Grammar
Logic and Research
Communication
Writing
Literary Terms
100
Used before fanboys to separate independent clauses.
What is a comma?
100
Two web domains that decrease a sources credibility.
What is .com and .net?
100
Highlights the main points of a passage. It is typically thought of as short.
What is a summary?
100
These words are extremely descriptive.
What is a vivid word?
100
The use of irony, sarcasm, or ridicule to expose a mistake.
What is satire?
200
Precedes a list or quote.
What is a colon?
200
The information that an in-text citation contains.
What is author's last name and page number?
200
Highlights the main points and supporting details of a passage in original words.
What is a paraphrase?
200
These words are very precise or exact.
What is a specific word?
200
A story in which all of the characters symbolize an idea. Think of The Crucible.
What is allegory?
300
Used between compound adjectives.
What is a hyphen?
300
A preference toward or against something that clouds your judgment and can affect the validity of writing and research.
What is bias?
300
Establishes a clear, contrasting relationship between ideas by joining them together or juxtaposing them.
What is antithesis?
300
This sentences does not relate to the thesis or main idea.
What is an irrelevant sentence?
300
A universally recognized element that recurs across literature and life.
What is archetype?
400
A statement that refutes an argument or proves it to be false.
What is rebuttal statement?
400
Structure of a speech in which the writer suggests an idea and gives reasons why it should happen.
What is proposition-support?
400
This contains the main idea and the author's opinion on the main idea.
What is the thesis statement?
400
Point of view in which the narrator tells the story without describing any of the characters' thoughts or feelings.
What is 3rd person objective?
500
Used to separate two independent clauses of equal weight. No fanboy needed.
What is a semicolon?
500
Any reason that leads to a conclusion.
What is premise?
500
This is what the speaker is trying to convince his or her audience of.
What is the thesis?
500
These can explain why an author wrote a particular piece. Think of pie.
What is persuade, inform, and entertain?
500
A piece of dialogue intended for the audience and supposedly not heard by the other actors on stage.
What is aside?
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