A Review of Stylistic Techniques (3)

What is the purpose of using flashbacks?

• To create a humorous effect and to leave an impression in the reader's mind

• to explain motivations, relationships, or the origins of present conflicts.

• To simplify the narrative

• To focus on future events

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What do metaphors invite readers to discover?

• Simple facts

• Surprising connections between dissimilar concepts

• Historical events

• Mathematical solutions

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is personification?

• Giving human traits to non-human entities

• A type of metaphor

• A rhetorical question

• A historical reference

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is the purpose of rhetorical questions?

• To get direct answers

• To list characters

• To provide factual information

• To assert or deny something

What do similes and metaphors have in common?

• They both use 'like' or 'as'

• They both create surprising connections

• They both provide factual data

• They both simplify language

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which rhetorical appeal is associated with the use of logical reasoning, statistics, data, and solid evidence?

• Kairos

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is an allusion in literature?

   

• A direct statement about a person or event  

    

•  A brief reference to a person, place, event, or piece of art  

     

• A detailed description of a character's emotions  

• A long explanation of a historical event  

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

When a writer alludes to "Pandora's box," what are they referring to?

• An object full of hope  

    

• A series of unfortunate events caused by curiosity  

    

• A mysterious treasure  

     

• An ancient Greek philosopher 

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

What is the purpose of using an allusion in a literary text?

   

• To provide detailed background information  

     

• To explain every historical event mentioned 

• To distract the reader from the main plot  

     

• To engage the reader’s imagination and make connections with familiar references  

    

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

Which of the following phrases contains an allusion to a historical event?

• • The great capital of the Aztec Empire, was later destroyed by Spanish colonizers

• The painting was a beautiful masterpiece full of spark and energy 

• The music filled the room with energy and life. 

     

• The sun set slowly over the horizon 

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A