Argumentative Writing
Figures of Speech
Rules of The Game
Figures of Speech
Figures of Speech
100

Third step in argumentative writing. 

 Explain your opponents perspective. 

100

Simile. 

 A comparison of two things using like or as. 

100

Main Character/ the young girl. 

Waverly Jong/ Meimei

100

Onomatopoeia. 

Words imitate real life sounds so that saying the word out loud actually sounds like the meaning of the word. 

100

Example: 

- "She ran like the wind."

Simile

200
Last step in argumentative writing. 

Conclusion. 

200

Personification. 

When a thing is given human qualities. 

200

The primary conflict in the story. 

Between Waverly Jong and her overbearing mother. 

200

Hyperbole. 

An exaggeration used to create a strong emotional response. 

200

Example: 

- "Ending school was a bitter-sweet moment."

Oxymoron. 

300

First step in argumentative writing. 

Introduce the problem. 



300

Metaphor. 

A comparison when something is described as being something else (uses is, was, am, have been). 

300

Location of the Story. 

San Francisco's Chinatown. 

300

Idiom. 

A phrase that means something different than a literal translation of the words would lead one to believe. 

300

Example:

- "I'm dying of thirst". 

Hyperbole.

400

Fourth step in argumentative writing. 

Give evidence. 

400

Oxymoron. 

Two words next to each other that seem to contradict each other. 

400

The main character's mother. 

Lindo Jong. 

400

Rhyme. 

When words endings sound alike.

400

Alliteration. 

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. 

500

Second step in argumentative writing. 

Explain your perspective. 

500

Irony. 

A contradiction of expectation between what is said and what is meant. 

500

The secondary conflict in the story. 

Between Meimei and herself. 
500

Pun. 

Play on words that have similar sounds but different meanings.

500

Assonance. 

The repetition of vowel sounds. 

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