Writing
What is the name given to this universal idea statement that addresses the main focus you want to emphasize in your paper?
What is a Thesis Statement? (aka Claim)
What is the term that compares two things using "like" or "as" ?
What is a Simile?
Words around another word that can help you figure out the meaning of the word.
This type of word is a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
What are the six words that make up FANBOYS?
What are For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, and So?
What is the term used to define that attention getting beginning of an essay?
What is a Hook?
What is the term given to the element when the initial sounds of a word, beginning either with a consonant or a vowel, are repeated in close succession?
What is Alliteration?
What is the perspective from which a story is told; may be first person, third person, or less commonly, second person?
What is Point-of-View?
"I woke to an obnoxious sound outside my window." What part of speech is the word "obnoxious"?
What is an Adjective?
Used around textual evidence to show that it's the author's words and not yours.
What are quotation marks?
What do you use to move from one idea to the next in a writing?
What are Transitions?
What is the term that gives human qualities to non-human or non-living things?
What is a Personification?
What is a moment of great intensity in the plot of a literary work, generally bringing events to a head and leading to the conclusion? (aka things "pop off")
What is Climax?
"Where are you going?"
Which words in this sentence are VERBS?
What is "are' and "going"?
Spell the word that rhymes with bear and is used to show possession. It can fit in the blank of the following sentence: We needed (blank) time to help us after the hurricane.
What is Their?
What type of writing is used to convince someone to believe or do something?
What is Persuasive Writing?
What is the term that compares two things without using like or as?
What is a Metaphor?
Direct words from a passage to prove an answer.
What is Text Evidence?
"I am getting awfully hungry mom!"
What word in this sentence is an ADVERB?
What is Awfully?
What punctuation marks separate two independent clauses and take the pace of the word "and"?
What is a Semi Colon(;)?
What are the 3 different punctuation?
What is a Period, Exclamation Point, and Question Mark?
What type of figurative language is this? "I'm so hungry I could eat a cow."
What is a Hyperbole?
The highest point of interest in a story...
What is Rising Action?
This type of noun is special and requires a capital letter.
What is a Proper Noun?
Honeybees form large hives. There are thousands of bees in a hive. One bee is the queen. She lays the eggs. Some bees gather nectar and pollen from flowers to make honey. Other bees protect the hive. Some bees keep the hive clean. Still other bees help the queen. Each bee has a special job to do in the bee hive.
What is the main idea of this text passage? A. Bees work together to make honey. B. Each bee has a job to do in a beehive. C. The queen is the most important bee.
What is "Each bee has a job to do in a beehive."?