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What is a simile?
A comparison between two different objects using "like," or "as". The effect of the comparison enhances the reader's understanding of an idea/character.
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What is diction related to violence/harm?
Identify the diction pattern in the following sentence: My alarm blared, jolting me out of sleep and severing the dream I was having in half. As I turned on the lamp by my bed, the light attacked me, assaulting my eyes.
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What is dance makes this person feel most alive?
What is the effect of the following example of metaphor: Dance is the air I breath.
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Tag
What does the "T" in TLC stand for, and what does it look/sound like in an integrated quote?
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What is irony?
A contradiction between what is expected be said or to happen, and what actual is said or happens. The goal of this contradiction is to expose a larger idea or truth.
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What is allusion?
Identify the literary device in the following example: "Can't sign up until Ninth, so right now I'm practicing on myself and my old Barbie Glamour Head".
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What is we often neglect the very things that we are supposed to protect. We expect that a fire station would be the most prepared for a fire as they work to help others protect from fire.
What is the effect of the following example of irony?
A fire station burns down. |
Lead
What does the "L" in TLC stand for, and what does it look/sound like in an integrated quote?
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What is metaphor?
A direct comparison between two unlike things/ideas where one thing “becomes” the other without the use of the word like, as, than, or resembles.
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What is simile?
Identify the literary device in the following example: I stared at the ice cream flavors like a dog stares at treats.
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What is the Barbie head is a method for practicing hair and makeup styles, which connect to beauty standards.
What is the effect of the following example of allusion: "Can't sign up until Ninth, so right now I'm practicing on myself and my old Barbie Glamour Head".
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Citation.
What does the "C" in TLC stand for, and what is an example of a proper formatting?
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What is symbol?
An object/event that stands for, or represents, something else in order to make us understand something about the text.
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What is symbols.
Yasi learning to cook, and Yasi's grandmother's cooking are both examples of?
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What is learning to cook is an act of love and connection to important people in one's life.
What is the effect of the symbol of cooking in "Why I Learned to Cook?"
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A universal idea that is also a central idea in a text.
What is a theme?
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What is allusion?
An author reference to another work of literature, historical event, historical figure, or a specific place without explanation or detail. The goal of this device is to provide additional meaning/context to their work through the reference.
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What is irony?
Identify the literary device in the following example:
A fire station burns down. |
What is diction around light, clarity.
What diction pattern is present in the following sentences: Brightness streamed in the window illuminating the room. Everything was yellow, warm, and clear.
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Answers vary.
What is a theme based on the topic "assimilation"?
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