Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers contains what type of figurative language (figure of speech)?
What is alliteration?
100
In the plot, it is the most intense and dramatic part of a story. Also, could be called the turning point.
What is the climax?
100
This is an example of this kind of mistake in writing. "The first day of spring was warm the next day there was a downpour."
What is a run-on sentence?
100
The use of a person, place, thing or event that stands for itself and represents some other meaning, as well.
Ex: The American flag for freedom, or white dove for peace, the scarlet ibis for Doodle
What is a symbol?
100
The part you should read first when you get to a new passage.
What are the directions?
200
"The sun was gloriously warm on my skin, the trees swayed slightly in the breeze, the grass felt cool under my feet, and the birds chirped loudly nearby." This is an example of this element of style in writing.
What is sensory language or imagery?
200
As a part of the plot, this is the beginning of the narrative where characters, setting, and conflict are first introduced.
What is the exposition?
200
This is an example of this kind of mistake in writing. "When I was a little girl."
What is a sentence fragment?
200
The purpose of the author when he writes an essay wanting people to agree with his point of view.
What is to persuade?
200
The number of paragraphs in an expository essay for the STAAR test.
What is four?
300
"Her hair is so shiny and soft it is like spun silk" is an example of this kind of figurative language.
What is a simile?
300
A technique in which an author gives clues about something that will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
300
The types of nouns you must capitalize when you write.
What are proper nouns?
300
The central message or meaning that the author tries to convey in a piece of literature that relates to everyday life or human experiences.
Ex: Love conquers all
What is the theme of a story?
300
The number of reasons that need to be in your thesis statement to support your opinion in an expository essay.
What is two?
400
"The sun smiled over the city on this hot summer day" is an example of this kind of figurative language.
What is personification?
400
This expresses the writer's attitude toward or feelings about the subject matter and audience. Examples could be depressing, hopeful, sad, suspenseful, cheerful, etc.
What is the tone of a literary work?
400
This is an example of this kind of mistake in writing. "When i was a Freshman, I loved to eat cheese."
What is a capitalization error? (freshman should not be capitalized)
400
The purpose of a writer when writing an essay on the discovery of a new planet much like earth 5 billion light years away.
What is to inform?
400
To use prior knowledge and observations to make an educated guess or prediction about an author's purpose or meaning of a story.
What is an inference or to infer?
500
"This place is my heaven, full of love and joy. The sounds of my children are the sounds of angels swirling around me, leading me into eternal bliss." -is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
500
This is the struggle between two opposing forces usually a protagonist and an antagonist in a work of literature.
What is a conflict?
500
The comma should always come BEFORE this when using it to combine two complete sentences into one sentence. Ex. "I love to eat cheese as a snack, but my sister likes to eat apples."
What is a FANBOYS? (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
500
The style of writing used when a writer is responding in a prompt to the question "Should students be required by law to attend school until the age of 17?"