Figurative Language
This type of figurative language uses "like" or "as" to make a comparison between two seemingly unlike things.
What is a simile?
This character was the first to blow the conch.
Who is Ralph?
This is the main verb of a sentence.
What is the predicate?
This important sentence found at the end of the introduction contains a distillation of the whole paper and explains the main point of the argument.
What is the thesis?
This is a person (or creature) in a story.
What is a character?
What is personification?
This item symbolizes science, civilization, or the boys' connection to England and rationality.
What are Piggy's glasses?
This type of sentence contains two independent clauses, and they are linked by a coordinating conjunction.
What is a compound sentence?
The Matter sentence does this in an essay.
What is connections the quote and what the quote means to the ideas explained in the thesis?
This type of poem tells a story, often about love or crime.
What is a ballad?
(What is a narrative poem? is also acceptable)
What is hyperbole?
What threat does Jack make in regards to Ralph that shows the boys have gone completely mad?
What is that he will sharpen a stick at both ends?
This piece of punctuation can replace a coordinating conjunction.
What is a semicolon?
This clause orients the reader to a quote in Says sentences used in an essay.
What is the context (of a quote)?
What is catharsis?
Sophocles' use of commonly known myths to make particular points in Antigone is an example of this.
What is an allusion?
This character is an ironic indictment of humanity's cruelty because it shows that the boys were not alone in their actions.
Who is the naval officer?
"Even though" is an example of this specific type of part of speech.
What is a subordinating conjunction?
When a writer wants to connect ideas together, especially between paragraphs, they need to use this type of sentence.
What is a transition?
This is the part of a story that explains the setting and orients the reader to the story's world.
What is the exposition?
This is a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
What is an analogy?
The title comes from the original name of this mythological figure.
Who is Beelzebub?
This type of phrase is often mistaken for a sentence despite lacking one of two important features.
What is a fragment?
A prepositional phrase must begin with a preposition. It must end with this.
What is a noun?
This Nobel Prize winning feminist author wrote the story of Jerry's trip "Through the Tunnel."
Who is Doris Lessing?