Essays
Language arts terms
Art
Figurative language
Punctuation
100
A beginning section which states the purpose and goals of the following writing.
What is an introduction?
100
A word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another word or other words in a language.
What is a synonym?
100
A combination of the colors blue and red.
What is purple?
100
Comparing using like or as.
What is a simile?
100
A punctuation mark used after an exclamation.
What is an exclamation point?
200
The last main division of a speech, lecture, essay, etc.
What is a conclusion?
200
A word having a meaning opposite to that of another word.
What is an antonym?
200
The three primary colors.
What is red yellow and blue?
200
Comparing something WITHOUT using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
200
A punctuation mark used to indicate a separation of ideas or of elements within the structure of a sentence.
What is a comma?
300
States the argument of the author in an essay or similar document. Usually no more than a sentence or two long, it is a focused section of text that clearly describes the argument that is presented in the work and is usually found at the end of the first paragraph of a paper.
What is a thesis statement?
300
One of two or more words that are pronounced the same but differ in meaning, origin, and sometimes spelling.
What is homophone?
300
The three secondary colors on the color wheel.
What is purple green and orange?
300
Giving an object human qualities.
What is a personification?
300
A point or portion of time at which something is ended; a completion or conclusion.
What is a period?
400
A list of source materials that are used or consulted in the preparation of a work or that are referred to in the text.
What is a bibliography?
400
One of two or more words that have the same sound and often the same spelling but differ in meaning.
What is a homonym?
400
Two primary colors mixed.
What is a secondary color?
400
An expression that means almost what it says.
What is an Idiom?
400
A punctuation mark used between the parts of a compound word or name or between the syllables of a word, especially when divided at the end of a line of text.
What is a hyphen?
500
A narrative element that signals changes in a story.
What is a transition?
500
A question to which no answer is expected.
What is a rhetorical question?
500
The term where three colors are right next to eachother on the color wheel.
What is analagous?
500
A phrase repeating over and over again; a sense of urgency.
What is a repitition?
500
A mark of punctuation used to connect independent clauses and indicating a closer relationship between the clauses than a period does.
What is a semicolon?
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