Confused Words
Spell the possessive pronoun that shows something belongs to them?
Their
Identify the device used:
The wind howled throughout the night.
personification
What is the term used to define the attention getting beginning of a paragraph or an essay?
Hook
What do we call the hero of the story?
protagonist
What does the word biography literally mean?
"to write about life"
Spell the word that indicates the money you borrowed.
principal
Identify the device used:
"No shadow should show on the shoulder"
alliteration
What is the name given to the one sentence statement that addresses the main focus of what you want to emphasize in your paper?
Thesis
What name do we give the height of the action, where things start to change in a story?
climax
Which vocabulary word did you learn that defines an abnormal fear of narrow, enclosed spaces?
claustrophobia
Spell the word that means something is not tightened securely
loose
Identify the device used:
something that is itself, but also suggest something deeper?
symbol
Name one of the ways you should end the conclusion of an essay?
Call to action, summarize the main points, or give the reader something to think about.
What do we call elements where we tell how two things are alike and how they are different?
compare / contrast
Which word does not belong?
copious profuse meager teeming
meager
Spell the word that means to ask for an opinion, recommendation, or guidance in making a decision.
advice
Identify the device used:
a reference within a literary work to another work of fiction, film, art, or even real event.
allusion
What is the part of writing traits where ne's personal style or flavor is expressed?
Voice
What do we call it when the actions of a person directly change the consequences?
Cause / effect
Which character is the narrator in The Outsiders?
Ponyboy Curtis, a 14-year-old Greaser
Spell the word used to indicate proximity, time, or method.
by
What do you call it when two ideas are used together but seem to be contradictory?
oxymoron
Transitions
What do we call the elements of a story that indicate the time and place of an event?
setting
What does the imagery of "gold" represent in The Outsiders?
innocence