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    Review for finals in English I & English II
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  • His eyes were daggers that cut right through me.
    metaphor
  •  5
  • hyperbole
    extreme exaggeration
  •  5
  • dictionary definition of a word
    denotation
  •  10
  • The teams competed in a David and Goliath struggle.
    alliteration
  •  15
  • beginning of a story which tells characters & setting
    exposition
  •  15
  • When is the conflict introduced?
    rising action
  •  15
  • "Their hair was golden as the sun; their hair flew in the wind, shining and wild, as if it defied men to restrain it." What does the quote show?
    simile
  •  15
  • I tried something that my mom made for dinner. It was so awful that before I realized what I was doing, I expectorated it. My mom was furious with me. The word expectorated as used in the above sentence probably means:
    spit it out
  •  20
  • Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather better. After you've tried to say this three times fast, what literary term is this an example of (twice even)?
    alliteration
  •  15
  • a long speech in which a character who is usually alone onstage expresses his or her private thoughts or feelings
    soliloquy
  •  20
  • the structure required for expressing two or more grammatical elements of equal rank
    parallel structure
  •  15
  • Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things, (examples are metaphor, simile, and personification).
    figurative language
  •  15
  • summary produced without bias or opinion using textual evidence
    objective summary
  •  15
  • an appeal based on logic or reason
    logos
  •  25
  • an appeal based on the character/reputation/ credibility of the speaker.
    ethos
  •  25
  • appeal to emotion
    pathos
  •  25