Definitions
The main character in a story.
What is a protagonist?
Mrs. Rowell, peanut, fear
What are nouns?
Is between the ages of 12 and 18
What is a coming of age story?
A paragraph in poetry.
What is a stanza?
Example: The school lunch program contributes to childhood obesity.
What is a claim?
A comparison of two things using "lie" or "as"
What is a simile?
FANBOYS
What are conjunctions?
Death and rebirth
What is a hero's journey story?
Bam, Clang, Zing
What is onomatopoeia?
Example: According to Business Week, Legalized marijuana, if sold in stores at the same prices as sold on the street, would yield $40 to $100 billion in new tax revenue.
What is evidence?
Takes the place of a noun.
What is a pronoun?
above, under, next to
What are prepositions?
Trials and Failures
What is a hero's journey story?
Daily Double!!
The attribution of animal qualities to anything that isn't an animal
What is zoomorphism?
The part of your paragraph that acts as a bridge between your claim and evidence.
What is a lead-in?
Exposition
What is the background information in a story?
slowly, fairly, well
What are adverbs?
Faces their fears
What is a coming of age story?
The rhyme scheme of a normal Shakespearean sonnet.
What is..
ABABCDCDEFEFGG?
This should be the longest part of your paragraph.
What is a warrant?
Two independent clauses joined by a comma.
What is a comma splice?
am
What is a state of being verb?
The two Greek words that the English word "archetype" stems from
What are "archein" and "typos"?
The main literary device used in the poem "Steam Shovel" by Charles Malam/
What is personification?
Example: Because the FDA is trustworthy and would never approve an unsafe medication, it is okay to take this pill.
What is a warrant?