Spelling
Spell the name of the two wheeled form of transportation that is often used in the summer?
What term defines the attention-grabbing first sentence of an essay?
Hook
Name the two greek/latin roots in the word "polylingual" and their meanings
poly: many
ling: language/tongue
What is the poetry term for several words in a row beginning with the same sound?
Alliteration
What is the character who opposes the hero or creates the conflict? Opposite of protagonist.
What is an antagonist?
What is the form of spelling for the possessive pronoun to show it belongs to them?
Their
What is the name given to the statement that addresses the main focus of your paper, including your claim and evidence?
Thesis statement
"Begin now by taking advantage of this phenomenal offer." What does phenomenal mean?
Extraordinary, amazing, outstanding
What is the name of the literary device that is something in itself, and it also suggests something deeper?
Symbol
What is an account of a person's life written by that person?
Autobiography
What is the spelling for a word that means head administrator/director of a school?
P-R-I-N-C-I-P-A-L
What is the first step in the writing process?
Brainstorming, outlining
Give an example of personification.
*Give human qualities to a non-human thing*
The actual definition of a word. Opposite of "connotation."
Denotation
What is a moment of great intensity in the plot of a story?
Climax
What is the correct spelling of the month that falls between January and March?
F-E-B-R-U-A-R-Y
What is the part of the writing process where a student will make additions or deletions of content ideas to make the paper flow better and have better voice?
Revision
"When the shepherd's whistle releases her, she's off like an arrow running east." What literary device is used in this sentence?
simile
The positive, negative, or neutral feelings associated with a word. Example: "Unique" and "weird" mean the same thing, but have different ____________s.
Connotation
What is the term for the conversational portion of a story that is used to advance the plot or develop the characters?
Dialogue
How do you spell the word that means a building that holds rentable books?
L-I-B-R-A-R-Y
What is the formula for citing evidence in a body paragraph?
I: Introduce
C: Cite
E: Explain
His words were a dagger stabbing at my heart. What literary device is used here?
Metaphor
What is a reference, within a literary work, to another work of fiction, a film, a piece of art, or even a real event?
Allusion
What is the perspective from which a story is told; may be first person, third person, or less commonly, second person?
Point of view