the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action
What is active voice?
100
A word that follows a linking verb and identifies the subject.
What is predicate noun?
100
A form of narrative writing using verbs in the first person in order to give the impression that the action is happening to the narrator.
What is first person?
100
A form of narrative writing using verbs in the second person in order to give the impression that the action is happening to the reader.
What is second person?
100
A form of narrative writing using verbs in the third person in order to give the impression that the action is happening to another person.
What is third person?
200
a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that are typically five-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme
What is sonnet?
200
An original model of which all other similar persons, objects, or concepts are merely derivative, copied, patterned, or emulated; a prototype.
What is archetype?
200
A counterintuitive conclusion or outcome.
What is a paradox?
200
An error in logical argumentation which consists in treating inanimate objects or concepts as if they were human beings, for instance having thoughts or feelings.
What is pathetic fallacy?
200
Deny the truth of (a statement), esp. by asserting the opposite. OR Assert the opposite of a statement made by (someone).
What is contradict?
300
point of view is a method of storytelling in which the narrator knows only the thoughts and feelings of a single character, while other characters are presented only externally.
What is third person limited?
300
when the narrator is not involved in the action and can not reveal any characters’ thoughts.
What is third person objective?
300
The author’s attitude toward the subject, characters, or readers, such as friendly, teasing, etc - it is comparable to tone of voice in speech.
What is tone?
300
The position from which something is observed or considered; an angle, outlook or point of view.
What is viewpoint?
300
The repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry.
What is assonance?
400
A form of a verb that may function as an adjective or noun. The present participle and the past participle.
What is participle?
400
a subordinate clause which functions as a subject or object of the main clause
What is noun clause?
400
A clause that can stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence; contains at least a subject and a verb.
What is main clause?
400
A noun that can be preceded by an indefinite article, and denotes any member, or all members of a class; an ordinary noun such as "dog" or "city".
What is a common noun?
400
a word or phrase connecting one part of a discourse to another
What is transition?
500
A question to which the asker does not expect an answer often asked for dramatic or persuasive effect.
What is rhetorical question?
500
To make a first draft of ideas and format for an essay, thesis, article, or book as a plan for the actual writing.
What is prewrite?
500
The writer gives information, explains, defines, or describes something. Expository texts include essays, speeches, journals, newspaper and magazine articles, and directions, among other things.
What is expository writing?
500
A joke or type of wordplay in which similar senses or sounds of two words or phrases, or different senses of the same word, are deliberately confused.
What is pun?
500
The opposite of hyperbole, it refers to a figure of speech that says less than is intended and usually has an ironic effect, and sometimes may be used for comic purposes (e.g., A little bedtime snack – to describe a seven-course meal).