Grammar
Literary Devices: Fiction
Literary Devices: Nonfiction
Vocabulary
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100

A describing word

What is an adjective?

100

A comparison using like or as. EXAMPLE: The sun is like a big yellow ball.

what is a simile

100

An author's use of the same phrase again and again

What is repetition?

100

An argument or assertion

what is a claim or thesis?

100

seperate

Separate

200

A person place or thing

What is a noun?

200

A comparison not using like or as. Example: The snow is a white blanket.

What is a metaphor?

200

The people for whom a text is written

What is audience

200

Define analyze

to pick something apart, examine, find hidden meaning

200

pronounciation

pronunctiation

300

A word that takes the place of a noun, for example, "I" and "you"

What is a pronoun?

300

How a person in a story is described, including what traits they are assigned

What is characterization

300

The way an author writes about something, like happy, serious, or sad

What is tone

300

Define implicit meaning

indirect or hidden meaning

300

definate

definite

400

In the sentence "I kick the ball," what is the function of "I"? Double points if you also know the function of "the ball".

What is the subject? Double points: The object

400

A subject of focus or lesson that extends throughout a fictional text, like that of family, struggle, or war?

What is theme

400

An argument that is written against a different argument

What is a counterclaim?

400

Define hemorrhage

What is a sudden bleed?

400

aquaintance

acquaintance

500
in, on, under, between, along, are all examples of what?
What is a preposition?
500

The use of language to paint a picture in the mind of the readers

What is imagery?

500

a boldly overstated or exaggerated claim or statement that adds emphasis without the intention of being literally true

hyperbole

500

Define unconscionable

What is morally terrible, going totally against a good conscience

500

Misogenist

Misogynist

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