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181-190
191-200
201-210
100
We use this word to ask a question about people.
What is who?
100
What we call the letters "a," "e," "i," "o," and "u."
What are vowels?
100
Parts of words that come at the beginning of a word.
What are prefixes?
100
Pictures created from words.
What is imagery?
100
The attitude of a writer towards their subject.
What is tone?
200
We use this word to ask a question about places.
What is "where"?
200
The punctuation mark we use to show possession (Lucas's mom) and to make a contraction (I'm).
What is an apostrophe?
200
Parts of words that come at the end of words.
What are suffixes?
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
We use this at the end of a statement, not a question.
What is a period?
300
The short form of two words, for example, did not = didn't.
What is a contraction?
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
What we call action words.
What are verbs?
400
The first sentence of a paragraph. It has the topic and opinion of the paragraph.
What is the topic sentence?
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
The verb tense that talks about things that happened before now.
What is the past tense?
500
The details that support or explain the topic sentence of a paragraph.
What are the supporting details?
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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