What device is used?

“My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.”

• Call to Action

• Claim

• Analogy

• Parallelism

What device is used?

• Logos

• Foreshadowing

• Allusion

• Theme

What device is used?

“You’re an insomniac, you tell yourself... you have to examine such minerals in the absence of light to discover their beauty, you tell yourself.”

• Counterclaim

• Repetition

• Denotation

• Allusion

What device is used?

"Memory is to love what the saucer is to the cup."

• Analogy

• Ethos

• Foreshadowing

• Rhetorical Question

What device is used?

Can anyone look at our reduced standing in the world today say, "Let's have four more years of this"?

• Claim

• Analogy

• Rhetorical Question

• Pathos

Choose the word that best completes the sentence. Hint: Determine the connotation (positive or negative) through context clues.

Although the problem was difficult to resolve, Sandra and John were ________________ in searching for an answer. Their teacher was quite proud.

• persistent

• stubborn

• bullheaded

• headstrong

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5B

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

All words have a connotation and a denotation. If you look up the word 'snake' in the dictionary, it would define a reptile. If you called someone 'snake', it would be an example of a

• positive connotation

• denotation

• negative connotation

The dictionary definition of a word

• Theme

• Denotation

• Connotation

• Subject

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The implied meaning of a word; the emotional association of a word

• Purpose

• Denotation

• Connotation

• Analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The intended recipients of the author's/speaker's message

• Diction

• Subject

• Tone

• Audience

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4