Persuasive
Poetry
Fiction
Writing
Feelin' Lucky
100

an author's main idea

What is the central idea/controlling idea?

100

A paragraph in a poem

What is a stanza?

100

When, where, and what is happening when a story takes place

What is the setting?

100

An incomplete sentence

What is a fragment?

100

The why behind things an author does.

What is author's purpose?

200

Support of claims

What is the evidence?

200

Pattern of end rhyme in poetry

What is rhyme scheme?

200

Physical description, action, inner thoughts, reactions, and speech of a character

What is characterization?

200

Two complete sentences connected by conjunction and a comma

What is a compound sentence?

200

The universal message of a piece of writing

What is theme?
300

When an author addresses the claim opposing their own.

What is a counterclaim?

300

Intentional continued use of words or phrases

What is repetition?

300
When a character says something but means opposite

What is verbal irony?

300

A sentence fragment with a subordinating conjunction connected to a complete sentence.

What is a complex sentence?

300

An object or a color that represents something else.

What is symbolism?

400

An ending statement that calls the reader to do something with the information they are given.

What is a call to action?

400

Comparison using is or are

What is a metaphor?

400

When the audience is aware of something that the characters are not

What is dramatic irony?

400

Your main argument in a persuasive piece

What is thesis statement?

400

The author's attitude or feelings towards the subject of their writing

What is tone?

500

Evidence that is research-based

What is empirical evidence?

500

Two lines of poetry with the same end rhyme

What is a couplet?

500

A very specific way to categorize character types

What is Archetype? 
500

Punctuation that connects two complete sentences with the same topic.

What is a semicolon?

500

In a piece of writing when an author makes a reference to another piece of literature, movies, TV show, etc.

What is an allusion?

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