C is for Cookie
Housekeeping
Peas in a Pod
Santa Clause
Alphabet Soup
100
The main argument or mini thesis in a paper.
What is a claim?
100
A punctuation mark which is found between two independent clauses.
What is a semi-colon?
100
The use of one word to describe two other words.
What is zeugma?
100
A phrase that has both a subject and a verb but does not complete a thought.
What is a dependent clause?
100
A category with a specific style.
What is genre?
200
An overused phrase that lacks originality.
What is cliché?
200
The reasoning behind ones opinion.
What is an argument?
200
A sentence with two parts in which the second part mirrors the first.
What is chiasmus?
200
A phrase that contains both a subject and a verb and gives a complete thought.
What is an independent clause?
200
A sentence expressed with great emphasis.
What is an emphatic sentence?
300
Words that sound harsh.
What is cacophony?
300
Background information on the characters and setting.
What is exposition?
300
Repeating words or phrases in different clauses.
What is epistrophe?
300
A group of words which gives extra information.
What is a non-restrictive clause?
300
An error in grammar or spelling.
What is sic?
400
Words which refer to things we can experience through our 5 senses.
What is concrete?
400
A sentence in which the independent clause is at the end.
What is a periodic sentence?
400
Repeating the same grammatical set up in different parts of a sentence.
What is a parallel sentence?
400
Important information in a sentence.
What is an essential clause?
400
A person or situation which has contradicting characteristics.
What is paradox?
500
A word with a double meaning. One meaning being the literal definition and the other being an implied meaning.
What is connotative?
500
A sentence in which the independent clause is at the beginning of the sentence.
What is a loose sentence?
500
Sentences which have similar structure and length.
What is isocolon?
500
A phrase which gives essential information in a sentence.
What is a restrictive clause?
500
A phrase that contains a double negative.
What is litote?