Figurative Language
Elements of a Short Story
Vocabulary
Argument-
ative Writing
You Should Know
100
The dog was eating with a fork at the table is an example of:
What is personification
100
The time and place where the story takes place.
What is setting?
100
Fakir
What is a religious person.
100
Short account of an event used to make a point.
What is anecdote?
100
The suffix ful at the end of a word
What is full of?
200
She was as sly as a fox is an example of:
What is simile?
200
The people or actors in the story.
What is characters
200
Phobia
What is fear?
200
A writer's position on an issue or problem.
What is a Claim?
200
What is the prefix for do again
What is re-do?
300
He was a bullet when running.
What is methapor?
300
The sequence or order of events in a story.
What is plot?
300
Ravine
What is a deep narrow valley made from running water?
300
Ideas and feelings associated with the word.
What is Connotation?
300
prefix for before
What is Pre?
400
Bang, crash, boom are examples of
What is onomatopoeia?
400
The beginning part of the story.
What is exposition?
400
Decomposing
What is rotting?
400
Dictionary meaning of a word.
What is Denotation?
400
A pronoun for a male person.
What is he, him, or his?
500
Sally sells seashells by the seashore, is an example of:
What is alliteration?
500
Tsunami
What is a huge ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption?
500
A controlling idea the writer attempts to support in a piece of writing.
What is Thesis Statement?
500
person, place, or thing
What is a Noun?
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