100 Vocabulary
Figurative Language
Essays
Punctuation
Parts of Speech
100
to honor the memory of
What is commemorate?
100
a comparison that uses "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
100
the last sentence of the introduction that conveys the main points of the essay
What is a thesis statement?
100
three dots to indicate an omission or pause in thought
What is an ellipsis?
100
these two kinds of words are used to modify
What are adjectives and adverbs?
200
a conversation between two or more people
What is dialogue?
200
"The rain kissed my face." is an example of ______________________.
What is personification?
200
words used to create a flow between paragraphs
What are transitions?
200
allows two complete thoughts to be joined together into one sentence
What is a semicolon?
200
examples of this part of speech are to accentuate, to bamboozle, to infer
What are infinitives?
300
to intentionally lower your standards
What is to deign?
300
"I looked through a thousand papers before I found the Macy's ad." is an example of _____________________.
What is hyperbole?
300
these sentences are at the beginning of body paragraphs and relate to the the thesis statement
What are topic sentences?
300
used to join words, phrases, and clauses
What is a comma?
300
pronouns that receive the action of a sentence
What are object(ive) pronouns?
400
Your words reveal your ____________________, when you don't live by them.
What is hypocrisy?
400
the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds in neighboring words ex. "It beats. . . as it sweeps . . . as it cleans!"
What is assonance?
400
the first and last paragraphs in a well-developed essay
What are the introduction and the conclusion?
400
used in some compound words, single thought adjectives, compound number words, and fractions
What is a hyphen?
400
a group of words that adds information to a sentence; it includes an object, but does not have a subject and verb
What is a prepositional phrase?
500
Successful leaders of nations rely on their abilitiy to make critical _____________________ based on evidence, not rumor or inuendo.
What is inferences?
500
"Your soothing voice is ______to my ears." _______ completes this metaphor: like a jackhammer, as sweet as a nightingale, a lullaby, pleasing
What is "a lullaby?"
500
essays are most powerful when written in the _________ voice
What is active?
500
used to introduce a list of items, after a salutation in a business letter, and to write digital times
What is a colon?
500
the 7 coordinating conjunctions
What are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so? (FANBOYS)
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