English Terms
Be a warning or indication of (a future event)
What is the foreshadowing?
not providing for the future; incautious
What is improvident
What type of sentence is this? "The old car grumbled and protested as it came to life."
What is personification?
The distance a number is from 0.
What is absolute value ?
What happens if McLoud thinks you're on your phone?
What is feeds it to her phone case?
Words that have the same or similar meanings.
What is a synonym?
to advise against something; to warn or urge strongly; to scold
What is admonish?
This type of literary device: "Oh, Elizabeth, your justice would freeze beer!"
What is hyperbole?
A point that you can rotate a graph around by 180° that results in the same graph.
What is point of symmetry ?
What type of word modifies a verb?
What is an adverb?
Words that have opposite meanings.
What is an antonym?
Calm and quiet
What is tranquil?
This type of sentence: "I am allergic to eggs, but I love to eat them anyway."
What is compound?
Repeating pattern or shape.
What is symmetry ?
What musical is Mrs. McLoud directing right now?
What is High School Musical?
Words that sound like the noise it describes.
What is onomatopoeia?
Impossible to remove or erase
What is indelible?
This type of literary device: "It's raining cats and dogs!"
What is an idiom?
The square root of the variance.
What is standard deviation?
Where is the adverb in this list? Agreeable, store, laptop, carefully.
What is carefully?
A character or force in conflict with the main character.
What is the antagonist?
Fervent, filled with eagerness in pursuit of something
What is zealous?
These 3 elements should always be in a literary analysis paragraph.
What are claim, evidence & analysis?
A part of a line having two end points.
What is a line segment?
What device is being used here? "There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over"
What is a metaphor?