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Associations people make with words that go beyond the literal or dictionary definition.
What is connotation?
100
A story about an elderly gentleman with large appendages emerging from his back.
What is "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings"
100
The sentence or phrase that tells the reader what an essay is going to prove.
What is a thesis statement?
100
The line structure of a haiku.
What is 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables?
100
A country that hacked Sony pictures and threatened the United States
What is North Korea?
200
The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
What is foreshadowing?
200
The name of the main character in "The Killers"
Who is Nick?
200
The opening sentence of each paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
200
The author of "The Killers."
Who is Ernest Hemingway?
200
World leader whose country is heading towards bankruptcy.
Who is Vladimir Putin?
300
A literary device that helps to establish a relationship based on similarities between two concepts or ideas.
What is an analogy?
300
What the grandma says to "The Misfit" at the end of "A Good Man Is Hard To Find."
What is "You're one of my own children."
300
The middle sections of an essay.
What are body paragraphs?
300
The name of Gary Paulsen's dog in "Woodsong."
What is Storm?
300
AFC team that clinched home field advantage through playoffs.
Who are the Patriots?
400
When the writer uses line breaks meaningfully and abruptly to either emphasize a point or to create dual meanings
What is enjambment?
400
Story about an old woman's trip through town.
What is "A Worn Path"?
400
Information that connects evidence to the main idea.
What is analysis?
400
Mr. Chapin's room number.
What is 8?
400
Film that was pulled from theaters due to international threats.
What is The Interview?
500
A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor
What is hyperbole?
500
Last line from "The Flowers".
What is "And the summer was over."
500
What you need to include after inserting information from a source.
What is a citation?
500
The number of days left in 2014 (including today).
What is 9?
500
The weather forecast for Christmas Day.
What is rainy?
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