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English 25 Public

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What is graphic fiction?

Sequential ert to tell a story

Name types of graphic stories

Comic strips, comic books, graphic novels

Name the time period of modernism?

~1890s-1940s

Name features of modernism

What is imagery?

Vivid descriptions appealing to senses

What is oxymoron? Give an example

Two words or phrases used together that have opposite meanings. "Living death", "perverse madonna"

What is juxtaposition? Give examples from the texts

An author places two things side by side as a way of highlighting their differences. "The winter evening settles down With smell of steaks in passageways."

What is synecdoche? Give an example

A part of something is usedto refer to its whole. Eliot’s poem "feet", "hand" - people

What is irony? Name its types

Contrast between what is expected and what happens. Situational, dramatic, verbal

What is urban myth?

A story about an unusual or humorous event that many people believe to be true but that is not true.

What is Harlem Renaissance? What is its timeperiod?

1920s

What is the technique highlighted in red?

End-stop

What is the technique highlighted in green?

Enjambment

What is onomatopoeia? Provide examples

is a figure of speech in which words evoke the actual sound of the thing they refer to or describe. “tick tock”, “ding dong”

What are the differences between fantasy and sci-fi?

Fantasy - past or present; basis: myths, folklore. Sci-fi - future, scientific basis

What are the similiraties between fantasy and sci-fi?