AP Junior English Ellipsis through Irony

A(n) _____ is a series of 3 dots      ( . . .) that is used when omitting a word, phrase, or line, from a quoted passage.

• period
• comma
• dash
• ellipsis

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CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

“Behind every great fortune there is a crime.”

This is the opening line to the movie The Godfather. This is an example of a(n)

• Opinion

• Main Idea

• Epigraph

• Author's purpose

A euphemism is:

• A situation or information that helps you understand something

• A lie used to hurt someone

• Intended to make someone believe something that is not true

• A polite word or expression used to make something less unattractive

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

having or making pleasant sounds

• euphony
• tractable
• levity
• deleterious

This is the beginning of the story.

• Plot
• Resolution
• Climax
• Exposition

what is an extended metaphor ?

• a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph, or lines in a poem.

• a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.

• exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

• a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

a group of devices that helps the writer to operate beyond the literal. It includes metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, oxymoron, etc.

• Imagery

• Figurative Language

• Irony

• Form

this device enables a writer to refer to past thoughts, events or episodes

• flashback

• extended metaphor

• Euphony

• anecdote

the shape or structure of a literary work

• invective

• imagery

• form

• Logical Fallacy

What is a hyperbole?

• An extreme exaggeration
• A little exaggeration
• Similar sounds
• Compares two things using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4