Vocab Definitions
Thesis
Literary Terms I
Literary Terms II
Vocabulary Terms
100
MOOD means...
What is FEELING?
100
A thesis statement is to your paper what a _______ is to a human body.
The backbone of your paper.
100
TIME AND PLACE
What is SETTING?
100
This word means A TREAT THAT YOU DON'T GET VERY OFTEN.
What is INDULGENCE?
200
ALLEVIATE means...
What is RELIEVE?
200
A thesis is found at the ______ of the introduction and the ____ of the conclusion.
The end of the introduction and the beginning of the conclusion.
200
The events of the story
What is plot?
200
giving nonhuman objects human characteristics
What is PERSONIFICATION?
200
This vocab word means DREAM OR DESIRE.
What is AMBITION?
300
STEEPED means...
What is FILLED WITH?
300
A thesis cannot be a question. True or False
True
300
The main problem in a story
What is CONFLICT?
300
expressions that are not literally true but suggest similarities between usually unrelated things
What is FIGURES OF SPEECH?
300
This word means FORCEFULLY.
What is VEHEMENTLY?
400
CHAGRIN means...
What is EMBARRASSED?
400
Having a thesis statement will improve WHAT WRITING TRAIT the most?
organization
400
the exciting part towards the end of the story that determines the end
What is the CLIMAX?
400
the way a writer uses language
What is STYLE?
400
This word means BOLDNESS.
What is AUDACITY?
500
CONTENTION means...
What is CONFLICT?
500
A thesis statement is also called the paper's _____ idea.
the controlling idea
500
the main message
What is THEME?
500
Language that creates word pictures and appeals to the senses
What is IMAGERY?
500
This word means GREAT JOY.
What is EXALTATION?
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