The repetition of the beginning sound of two or more words in a sentence.
What is "alliteration?"
Writing that considers similarities and differences.
What is "compare and contrast."
Meaning of the idiom "break a leg."
What is "to wish a performer good luck?"
A preference for or dislike of something or someone.
What is "bias?"
A group of words that contains a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone.
What is an "dependent clause?"
The overall emotional feeling of a literary work.
What is "mood."
Information that is spread with the intention to persuade readers of a view.
What is "propaganda?"
When the subject of the sentence is the doer of the action.
What is "active voice?"
the people reached by a literary or informational text.
What is "audience?"
A determination that you make, based solely on the information and evidence provided in the passage.
What is "inference?"
When a descriptive word/phrase is separated from the word it is describing.
What is "misplaced modifier?"
Writing technique when author prepares the reader for something that is going to happen in the future in the story.
What is "foreshadowing?"
A shortened version of a longer work, containing the main idea and most important details, and using your own words.
What is "summary?"
The overall opinion that you form after reading a passage.
What is "conclusions?"
The use of appropriate English in writing that demonstrates or creates an objective tone and values logic, evidence, and reason. Avoids contractions and personal pronouns.
What is "formal writing?"
What is "author's purpose."
Meaning of the idiom "fed up with."
What is "to run out of patience?"
A technique in which the reader is distracted with details not relevant to the argument or story
What is a "red herring?"
Anytime a writer changes tense, person, number, or mood without reason.
What is a "shift?"