Definitions
Stories
Writing Strategies
A Little Bit of This and That
100

THE MEssage of a piece of literature.

What is theme

100

The name of the cat in the short story by Cynthia Rylant about the little boy Gabriel who found the cat on a street corner and it made his life complete.

Who is Spaghetti? 


100

What is the first step in the writing process?

What is brainstorming or prewriting

100

A comparison between two things using like or as.

What is a simile?

200

"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of what type of literary device? 

What is alliteration?

200

In "The Most Dangerous Game," what does General Zaroff hunt? 

Humans or people 

200

Hang your coat on this...it is the first sentence in your introduction of an essay. 

What is a hook?

200

The subject of the sentence, "The dog slept on the couch."

What is dog?

300

An exaggeration for effect, e.g., "I’m so hungry I could eat a horse."

What is hyperbole?

300

In "The Tell Tale Heart," this body part of the old man made the narrator freak out. 

What is his eye?  

300

The persuasive strategy called where you try to persuade people with emotions? Sad dogs anyone? 

What is pathos?

300

Bed, head, fed, are examples of what?

What are words that rhyme?

400

A figure of speech that compares two unrelated things, typically by stating that one thing is another. Ex. That party was the bomb. 

What is a metaphor?

400

The beginning part of a story where we get to know the characters, setting, and plot.  

What is the exposition?

400

If the sad dogs didn't persuade you to donate, maybe this approach using facts and statistics like 90% of animals entering a shelter are saved will.

What is logos?

400

The best coordinating conjunction to combine these two independent clauses..."I have a test tomorrow. I need to study."

What is so?

500

A sentence that states the main idea or argument of an essay.

What is thesis or claim. 

500

The step in the writing process where you check for grammar and spelling errors. 

What is editing?

500

In an argumentative essay, this paragraph is essential otherwise you have just a plain old persuasive essay. 

What is the counter argument or counterclaim paragraph? 

500

"on saturday, we went to the park" is a sentence that requires this many capital letters total.

What is two (O and S)?

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