vocabulary words
vocabulary words
literary elements
writing
Parts of speech
100
Perennial
What lasts for a long time and is persistent, or a plant that lives for many years?
100
Opinionated
What is stubborn, unreasonable, and refusing to listen to other people's ideas?
100
Point of view
What does it mean to tell a story in first or third person?
100
Point, Illustration, Explanation
What does PIE stand for?
100
Noun
What is a person, place, or thing?
200
Dilemma
What is a difficult or perplexing situation or problem?
200
Admonish
What is to caution or advise against something?
200
Setting
What is the time and place of a story?
200
Topic sentence
What is a general statement that starts your paragraph?
200
Verb
What is an action word?
300
Diffuse
What is to spread or scatter freely or widely, or wordy and unfocused?
300
Deadlock
What is a standstill resulting from opposition between two people?
300
Characterization
What does it mean to tell details about a person in a story that makes you feel like you know him or her?
300
Thesis statement
What is the sentence in your introduction that shows your point of view?
300
Adjective
What describes a noun?
400
Debris
What is scattered fragments or wreckage?
400
Cumbersome
What is akward and/or hard to handle?
400
Plot
What are the sequence of events in a story called?
400
In the text
Where should you look for evidence to support your point of view?
400
Adverb
What describes a verb?
500
Salvage
What is something you would save frum fire, a shipwreck, or the garbage?
500
Relinquish
What does it mean to let go or to give up?
500
Protagonist, or main character
What is the person the story is about called?
500
Proofread and edit!!!
What should you always do after you write a paragraph?
500
Interjection
What is an expression like, "Oh, No!" or "Wow!" called?
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