Literary Elements
Grammar
Sentences
Terms
Also Known As
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What is an Archetype?
A type of character or theme that reoccurs in various works of literature.
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An error in which a comma is the only means of seperating two complete sentences.
What is a comma splice?
100
This type of sentence has a subject and a verb and is one complete thought.
What is a simple sentence?
100
When the subject performs the action
What is active voice?
100
A type of mood that is a simple statement or question
What is indicative mood?
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What is an Analogy?
A literary term that compares unlike things that share a relationship.
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This grammatical term is another word for helping verb.
What is an auxillary verb?
200
This type of sentence has one independent clause and one dependent clause
What is a complex sentence?
200
The implied meaning of a word
What is connotation?
200
A run-on sentence is also known as this term
What is a fused sentence?
300
An utterance or discourse by a person who is talking to himself or herself or is disregardful of or oblivious to any hearers present .
What is a soliliquy?
300
Coordinating, Correlative, and Subordinating are all types of this part of speech
What is conjunction?
300
A sentence kind that gives a command.
What is an imperative sentence?
300
The word in which the pronoun refers
What is the antecedent?
300
Word choice is also known by this term.
What is diction?
400
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
What is a paradox?
400
Infinitives, Gerunds, and Participles are all types of this verb form
What is a verbal?
400
A compound sentence is made of two of these.
What is complete thoughts or independent clauses.
400
An argument that is said to be from specific to general.
What is inductive argument or inductive reasoning?
400
When an author's personality shines through his writing, we refer to it as this term.
What is author's style?
500
The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences.
What is Syntax?
500
How? When? and Where? answers the questions for this part of speech.
What is an adverb?
500
Ensuring that the sentence is aligned and the endings match is referred to as this term.
What is parallel structure?
500
A type of word choice that is also called slang.
What is vernacular diction?
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When a piece of writing leans toward one particular side of a social or political issue.
What is bias?
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