The authors use of irony - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Parable realistic and has a moral Legend exaggerated story about people Myth literary sub genre of a story that involves gods and heroes, usually expressing a cultures ideals Folktale language of the people, does not need a moral, and main purpose is to entertain Fairytales element of magic, usually follows a pattern, and presents an "ideal", may contain "magic 3" or "stereotyping" Fable non-realistic, has a moral, and animals are often the main character Fable Aesop- "The Fox and t...

CSET English Subtest I and II (2023/2024) Graded A homophones These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings and spelling. example: capital (seat of the government) and capitol (government building) Homonyms words that are spelled and pronounced the same,yet have a different meaning Ex. Tear-when you cry tear-when something rips Homographs words that are spelled alike but have different sounds and meanings (bow and arrow vs. bow of a ship) . Prepositional Phrase a g...

English Cumulative Exam 90% Updated Spring 2022/2023. Which part of the excerpt best demonstrates that the author's purpose is to entertain children with a humorous story? "In the sea, once upon a time, O my Best Beloved, there was a Whale, and he ate fishes. He ate the starfish and the garfish, and the crab and the dab, and the plaice and the dace, and the skate and his mate, and the mackereel and the pickereel, and the really truly twirly-whirly eel. All the fishes he could find in all t...

Read the excerpt from act 5, scene 1, of Julius Caesar. MESSENGER. Prepare you, generals.The enemy comes on in gallant show.Their bloody sign of battle is hung out,And something to be done immediately. ANTONY. Octavius, lead your battle softly on,Upon the left hand of the even field. OCTAVIUS. Upon the right hand, I; keep thou the left. How does the use of the word gallant add to the meaning of the sentence? It suggests the enemy is planning a stealthy surprise attack on the enemy. It show...

COMMR C0310 Final Master Exam Practice Complete Set Actual Exam Questions And Correct Answers | Updated Already Passed!! Define figure. Define trope - Answer -Figure: Creative arrangements of words in phrases or sentences that catch the audience's attention and focus it on your key ideas Trope: A substitution of a word or phrase by a less literal word or phrase Why do the authors argue that "no language is neutral or unadorned"? - Answer -Everything that is said or written is dependent...

English Language Arts : Content Knowledge (5038) Exam Questions And Answers 100% Verified Simile - answerCompares two unlike things using the words 'like', or 'as'. For example, the dog smells like dirty socks. Metaphor - answerCompares two unlike things without using the words 'like' or 'as'. In the image, life is being compared to a pathway that meanders. Life is not a straightforward path. Assonance - answerThe repetition of vowel sounds to create rhyme in phrases or sentences....

How to Read Literature like a Professor Study Guide Already Graded A What are the five characteristics of the quest? Quester, place to go, state of reason to go there, challenges and trials on the way, real reason to go there. What is the real reason for a quest? To find self knowledge. Whenever people eat or drink together, it is a _________. communion What is a communion? Is it only confined to Christianity? A communion is when you eat or drink with someone sharing a connection, good or bad...

Content Test 305 Literacy Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions Phonemic Awareness - Correct Answers The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the individual sounds, phonemes, in oral language. Includes segmenting a spoken word into its component sounds and counting the number of heard sounds. A blench counts as 2 sounds (fr), a digraph constitutes as one sound (sh). Dipthong - Correct Answers 2 vowels in which the sound begins at the first vowel and moves toward the sound of the seco...

PRAXIS 5038 (2023/2024) Already Graded A The Colonial Period ; e.g. "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God", Of Plymouth Plantation, Narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano The Age of Revolution ; authors: Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin The Romantic Period ; authors: William Cullen Bryant, James Fennimore Cooper, Sojourner Truth, Washington Irving Transcendental writers Ralph Waldo Emerson (Self-Reliance), Henry David Thoreau (Walden) Anti-transcendental writers Nathanie...

English Language Arts : Content Knowledge (5038) Exam Questions And Answers 100% Verified Simile - answerCompares two unlike things using the words 'like', or 'as'. For example, the dog smells like dirty socks. Metaphor - answerCompares two unlike things without using the words 'like' or 'as'. In the image, life is being compared to a pathway that meanders. Life is not a straightforward path. Assonance - answerThe repetition of vowel sounds to create rhyme in phrases or sentences....