Poetry
What word means comparing 2 unlike things using like or as?
Simile
When the answer is person vs. _____, what are they asking for?
Conflict
What is the first paragraph of an essay called?
The Introduction
What are words that are people, places, or things?
Nouns
What are words that have similar meanings?
Synonyms
What word means comparing 2 unlike things NOT using like or as?
Metaphor
What is the turning point of a story?
What is the last paragraph of an essay called?
The conclusion
What are words that are action words?
Verbs
What are words that have opposite meanings?
Antonyms
What word means words that are sounds?
Onomatopoeia
What is the word for the villain in the story?
Antagonist
What are the middle paragraphs of an essay called?
The Body Paragraphs
What are words that describe nouns (like blue or dusty or striped)?
Adjectives
What are words that sound the same but mean different things (like our long list on the board)?
Homonyms
What word means giving non-living things human characteristics?
Personification
What is the when and where of a story?
Setting
What is the most important sentence in an essay called (at the end of the intro)?
The Thesis
What are words that describe verbs (like awkwardly or quietly)?
Adverbs
What are phrases that are overused (and not literal), like "break a leg" or "he's not the sharpest tool in the shed"?
Cliches
What word means having sounds repeated at the beginning of words?
Alliteration
What is the Point of View when the narrator is saying "I"?
1st-person POV
What are the first sentences of each Body paragraph called?
The Topic Sentences
What are the type of nouns where we replace "Laura" with "I" OR "the class" with "them"?
Pronouns
What is the word for when a text references another existing text?
Allusion