Writing Terms
The main idea of an essay
What is Thesis?
Comparison using "like" or "as"
Simile
A text of untrue ideas
What is fiction?
A Prefix that means to do again
What is "Re"?
The elevator in Long Way Down representing Will's hesitation
What is Symbol?
The opinion of a paragraph or the writer
What is Claim?
Human-like qualities given to an object
Personification
A type of essay that pushes an opinion
A Suffix that makes the word its opposite
What is "-less"?
"Pop. Pop? Pop!"
The quotes that you find from readings
What is Evidence?
Descriptive language to appeal to the senses of the reader
Imagery
A _____ essay that uses multiple sources.
What is Research?
A root word that means "To hear"
What is Aud?
"The middle drawer called to me"
What is Personification?
The parenthetical words that come after quotes
An exaggerated statement not to be taken literally
Hyperbole
A text type that focuses on similarities and differences
What is Compare and Contrast?
A root word that means "Star"
What is Astr?
Long Way Down teaches its readers to not go for revenge
What is Theme?
A necessary part of a good argumentative essay
What is counterclaim?
Repetition of the same first consonant sounds of words
Alliteration
A text type that focuses on time order
What is Chronological?
A root word that means "Believable" or "Plausible"
What is Cause and Effect?