Combination of words that do not seem to go together. (awfully pretty, good problem, jumbo shrimp) Return to Main Board Answer
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Oxymoron Return to Main Board
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A statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory (Leaving for college is a ____________ because it is a sweet sorrow.) Return to Main Board Answer
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Paradox Return to Main Board
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A literary device wherein the author attributes human emotions and traits to nature or inanimate objects. For example, the following descriptions refer to weather and how it affects the mood, which can add atmosphere to a story: smiling skies, somber clouds, angry storm, or bitter winter. Return to Main Board Answer
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Pathetic Fallacy Return to Main Board
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A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing. (All computer programmers were nerds in High School) Return to Main Board Answer
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Stereotype Return to Main Board
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When you use an image, shape, color, or other simple visual to stand for something else. (The American Flag represents Freedom.) Return to Main Board Answer
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Symbolize Return to Main Board
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How words are put together in order to have a complete thought
How words are put together in order to have a complete thought. (The ________ of the paragraph enhances the meaning of the story.) Return to Main Board Answer
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Syntax Return to Main Board
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A line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable, for example Two households, both alike in dignity. Return to Main Board Answer
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Iambic Pentameter Return to Main Board
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Metric Feet– Scansion Add your own Words Add your own Words Add your own Words Add your own Words Add your own Words $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500
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The act of determining and (usually) graphically representing the metrical character of a line of verse. Return to Main Board Answer
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Scansion Return to Main Board
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Use elements in sentences that are identical in sound and meaning
Use elements in sentences that are identical in sound and meaning. (This is not just what I wanted, but what I needed; Congress needs to either reduce spending or raise taxes) Return to Main Board Answer
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Parallelism Return to Main Board
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Two opposite ideas put together
Two opposite ideas put together. (Snow White and the Wicked Witch, Dumbledore and Voldemort) Return to Main Board Answer
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Antithesis Return to Main Board
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A literary device in which a part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part. Return to Main Board Answer
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Synecdoche Return to Main Board
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A group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
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Metric Feet Return to Main Board
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