Skills Review

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• Argument

• Opposition

• Rebuttal

statements that address opposing viewpoints are______

• Arguments

• Counterarguments

• Evidence

An extended metaphor is _____

• a comparison used over multiple lines, paragraphs, or stanzas in a piece of writing

• a comparison using like or as

• the main idea in a literary text

"At seven feet, seven inches tall, basketball player Manute Bol was taller than his opponents"

this is an example of ________

• a simile

• a metaphor

• literal language

"Manute Bol loomed over opponents like a grown man in a crowd of toddlers "

this is an example of ________

• a simile

• a metaphor

• literal language

" To Bol, the opposing guards were the grass beneath his tremendous feet"

this is an example of ________

• a simile

• a metaphor

• literal language

"Invisible from one side, a scar
Into the skin of the ground"

this quote from The Vietnam is an example of ______

• a hyperbole

• a metaphor

• personification

to inform or explain, to persuade, to express thoughts or feelings, or to entertain is the _____

• main idea

• author's purpose

• theme

specific words and language structures that used by a speaker to convey their message

• Figurative Language

• Literal Language

• Rhetorical Devices

a device where a grammatical pattern is repeated. This is used to create rhythm and evoke emotions.

• Repetition

• Parallelism

• Understatement