Figurative Language
Giving human attributes or characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or abstract elements.
What is personification.
Turning a question into a statement.
What is restate.
Evaluation of work by others for constructive feedback.
What is peer review.
"No body knows when or how, but one day that cheese mysterious appeared on the blacktop. Nobody knew who it belonged to. Nobody touched it."
What is Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
A misleading option in a multiple-choice question.
What is a distractor.
Repeated use of a sound, syllable, word or phrase within the same poem.
What is repetition.
Providing examples from a text to support an answer.
What is cite.
Conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie.
What is dialogue.
“What is wrong? I will tell you what is wrong. It shows no gratitude. It is boastful. ‘I celebrate myself’? ‘The best student learns to destroy the teacher’?” He mocked my plagiarized words. “That is insubordinate. It is improper. It is disrespecting of her teachers—”
What is Daughter of Invention.
Statement of your main argument for or against a topic.
What is a claim.
Elements or portions of the poem, that contain rich description that appeals to the senses.
What is imagery.
Rewording of something written or spoken by someone else.
What is paraphrase.
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
What is an inference.
"However, this mirror will give us neither knowledge or truth. Men have wasted away before it, entranced by what they have seen, or been driven mad, not knowing if what it shows is real or even possible."
Words and phrases that provide a connection between ideas, sentences, and paragraphs.
What are transitions.
The use of the same letter or sound in the beginning of a series of closely connected words, emphasizing and connecting phrases within the text.
What is alliteration.
Elaborating on text evidence to make connections.
What is explain.
An opening statement in an essay that attempts to grab the reader's attention so that they want to read on.
What is a hook.
"Because men with hard faces do violent things, because fanaticism seizes and shrinks minds, is no reason for the rest of us to abandon our songs."
What is This is Not Who We Are.
An account of a person's life written by that person.
What is an autobiography.
The use of the same vowel sound, but different consonant sounds within nearby words.
What is assonance.
Proving a statement or theory to be wrong or false; to argue against something.
What is refute.
A person who organizes and operates a business or businesses
What is an entrepreneur.
“You don’t know what goes on in anyone’s life but your own. And when you mess with one part of a person’s life, you’re not messing with just that part. Unfortunately, you can’t be that precise and selective. When you mess with one part of a person’s life, you’re messing with their entire life. Everything. . . affects everything.”
What is Thirteen Reasons Why.
The writer's attitude toward or feelings about the subject matter and audience.
What is tone.