Writing Terminology
The peak or most exciting part of a story.
What is the climax?
A punctuation mark that indicates possession.
What is an apostrophe?
A Japanese character that lives in rivers and looks like a cute turtle.
What is a Kappa?
The Greek god of all gods.
Who is Zeus?
Ms. Teeka's favorite thing to drink.
What is black coffee?
The first sentence in an essay.
What is the hook?
The person, place or thing that the sentence is about.
What is the subject?
All of the deities, spirits, and supernatural beings in Japanese mythology.
What are Kami?
She was cursed by Athena so that no man could ever look at her and fall in love again.
Who is Medusa?
Never give Ms. Teeka your homework.
What is Ms. Teeka's number one rule?
The sentence that declares the point to your essay.
What is the thesis?
The part of a sentence with a verb that says what the subject is doing.
What is the predicate?
All of the monsters and creatures in Japanese mythology.
What are Yokai?
A movie about Zeus' son Perseus.
What is Percy Jackson?
Ferth, Germany.
Where was Ms. Teeka born?
The beginning of a story that establishes setting, characters, or background information.
What is exposition?
The acronym that represents the different types of conjunctions.
What are FANBOYS?
The ogres and demons in Japanese mythology.
A Greek monster with only one eye.
What is Cyclops?
Something Ms. Teeka used to do for a living.
What are animated voices?
The paragraph in an essay that summarizes all prior paragraphs.
What is the conclusion?
A sentence with a subject and a predicate but cannot stand on its one.
What is a dependent clause?
The movie about a little girl who goes to the spirit world.
What is Spirited Away?
Creatures that live in the ocean that try to lure sailors to their death.
What are sirens?
Russia, Los Angeles, Australia.
Where are some places Ms. Teeka used to live?