Grammar
Literature
Writing
Reading
Potpourri
100
a connecting word
What is a CONJUNCTION?
100
time and place of a story
What is setting?
100
to restate information in your own words
What is paraphrase?
100
hero or main character
What is the protagonist?
100
sentence which gives a command
What is an imperative sentence?
200
modify verbs
What are ADVERBS?
200
inanimate objects are given human qualities
What is personification?
200
comparison of two dissimilar things (not using "like" or "as")
What is a metaphor?
200
three line poem with 5-7-5 syllable pattern
What is a haiku?
200
words that sound alike but are spelled differently
What are homophones?
300
part of speech that shows emotion or feeling "Wow! That was an amazing show."
What is an INTERJECTION?
300
writer provides hints to suggest future events
What is foreshadowing?
300
ideas and feelings expressed by a word
What is connotation?
300
account of a person's life written by another person
What is a biography?
300
the way a word is pronounced gives its meaning BUZZ! HISS!
What is an onomatopoeia?
400
a group of words which work together but do no make a complete sentence
What is a phrase?
400
short entertaining story used to make a point
What is an anecdote?
400
sources of information who actually participated in an event
What are primary sources?
400
poetry with no rhyme or rhythm
What is free verse?
400
words that are written alike but can have different pronunciations or meanings
What are homographs?
500
group of words that contain a subject and a verb
What is a clause?
500
part of a story where the conflict is resolved
What is the climax?
500
sources like encyclopedias, biographies and textbooks
What are secondary sources?
500
reference to a character or literary work
What is allusion?
500
an expression that has a meaning different from its actual words example: beat the clock
What is an idiom?
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