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Review of Terms 1 through 40
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There are ______ in the story “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne in which the character Faith is used to represent good fighting evil. allegories
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"Aunt Jennifer's fingers fluttering through her wool” includes _________. ("Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" -by Adrienne Rich) alliteration
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This device is a very brief story or tale told by a character in a piece of literature. The story usually consists of an interesting biographical incident. This is seen in the beginning of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five when the author speaks of how he came to write the succeeding story. anecdote
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When a narrator suddenly breaks his story to directly address someone or a personified abstraction which may or may not be present, he is using a/an ______. Milton provides an example in his Paradise Lost: "Hail, holy light, offspring of Heaven first born." apostrophe
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In the novel Animal Farm, there is a revolution which takes place when the animals overthrow their human owners. The leader of the animals is a monarchic pig name Napoleon. The story is a/an ________ to the Bolshevik Revolution during World War I, allowing for the reader to better see the level of power a single ruler can reach. allusion
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The appropriate selection of words in a poem is poetic ______. diction
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Each of the following is an example of texting _________. * lol =laughing out loud * btw =by the way * sup = What's up * l8r = later * ttyl = talk to you later * thx = thanks * np= no problem * gtg = got to go * ttfn = ta ta for now jargon
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In The Diary of Anne Frank, “W.C.” (which is short for “water closet”) is a less offensive terms (or a/an ________) for the word “toilet.” euphemism
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Yoda said, ""Stopped they must be. On this all depends.” Yoda’s syntax is best described as _______________________. inverted word order
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"Oh, beware my lords,of jealousy. It is the green- eyed monster, which doth mock the meat it feeds on.” [Othello] The underlined segment is an example of which type of language? Figurative language
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“A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive.” (Pearl Bailey) The repeated element of Pearl Bailey’s quote is an example of ____________. anaphora
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Arguing that somebody is less-than-intelligent because he does not believe the religion you’ve been taught since you were born is an example of _____________.
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Arguing that somebody is less-than-intelligent because he does not believe the religion you’ve been taught since you were born is an example of ad hominem argument.
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Arguing that a Muslim who celebrates Ramadan is a terrorist is a ________.
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Arguing that a Muslim who celebrates Ramadan is a terrorist is a generalization.
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Someone who preaches a sermon on the benefits of Christianity would be giving a/an ____________.
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Someone who preaches a sermon on the benefits of Christianity would be giving a/an homily.
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Saying that something is “no big deal” is an example of ________.
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Saying that something is “no big deal” is an example of litote.
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A/an ________ is a phrase whose meaning cannot be determined by its parts. For example, “going out” used to indicate that you were dating someone.
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A/an idiom is a phrase whose meaning cannot be determined by its parts. For example, “going out” used to indicate that you were dating someone.
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