Punctuation and Editing
A comparison using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
This streaming platform released the dystopian teen thriller "Squid Game."
What is Netflix
Added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning, like "un-" or "re-."
Added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning, like "un-" or "re-."
Giving human qualities to non-human things.
What is personification?
This dystopian series, narrated in first person by Katniss Everdeen, features "tributes" fighting to the death.
What is The Hunger Games?
This is the first name of the president of the United States.
What is D-O-N-A-L-D
Repetition of consonant sounds at the start of nearby words, like "Peter Piper picked..."
What is alliteration?
This K-pop group's name is often analyzed as symbolic — "bulletproof" resistance to social pressure faced by youth.
Who is BTS?
The emotional or implied meaning a word carries beyond its literal definition.
What is connotation?
This is the order in which events happen in time.
What is C-H-R-O-N-O-L-O-G-I-C-A-L.
An extreme exaggeration used for effect, like "I've told you a million times."
What is hyperbole
This satirical show uses irony and exaggeration (hyperbole) to comment on real news events.
What is Saturday Night Live (or a similar satire show, e.g. The Daily Show)?
Spell the word for a list of sources used in a research paper.
What is B-I-B-L-I-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y (bibliography)?
I'm writing this to introduce myself and to make it clear that I am a good person with the right attitude that will help me become a successful worker and make my life successful even though my life has been very hard up until now due to family problems and people that try to get me fired and talk against me because they don't know what they are talking about.
What is wordiness or run on sentence
When the reader knows something a character doesn't — creating tension or humor.
What is dramatic irony?
Spell the word for the main character in a story who drives the plot forward.
What is P-R-O-T-A-G-O-N-I-S-T (protagonist)?