Rise Up Unit: terms and vocab (Gifted)

Question 1

Simile

Answer 1

Using like or as

Question 2

Metaphor

Answer 2

Comparison

Question 3

Rhyme

Answer 3

Things that sound alike

Question 4

Theme

Answer 4

Overall message the author wants us to know

Question 5

Main idea

Answer 5

What the story is about

Question 6

Imagery

Answer 6

Appeals to the 5 senses

Question 7

Tone

Answer 7

Attitude

Question 8

Symbolism

Answer 8

Symbols, Shapes and patterns

Question 9

End Rhyme

Answer 9

Rhyming at the end (of the line)

Question 10

Stanza

Answer 10

Group of lines forming a unit

Question 11

Repetition

Answer 11

Repeated words are phrases in poems stories or speeches

Question 12

G (Assonance)

Answer 12

Repetition of the vowel sound

Question 13

G (Consonance)

Answer 13

Repetition of constant sound

Question 14

Alliteration

Answer 14

Repetition of beginning sounds

Question 15

Personification

Answer 15

Giving human qualities to non-human objects/things

Question 16

Refrain vs Chorus

Answer 16

A refrain is a short phase

Question 17

Allusion

Answer 17

A reference or History.

Question 18

Connotation

Answer 18

an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

Question 19

Denotation

Answer 19

the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.i

Question 20

Rhetoric: Ethos, Pathos and logos

Answer 20

Ethos is about establishing your authority to speak on the subject, logos is your logical argument for your point and pathos is your attempt to sway an audience emotionally.