Grammar
Poetry
Fiction and drama
Figurative Language
Persuasion
100
My best friend, Lee, caught a whelk when he was fishing for bass.
What is Appositive Phrase?
100
Bid me to weep, and I will weep, While I have eyes to see; And having none, yet I will keep A heart to weep for thee.
What is Rhyme Scheme?
100
The plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story.
What is Plot?
100
Becky’s beagle barked and bayed, becoming bothersome for Billy.
What is Alliteration?
100
“Our expertise in roofing contracting is evidenced not only by our 100 years in the business and our staff of qualified technicians, but in the decades of satisfied customers who have come to expect nothing but the best.”
What is Ethos?
200
My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.
What is Dependent Cluase?
200
I went to town to buy a gown. / I took the car and it was not far.
What is Internal Rhyme?
200
To come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition
What is Conflict?
200
*I had a ton of homework. *I am so hungry I could eat a horse. *I have a million things to do
What is Hyperbole?
200
Feeling proud as your country’s athlete receives a gold medal at the Olympic
What is Pathos?
300
She wants to travel the world and see wonderful sights.
What is Independent Clause?
300
The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on.
What is Free verse poem?
300
A related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.
What is Rising Action?
300
•“I thought the software would be useful, but it was a Trojan Horse.” This refers to the horse that the Greeks built that contained all the soldiers. It was given as a gift to the enemy during the Trojan War and, once inside the enemy's walls, the soldiers broke out. By using trickery, the Greeks won the war
What is Allusion?
300
A popular activity, effort, cause, etc., that attracts growing support.
What is Bandwagon?
400
I like chocolate ice cream, but my friend likes strawberry.
What is Compound Sentence?
400
A poem that tells a story and has a plot.
What is Narrative poem?
400
The part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved.
What is Falling Action
400
•He fumed and charged like an angry bull.
What is Imagery?
400
“You can’t prove that there aren’t Martians living in caves under the surface of Mars, so it is reasonable for me to believe there are.”
What is Fallacies?
500
When he handed in his homework, he forgot to give the teacher the last page.
What is Complex Sentence?
500
An arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem.
What is Stanza?
500
A solution, accommodation, or settling of a problem, controversy, etc.
What is Resolution?
500
“Bobby Holloway says my imagination is a three-hundred-ring circus. Currently I was in ring two hundred and ninety-nine, with elephants dancing and clowns cart wheeling and tigers leaping through rings of fire. The time had come to step back, leave the main tent, go buy some popcorn and a Coke, bliss out, cool down.”
What is Extended Metphor
500
•"The data is perfectly clear: this investment has consistently turned a profit year-over-year, even in spite of market declines in other areas."
What is Logos?
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