AMERICAN LITERATURE (EOC)

"Life is a journey" is an example of what?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Define hyperbole.

• An overused phrase

• Its raining cats and dogs

• An over (excessive) exaggeration

• A comparison of two unlike things, using like or as

"The eerie silence was shattered by her scream." This is an example of ___________________________. 

• Theme
• Plot
• Rhyme
• Imagery

_______________ means: a question someone asks without expecting an answer.

• anaphora

• epistrophe

• rhetorical question

• parallelism

________________ means: a repeated grammatical pattern

• anthimeria

• parallelism

• asyndeton

• antimetabole

"The sunlight kissed her head as the gentle breeze whispered in her ear." This is an example of ___________________________. 

• Rhythm
• Structure
• Style
• Personification

_________________ means: The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or phrases

• anaphora

• epistrophe

• antithesis

• parallelism

An allusion is:

• A repetition of words or phrases to add emphasis
• Something you think you see but is not actually there
• A reference to either a historical event or another text meant to make a connection between them
• A short story meant to draw in the audience and illustrate an idea.

What is rhetoric?

• The art of war

• The art of disagreement

• The art of persuasion

• The art of logic

______________ came up with the ideas of ethos, pathos and logos.

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Alexander the Great

• Shakespeare