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Vocabulary Whiz Kid
100

(n.) passing off or using as one's own the writing (or other materials) of another person

What is plagiarism?

100

a literary work that models writing craft for a writer

What is a mentor text?

100

A paper/project presents the results of investigation on a selected topic

What is a research paper?

100

connects an independent clause with one or more dependent clauses; examples: since, before, unless, however

What is a subordinating conjunction?

100

The perspective from which a story is told (who is telling the story and from where?)

What is Point of View (POV)?
200

A comparison using "like" or "as"

What is a simile?

200

three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation

What is ellipsis?

200

Combine to form a more complex product

What is synthesize?

200

A database object that presents information in a format that is easy to read and print. 

What is a report?

200

(adj.) connected with or related to the matter at hand



What is relevant?

300

a punctuation mark (;) indicating a pause, typically between two main clauses, that is more pronounced than that indicated by a comma.

What is a semicolon?

300

the relative speed or slowness with which a story is told or an idea is presented

What is pacing?

300

Quotations, summaries, or paraphrases from text passages to support a position

What is textual evidence?

300

(v.) to establish the truth or accuracy of, confirm

What is verify?

300

Descriptive language that attempts to invoke one or more of the five senses.

What is sensory language?

400

give a brief statement of the main points of (something).

What is summarize?

400

a word or phrase that links different ideas

What is transition?

400

The way someone sees something

What is viewpoint?

400

repetition of the same pattern of words or phrases within a sentence or passage to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance.

What is parallel structure?
400

(adj.) real, having a solid basis; considerable in number or amount; meaningful and on topic

What is substantive?
500

a line the width of a capital M in whichever font is being used; is used to indicate a break in thought

What is an em dash?

500

Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

What is tone?
500

conjoining contradictory terms (as in 'deafening silence')

What is an oxymoron?
500

a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work

What is theme?
500

Well-founded on evidence and corresponds accurately to the real world.

What is valid?

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