Vague Pronouns, Active Voice, Antecedents
Is the following sentence in active voice?
Maria wrote the story.
YES
What is the first part of an argumentative writing?
Claim
What is a lesson learned?
theme
What type of figurative language is used below?
He helped her hurt head heal.
Alliteration
What is it called when you as a writer create a "picture" without stating the words directly?
Imagery
The cat chased the mouse.
YES
Evidence
What type of figurative language is the following?
My brothers are as loud as symbols clapping together.
simile
What is it called when a character is speaking in a text or story?
Dialogue
What part of the plot occurs first in a plot diagram?
Exposition: characters and setting
Is the following sentence active voice?
The mouse was chased by the cat.
NO, this is passive voice.
What is the word to use to go back to the claim with another opposing viewpoint?
Counterclaim
It felt as if I had walked a million miles to school.
Hyperbole
What are the "sentences" in a poem called?
Lines
What part of the plot diagram is the main turning point?
Climax
What is the vague pronoun?
The designer chose rich colors for the house walls, and they were beautiful.
they
What do you include at the end of a writing piece to wrap up all of your information?
Conclusion
What type of figurative language is used?
A snowball WHOOSHED past my car during the snowball fight.
Onomonopeia
What are the "paragraphs" called in a poem?
Stanzas
What part of the plot occurs after the Climax
Falling Action
What are the possible antecedents?
The designer chose rich colors for the house walls, and they were beautiful.
colors and/or walls
When there is a claim, then a counterclaim, when the opposing position argues again, what is this called?
Rebuttal
The morning sun smiled down on me as I walked to the bus.
Personification
What is it called when you create a picture as an author so the reader can see, feel, hear, smell and taste?
Sensory Details
What part of the plot occurs last in a plot diagram?
Resolution