181-190
191-200
201-210
211-220
221-230
100
This word means opposite.
What is an antonym?
100
When a story is written and the author uses the word "I." You can tell what the author is thinking and his perspective.
What is first person point of view?
100
To hint at what is to come in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
100
Pictures created from words.
What is imagery?
100
The attitude of a writer towards their subject.
What is tone?
200
If two words are spelled the same but have different meanings they are called this.
What is a homonym?
200
The part of a story that is the turning point.
What is the climax?
200
A conversation in a short story or book. It is often enclosed by "quotation marks."
What is dialogue?
200
The motivation behind an action. Rhymes with content.
What is intent?
200
A piece of writing, based on facts and evidence, that attempts to persuade you to think or act a certain way. It requires research.
What is an argumentative essay?
300
This is located at the back of a textbook and provides definitions for the main vocabulary words.
What is a glossary?
300
The chapters of a book are listed here.
What is the table of contents?
300
To judge something based on criteria.
What is to evaluate?
300
"Better," "more beautiful," and "more intelligent," are examples of this.
What is the comparative form?
300
Omniscient means....
What is all-knowing?
400
You use this resource to find better, more interesting words for your original word.
What is a thesaurus?
400
How a story ends--when the conflict is resolved.
What is the resolution?
400
The beginning of a story, where we are introduced to the setting, characters, and the conflict.
What is the exposition?
400
A self-contradictory statement. Two examples are "I am nobody" and "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
What is a paradox?
400
Between fable and myth, the one that includes animals.
What is a fable?
500
To write the main idea and details of original, longer piece of writing.
What is to summarize?
500
The events that lead up to the climax of a story.
What is rising action?
500
When words begin with the same sound: Maria marked more milestones than anyone else.
What is alliteration?
500
When we understand why a character performs a certain action, it is called
What is character motivation?
500
A poem with three quatrains that also ends with a rhymed couplet.
What is a sonnet?
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