Writing
A reason for or intent in writing.
What is the author's purpose?
Her bag of chips.
She knew.
The car went.
What are incomplete sentences?
A train stuck in the snow, a famous actress, a royal couple, a famous Belgian detective, and a gruesome murder.
What is "Murder on the Orient Express"?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
A place in which to live; a house or home; a forest or lake.
What is habitation?
The clouds are like giant fluffy pillows for the gods to have a massive pillow fight.
What is a simile?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
The subject of a piece of writing or of a talk.
What is theme?
I, them, your, himself.
What are pronouns?
I swear I am innocent, or am I? Am I in denial of madness or is my inner sight crystal clear? Louder. Louder! LOUDER!
What is "The Tell-Tale Heart"
The state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.
What is the weather?
Her long hair was a flowing golden river.
What is a metaphor?
The person in a novel, play, or movie.
What is a character?
in a deep sleep
on a journey
at a distance
What are prepositional phrases?
"Nothing gold can stay," (Robert Frost)
What is "The Outsiders"
Great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an object.
What is zeal?
The alarm clock screams at me to wake up.
What is personification?
A one or two-sentence representation of what the author is writing about.
What is the main idea?
A sentence with more than one subject or predicate.
What is a compound sentence?
"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world..."
"Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy."
"It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out..."
What is "The Diary of Anne Frank"?
The walk or behavior in a very confident and typically arrogant or aggressive way.
What is swagger?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
I died of embarrassment at the party last night.
What is hyperbole?
The main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
What is the plot?
i Get an Eye Twitch wHen reaDinG This.
What are capitalization errors?
"To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time."
What is "Night"?
The recovery from illness or exertion; recover or regain (something lost or taken).
What is recuperate?
It's time to bite the bullet.
What is an idiom?