Word Wall/ Roots
Shurley
Writing
Figurative Language
Literature/Plot
100
the way the old man felt when he became aware someone may be stalking him
What is consternation?
100
This part of speech functions to express a state of being.
What is a linking verb?
100
A transitional phrase
What is however, furthermore, in the light of this, additionally, experts agree...
100
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
What is alliteration?
alliteration- the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
100
Central character or leading figure in poetry, narrative, novel or any other story. An example is
What is the protagonist? What is (answer varies)?
200
the opposite of Happy and excited: bubbling over with enthusiasm
What is forlorn?
200
PrN and PrP
What is a predicate noun and predicate pronoun?
200
good, small, said
What is beneficial, diminutive, asserted?
Replace Rest in Peace words!!!
200
Jumbo shrimp, plastic silverware, bittersweet, crash landing
What is an oxymoron?
200
The theme of Edgar Allen Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart 
What is guilt, insanity, time?
300
Sentio
What is to feel, sense, or perceive?
300
Three examples of prepositions include
What is after, across, in, near, on, behind...?
300
A thesis is
What is a claim and three main ideas?
300
Details that help the. reader see, smell, hear, taste, and feel (tangibly) things without actually experiencing them.
What is sensory imagery?
300
An example of suspense from the Diary of Anne Frank
What is (answers vary)?
400
An example of the words conspicuous in a sentence
What is (example sentence)?
400
The pattern of this sentence.
His new bike is extremely shiny.
What is pattern 5, (SN, LV, PA)?
400
An argumentative essay consists of an introduction, body paragraphs, a conclusion, and two more components.
What is a counterclaim and rebuttal?
400
An example of comparing something with like or as
What is (simile example)?
400
An unreliable narrator is
What is not trustworthy or credible?
500
An example of a word with the root pseudos? What does it mean?
What is pseudos? What is pseudoscientist, pseudopregnancy, pseudonym?
500
The pattern of this sentence.
The large book on the shelf is a dictionary.
What is pattern 4, (SN, LV, PrN)?
500
A hook strategy is an attention-getter. There are several strategies, an example of a hook I have created is...
What is (hook example)?
500
Macavity the cat is described as "He's outwardly respectable. (They say he cheats at cards.)" This is figurative language.
What is personification?
500
The correct order of the plot diagram consists of five parts.
What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?