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Any letter
100
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.
What is alliteration?
100
Language that communicates meanings beyond the literal meanings of the words.
What is figurative language?
100
The use of similar grammatical constructions to express ideas that are related or equal in importance.
What is parallel structure?
100
The writer's choice regarding language, sentence structure, voice and tone in order to communicate with the reader.
What is style?
100
a writer's unique use of language that allows a reader to "hear" a human personality in the writer's work.
What is voice?
200
The intended readers of a piece of writing.
What is audience?
200
An argument that is in opposition to the claim/position provided in a piece of persuasive writing.
What is counterargument?
200
Descriptive words and phrases that appeal to one or more of the senses.
What is imagery?
200
A person, place or thing that stands for something beyond itself?
What is a symbol?
200
An organizational structure in which the writer analyzes both the reasons leading to and the results of an action, event, or trend.
What is cause/effect?
300
The position or claim the writer establishes. It must be supported with valid evidence and reasoning.
What is an argument?
300
A kind of writing that explains, defines, instructs, or clarifies information.
What is expository?
300
The writer's established intent to inform/teach, to entertain, or to persuade/convince.
What is purpose?
300
A sentence that describes the main/controlling idea that will be developed within a particular paragraph.
What is topic?
300
An account of a conversation, episode or event that happened before the beginning of a story.
What is flashback?
400
The way a writer creates and develops characters' personalities.
What is characterization?
400
Written conversation between two or more characters.
What is dialogue?
400
The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader.
What is mood?
400
The central idea; the underlying message about life or human nature that a writer wants the reader to understand.
What is theme?
400
A group of two or more lines that form a unit in a poem.
What is a stanza?
500
An organizational structure in which the writer places together characters, situations, objects, or ideas to show common and/or differing features.
What is compare/contrast?
500
A writer's use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
500
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things that are basically unlike. (Does not contain like or as)
What is a metaphor?
500
The attitude a writer takes towards a subject.
What is tone?
500
A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem.
What is meter?
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