This English word is borrowed from the French word "croute," meaning crust
What is Crouton
100
You can start a fire with this, but it's also a group of baby felines
What is a kindle (of kittens)
100
Sentences or words that have more than one possible meaning
What is ambiguous
100
The expression of similar or related ideas in a similar grammatical form, which you might also know from geometry
What is Parallelism
100
These act like mini thesis statements and should represent the main points of your paragraphs
What are Topic Sentences
200
This popular term is borrowed from two French words meaning "to see again"
What is De ja vu
200
A group of Baboons (or elected politicians)
What is a Congress
200
Words or phrases that mean the same thing backwards or forwards
What is Palindromes
200
Most common point of view in fiction writing, and also the traditional (but not only) form for essay writing.
What is 3rd Person
200
Modern Language Association and the American Psychological Association govern methods used to do this
What is Cite Sources
300
This word originates from the Spanish word "cargar," which means "to load."
What is Cargo
300
Also a bag used to carry arrows, it's a group of cobras
What is Quiver
300
These phrases when put together mean the exact opposite of each other
What is Oxymoron
300
A set of structured rules that govern the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in the English language and whose utterance imparts dread into students.
What is Grammar
300
A restatement of a collection of sentences from a source in the writer's own words that must be cited
What is Paraphrase
400
This English word for a popular instrument coes fromt he ancient Greek word "kethara" which was a type of harp
What is guitar
400
A group of cod is well educated here...
What is School
400
A word that sounds just like what it signifies
What is Onomotopoeia
400
"Covered with hot melted cheese, we ate the pizza" is an example of this often funny "suspended" grammatical term
What is Dangling Modifier
400
Quotes, paraphrases, facts and statistics used to prove the point made by your thesis statement
What is Evidence or Support
500
This word for a purple gemstone is taken from a French word of nearly identical spelling.
What is amethyst
500
A group of iguanas isn't tidy
What is a Mess
500
"I have told you a million times not to exaggerate!" is an example of this term.
What is Hyperbole
500
I declare this kind of sentence shows a strong emotion and always ends with the same punctuation!
What is Exclamatory
500
The main claim your paper makes or the "umbrella" covering your paper