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100

The wild dog barked aggressively at the man

"Man" is what part of speech?

What is a noun?

100

A word that sounds like what is is describing, such as "buzz" or "splat"

What is an onomatopoeia?

100
A struggle between two opposing forces

What is conflict?

100

A piece of a word that gets added to the beginning of a word and alters its meaning

What is a prefix?

100

This is what it is called when you use someone else's work and present it as your own

What is plagiarism?

200

The wild dog barked aggressively at the man.

"Barked" is what part of speech?

What is a verb?

200

The repetition of a letter or letter sound at the beginning of several words in a sentence or phrase

What is an alliteration?

200

The compilation of traits of a character in a work of literature

What is characterization?

200

A piece of a word that gets added to the end of a word and alters its meaning

What is a suffix?

200

This is what you must do when you've used someone else's work to help you create your own work

What is cite it?

300

The wild dog barked aggressively at the man.

"Wild" is what part of speech?

What is an adjective?

300

The act of giving human qualities to a non-human thing or creature

What is personification?

300

The main idea of a paragraph, article, passage, chapter, etc.

What is central idea?

300

Words that are extremely close in meaning

What are synonyms?

300

This is the name of the page where you put your citations

What is a works cited page?

400

The wild dog barked aggressively at the man.

"Aggressively" is what part of speech?

What is an adverb?

400

A comparison of two things using the word "like" or "as"

What is a simile?

400

The universal message, lesson, or idea that the author conveys (tells) to the reader

What is theme?

400

Words that are opposite in meaning

What are antonyms?

400

The informal name for a citation that you place within your actual writing or assignment

What is an in-text citation?

500

The only part of speech that changes based on tense

What is a verb?

500

A comparison of two things without using the word "like" or "as"

What is a metaphor?

500

The way the narrator treats the subject they're talking about

What is tone?

500

This is how you would change the meaning of the word "optimal" using a prefix that means "less" or "below"

What is add the prefix sub- to create suboptimal?

500

The formal name for an in-text citation

What is parenthetical documentation?

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