ELA Review Figurative Language The Tipping Point Truce
From The Tipping Point, people are a type of exceptional people...they are energetic, knowledgeable, influential Law of the Few
From The Tipping Point, what is exponential growth? When something grows at a rate proportional to the size of the population
A fad is short lived; a craze; widely shared enthusiasm for something
From The Tipping Point, what is a dramatic moment in an epidemic when everything changes all at once? a tipping point
The Stickiness Factor is A way to make a message memorable
is an epidemic rule that emphasizes that humans are more sensitive to their environment than they realize. The Power of Context
Connectors are rare people with large social networks
How does Paul Revere relate to concepts from the book The Tipping Point? He is a connector (and a salesman). He spread a word-of-mouth epidemic
Salesmen mostly focus on Persuading people
A maven is Someone who loves learning and sharing knowledge
Name the countries on the two sides for World War I (Allies:, Other: ) Allies: France, Belgium, Britain Other: Germany
Estimate: How many people (soldiers and civilians) died in World War I? over 14 million
What is the name of Germany s plan to first attach France via Belgium, then attack Russia? The Schlieffen plan
The study of writing or speaking for persuasion. rhetoric
is a logical appeal Logos
An emotional appeal is called Pathos
Ethos is... An appeal to establish credibility of the speaker or writer
is the author s opinion about life, nature, or society. Theme
The author s choice of words is Diction
goes against the main character (often the bad guy). Antagonist
Sequence of events in a narrative Plot
What does it mean to redress a wrong? To seek justice or revenge for something done to you
Define proportional Equal to or equivalent; the same amount
Argumentation writing focuses on this appeal. Logos or logical
A scene that interrupts the action of a work to show a previous event Flashback
The main character in a work; the character with whom the readers identify Protagonist
Words or phrases a writer uses to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas descriptively by appealing to the senses Imagery
A comparison of two different things or ideas through the use of the words like or as simile
The use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest future action Foreshadowing
A reference in a literary work to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing Allusion
Comparison between two seemingly unlike things that actually have something important in common Metaphor
The way you feel when you read a story. The author purposefully writes a story to create this Mood
The perspective from which a narrative is told Point of view
The practice of beginning several consecutive or neighboring words with the same sound Alliteration
The use of any object, person, place, or action that has both meaning in itself and that stands for something larger than itself, such as quality, attitude, belief, or value Symbolism
Imitative harmony; the use of words that mimic the sounds they describe Onomatopoeia
Name the strongest (1) type of appeal in this war propaganda poster: Logos
The kind of metaphor that gives human characteristics to inanimate objects or abstract ideas Personification
A deliberate, extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration Hyperbole
The writer s or speaker s attitude toward a subject, character, or audience Tone
Name the strongest appeal in this propaganda (pick 1): Pathos
It made the school look like a museum. What literary device is this an example of? Simile
With nothing to block it, the wind flung wet gusts at me There were several trees bleakly reaching into the fog. What literary device is this an example of? Personification
The tree was tremendous, an irate, steely black steeple beside the river. What literary device is this an example of? Metaphor
It had loomed in my memory as a huge long spike dominating the riverbank, forbidding as an artillery piece... What literary device is this an example of? Simile
In through swinging doors I reached a marble foyer, and stopped at the foot of a long white marble flight of stairs. Although they were old stairs, the worn moons in the middle of each step were not very deep. What literary device is this an example of? Imagery
She had a curious habit of prefacing everything she said with a soft sibilant sound. What literary device is this an example of? Alliteration
Write a sentence including a simile, metaphor, and alliteration
Create a sentence with personification and onomatopoeia
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