Focus, Organization, Support & Elaboration, Style & Conventions
What are the features of good writing?
100
The butterflies tiptoed through the garden.
What is personification?
100
When the reader knows something that a character does not know and the situation may be quite different than how they perceive it to be.
Situational Irony, Dramatic Irony, Verbal Irony
What is dramatic irony?
100
A children's story that depicts hunger, neglect, and abuse. It also shows us that the love of our loved ones can always be a comfort to us.
What is "The Little Match Girl" by Hans C. Andersen
100
Wrote great Science Fiction stories such as Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
Jules Verne Nathaniel Hawthorne H. G. Wells
Who is Jules Verne?
200
The main idea statement of the entire essay, report, or research paper.
What is a thesis statement?
200
Repetition of consonant sounds usually at the beginnings of words.
Ex. She sells seashells by the seashore.
What is alliteration?
200
The message or insight about life that the author is trying to convey.
What is theme?
200
The number of ghosts who visit Scrooge in Dicken's - A Christmas Carol.
What is the number 4?
(Marley, Christmas Past, Present, & Future)
200
This author grew up by the docks and listened to the tales of many sailors telling of their travels upon the sea. As a result, his stories include the idea of traveling abroad.
Who is W. W. Jacobs?
300
This feature is all about the details.
What is support and elaboration?
300
She ran as fast as a cat being chased by a dog.
What a simile?
300
What is a synonym for sad or gloomy?
placid elated melancholy
What is melancholy?
300
A story in which a husband and wife regret a wish they make upon a talisman resulting in them using other wishes to try to correct the first.
What is "The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs?
300
This great author wrote many great stories for kids and adults as well. - His short stories such as "The Landlady" are very much enjoyed.
Nathaniel Hawthorne Roald Dahl Ray Bradbury
Who is Roald Dahl?
400
This feature is all about how you present your voice through word choice and sentence structure.
What is a writer's style?
400
He is a tiger on the field while playing ball.
What is a metaphor?
400
Fiction that includes ideas such as robots, space travel, time travel, and etc.
What is Science Fiction?
400
A scientist tries to make his wife perfect; however, he kills her in the process.
What is "The Birthmark" by Nathaniel Hawthorne?
400
This great author grew up in the area where the Salem witchcraft trials took place; therefore, some of his works relate to that theme or topic.
Mark Twain Nathaniel Hawthorne W. W. Jacobs
Who is Nathaniel Hawthorne?
500
This feature of good writing helps you to establish the logical order of which you plan to write.
What is organization?
500
The snake hissed several times before striking.
What is onomatopoeia?
500
The order in which the events naturally happened.
What is chronological order?
500
A story in which the speaker murders someone over what he describes as a "vulture eye".
What is "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
500
It is said that this author led a mysterious life, and his death was quite mysterious as well. It is speculated that he could have died from rabies, heart problems, or even alcohol consumption.