Vocabulary
Protagonists
Literary Terms
Unit Content
Grammar
100

A slight variation of tone, color, or meaning

Nuance

100

A protagonist who makes progress in their own life or the lives of people directly around them 

Private protagonist

100

Language used to exaggerate

Hyperbole

100

The Shakespeare metaphor that we explored in the first unit compared life to this thing

A stage

100
This organization technique is used to split up sections of text while you write

paragraphing

200

Constraint by threat; coercion or compulsion

Duress

200

Woman arrested and charged with voter fraud who was fighting for women's right to vote

Susan B. Anthony

200

A question asked to an audience when there is no response expected

Rhetorical question

200

Barry does this self-care act for his father 

Shaves his face

200

This adverb could replace the phrase below to omit needless words:

"in a quick manner"

quickly

300

A theory or prediction based on incomplete evidence

Conjecture

300

A protagonist who makes progress by leading a large important cause and is well-known for this leadership

Public protagonist

300

Using words with the same opening consonants

Alliteration

300

MLK hopes that his kids will not be judged by the color of their skin but by this

The content of their character

300

Parallel structure requires this trait (starts with a C)

Consistency

400

Capable of being done; likely or probable

Feasible

400

A character who believes there is a big difference between problems and inconveniences

Sigmund Wollman 

400

Reference to familiar person, place, or thing

Allusion

400

Richard Lederer says that this percentage of the world's books are written in English

50%

400

"The coach, as well as the players, is excited about the game"; Is this statement correct or incorrect in terms of verb tense?

Correct

500

Highly elaborate or orante

Flamboyant

500

The opposite of a protagonist

Antagonist

500

Naming an action by imitating the sounds that are associated with it

onomatopeia

500

Tim Urban claims that this animal exists inside the brain of a procrastinator that makes them wait until the last minute to complete things

Instant gratification monkey

500

"My favorite people in the world are the French, Germans, and Spanish"; Is this statement correct or incorrect in terms of parallel structure?

Incorrect

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