Figurative
Literary Terms
Old School Music
Our Stories
Literary Essay
100

We were free as the river that runs to the sea.

What is a simile?

100

The main character in a story.

Who is the protagonist?

100

He sings Friends in Low Places

Who is Garth Brooks?

100

Alphonso's best friend in "Tied to Zelda"

Who is Jorge?

100

hook, background, and thesis

What is an introduction?

200

The week was a train wreck!

What is a metaphor?

200

An important idea that repeats in a story.

What is a motif?

200

She sings Girls just Wanna Have Fun

Who is Cyndi Lauper?

200

In "Shells" the jewelry Aunt Esther wears

What are bracelets?

200
tells the main idea of a paragraph

What is a topic sentence?

300

The moon stared down at us that night.

What is personification?

300

The reason a character does things.

What is motivation?

300

They sing Livin On a Prayer

Who is Bon Jovi?

300

The name of the festival in "Tied to Zelda"

What is Sadie Hawkins?

300

space at the beginning of each paragraph

What is indent?

400

Hiss! Bang! Pop!

What is onomatopoeia?

400

The highest point of the plot.

What is the climax?

400

They sing I Can't Get No Satisfaction.

Who Are the Rolling Stones?

400

The colors of the scholarship jacket

What are green and gold?

400

restate thesis, final insight

What is a conclusion?

500

ridiculous red raven

What is alliteration?

500

Background information given in the beginning of a story.

What is exposition?

500

They sing Stayin Alive

Who are the Bee Gees?

500

A perfumed powder puff

What is talc?

500

(Bagdasarian 3)   is an example of ......

What is MLA format?

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