The dank tropical night…pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht.

‘This place has an evil name among seafaring men, sir.’ Then he said to me, very gravely, ‘Don’t you feel anything?’—

as if the air about us was actually poisonous.

The cry was pinched off short as the blood-warm waters of the Caribbean Sea dosed over his head.

There was no sound in the night as Rainsford sat there but the muffled throb of the engine that drove the yacht

swiftly through the darkness, and the swish and ripple of the wash of the propeller.

The wash from the speeding yacht slapped him in the face and the salt water in his open mouth made him gag

and strangle. Desperately he struck out with strong strokes after the receding lights of the yacht, but he stopped

before he had swum fifty feet.

1.    You are as brave as a lion.

Which Question Is Rhetorical ?

Is A Rhetorical Question meant to be Answered ?

Read the question.

Answer TRUE if it is Rhetorical.

Answer FALSE if it is not Rhetorical.

Question: Why Bother?

rhetorical question

synecdoche

Sally said, "those are some beat wheels" as she saw the dents in Bob's doors and his rag for a gas cap.

"Give every man thy ear but few thy voice"

“We came, we saw, we conquered.”

a figure of speech and literary device that creates heightened effect through deliberate exaggeration.

particular point in a narrative at which the conflict or tension hits the highest point.  It is a structural part of a plot, and is at times referred to as a “crisis.” It is a decisive moment or a turning point in a storyline at which the rising action turns around into a falling action.

“What would you do if you could fly?" Mrs. V asks as she glances from the bird to me.

"Is that on the quiz?" I ask, grinning as I type.

"I think we've studied just about everything else." Mrs. V chuckles.

"I'd be scared to let go," I type.

"Afraid you'd fall?" she asks.

"No. Afraid it would feel so good, I'd just fly away.”

― Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Mind

"Leslie sat in front of Paul. She had two long, brown pigtails that reached all the way down to her waist. Paul saw those pigtails, and a terrible urge came over him. He wanted to pull a pigtail. He wanted to wrap his fist around it, feel the hair between his fingers, and just yank." Sideways Stories From Wayside School, Louis Sachar

Which grammatical structure is repeated in Jefferson's statement from the "Declaration"?

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.

What change makes the following sentence parallel?

"The process of natural selection requires that animals to be able to adapt to changing climates, to discover new foods, and defend themselves against their enemies."

What is parallelism?

What is a reference to another literary work (can be a song, poem, painting, etc.)?

What is the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one (often with unintentionally amusing effect)?

Example: taken for granite (instead of granted); dance a flamingo (instead of flamenco)

What is a joke that is a play on words (different possible meanings of words or words that sound the same but have different meanings)?

Examples: She had a photographic memory but never developed it.

I was struggling to figure out how lightning works, but then it struck me.

The Oval Office issued a statement condemning the terrorist attack.

Definition: a literary device in which a part of something represents the whole, or it may use a whole to represent a part. "boots on the ground" for soldiers being deployed in an area

a figure of speech in which the grammar of one phrase is inverted in the following phrase, such that two key concepts from the original phrase reappear in the second phrase in inverted order; "Fair is foul and foul is fair"-Shakespeare

“In years gone by, there were in every community men and women who spoke the language of duty and morality and loyalty and obligation.” –William F. Buckley

"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."- George Orwell

"The breath coming out the nostrils was so faint it stirred only the farthest fringes of life, a small leaf, a black feather, a single fiber of hair." Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

"Googling" is a recently coined word or a

a figure of speech in which a speaker says one thing but means another. It comes in several forms and is used to bring humor to a situation, foreshadow events to come or introduce a sense of foreboding.

the act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side often to compare or contrast or to create an interesting effect. Example: putting an elephant next to a mouse.

The use of words to affect the meaning other than the usual or literal meaning of those words

The action of the story that follows the climax and brings the story to the conclusion

The part of the novel that introduces the protagonist and any information needed to comprehend what follows

A term that describes the various classifications of literary works (comedy, sci-fi, fantasy, mystery, etc.)

An occurrence, feeling, or object that forewarns of an event and that is only fully understood in hindsight

A character whose purpose is to serve as a contrast to another character through the emphasis of specific traits

An event or scene that take place earlier than the story's current time

An important and sometimes recurring theme or idea in a story, represented by a single word

The atmosphere or feeling of a novel

The use of figurative language to paint a sensory picture for the reader

An expression that is understood only by those familiar to the language of origin

Whether that dream is to invent something, start something, build something, or create something, it all starts with the basic skills and confidence that only a good education can provide. This is an example of

_____________________ is the rules that govern sentence structure in a given language.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. This is an example of

_______________________ is a novel that traces the development of a character from childhood to adulthood, through a quest for identity that leads him or her to maturity.

“Oh! Stars and clouds and winds, ye are all about to mock me; if ye really pity me, crush sensation and memory; let me become as naught; but if not, depart, depart, and leave me in darkness.” This is an example of

I’m nobody! || Who are you?

Are you nobody, too?

Then there’s a pair of us || – don’t tell!

They’d banish || – you know!

This is an example of

“Never let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You.” This is an example of

A protagonist who as a character is a failure is an example of

_________________ means: A phrase or sentence that is repeated in reverse order using the exact same words and grammatical pattern

Symbolism means

What does Spring symbolize?

The Mayor of Manchester decided to re-name his town "Mrs. Prajznerburg." The new name is an example of what?

Addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail.