Grammar
Persuasion
Drama
Literary Terms
Hodgepodge
100
this part of speech modifies a noun or pronoun
What is an adjective?
100
The technique that mentions something multiple times to help the reader/listener remember it.
What is repetition?
100
the type of drama that begins with calm and ends with chaos, and in which a hero suffers a downfall.
What is tragedy?
100
the choice of words used by an author.
What is diction?
100
a type of sentence that consists of one independent clause.
What is a simple sentence?
200
This is a group of words that functions as a single part of speech
What is a phrase?
200
This technique uses celebrities or other people have we trust to tell us that they are satisfied with the produce.
What is testimonial?
200
The number of acts in a Shakespeare play
What is five?
200
a type of run-on sentence that consists of two sentences put together with a comma
What is a comma splice?
200
a verbal that consists of the word TO plus the main part of a verb, can function as a noun, adjective, or adverb.
What is an infinitive?
300
this is a word ending in ING that looks like a verb but functions as a noun.
What is a gerund?
300
This is a type of support for persuasive writing that compares the topic to something the reader with familiar.
What is an analogy?
300
The name for the the situation when the audience has important information the characters do not.
What is dramatic irony?
300
the repetition of beginning consonant sounds
What is alliteration?
300
a story in which the characters,objects, etc. are symbolic.
What is an allegory?
400
This is another word for sentence structure.
What is syntax?
400
this kind of essay criticizes or makes fun of something, typically with the hope to convince the reader to adopt a course oaction or to change his or her opinion
What is satire?
400
the name for the turning point in a Shakespeare tragedy, occurs in Act III.
What is the crisis?
400
the author's attitude toward the subject about which he or she is writing.
What is tone?
400
a character that serves as a direct contrast to another character.
What is a foil?
500
This type of sentence contains two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.
What is compound-complex?
500
Usually found in satire, this term refers to extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
500
The type of blank verse in which each line consists of ten syllables alternating between unstressed and stressed syllables.
What is iambic pentameter?
500
the repetition of internal vowel sounds.
What is assonance?
500
statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
What is a paradox?
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