Vocabulary
A word opposite in meaning to another word.
What is antonym?
This is a direct comparison of two unlike things.
What is a metaphor?
The part of speech that names a person, place, or thing.
What is a noun?
The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work.
What is theme?
The sentence that is a statement expressing an opinion or argument that needs to be supported by evidence.
What is a claim?
This term refers to a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter
What is genre?
This involves giving human traits to non-human entities.
What is personification?
These are used to connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences, such as 'and', 'but', 'or'.
What is a conjunction?
The sequence of events that happen, including key conflicts and how they are resolved in a narrative.
What is a plot?
These sentences in a paragraph helps prove evidence to the claim.
What is reasoning?
The main part of a word that gives it its primary meaning.
What is a root?
The use of words whose sounds imitate or suggest their meaning.
What is onomatopoeia?
A sentence that contains one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses is known as this type of sentence.
What is a complex sentence?
Identify the term that describes the time and place of the action in a story.
What is setting?
This type of essay is characterized by the use of reason and evidence to prove a point.
What is an argumentative essay?
A word that describes an adjective or verb, often ending in -ly.
What is an adverb?
An intentional exaggeration for emphasis or comedic effect.
What is hyperbole?
The base or root of the word conservatory.
What is servat?
The last part of the plot.
What is resolution?
This poem has three lines using a certain number of syllables.
What is a Haiku?
The word or phrase that gives context and additional information to help define the meaning of a word.
What is context clue?
A reference to something in current events, on TV, in history, in literature, and so on.
What is allusion?
A group of words that have a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone as a sentence.
What is a dependent clause?
When an author directly states a character's traits, it's called this kind of characterization.
What is direct characterization?
The writing technique that involves using vivid language to bring scenes, settings, and characters alive.
What is imagery?