Narrative Elements
10th Grade ELA Texts
Poetic Devices
Essay Writing
10th Grade Teachers
100

What historical event was the setting for The Crucible.

What are the Salem witch trials?

100

The central argument of an essay that comes at the end of the introduction paragraph.

What is a thesis statement?

100

What test did Ms. Naveed pass recently?

What is her driver's test.

200

What two characters from The Crucible were involved in an affair?

Who are John Proctor and Abigail Williams.

200
The use of descriptive details that pertain to any of the five senses.
What is imagery?
200

What athletic event did Ms. Keene participate in last fall? 

What is the Boston Marathon.

300

A reference to another piece of literature, historical event, art.

What is an allusion?

300

This is another word for thesis statement.

What is a claim?

500
A literary device that appears to contradict itself but actually holds a kind of truth.
What is a paradox?
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