Makes a comparison between two distinct things without using any linking words.
What is a metaphor
100
The writer's reason for creating a work or using particular language.
What is the author's purpose?
100
Words that have the opposite meaning.
What is antonym?
100
The sentence in the introduction that discusses the central topic of the essay.
What is thesis statement?
100
Either..or, Neither...nor, Not only...but also, Both...and,
What is a Coorelative Conjunction
200
A comparison between two things that are similar in some respects.
What is an analogy?
200
A conclusion drawn from evidence or reasoning.
What is an inference?
200
Giving human characteristics to non-living things.
What is personification?
200
The writer includes himself using the pronouns I, me, my, mine, we, us, and our.
What is first person point of view?
200
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
What is a Coordinate Conjunction
300
The representation in language of sensory details. What can be seen, heard, touched, tasted, and smelled.
What is imagery?
300
Statements that can be proven.
What is a fact?
300
Contradictory ideas placed together to form a desired expression.
What is an oxymoron?
300
When the writer speaks directly to the reader. In writing the informative essay, students should never use this using the pronouns you or your.
What is second person point of view?
300
"How does the image of the gas attack being like 'a big, soft jelly-fish' effective?" asked the teacher.
What is a quote withing a quote?
400
A fixed, distinctive, and often colorful expression whose meaning cannot be understood from the actual word meanings. "To have somebody in stitches." or "To let the cat out of the bag." Understood by cultures.
What is an idiom?
400
Words that have the same meanings.
What is Synonym?
400
A reference to history, science, art, religion, sports, mythology..etc.
What is an allusion?
400
When the writer writes about other people or groups of people, and the audience knows all of the characters' thoughts and feelings.
What is third person omniscient point of view?
400
A word or group of words that describe or restrict the meaning of another word or group of words.