Define-Reading
Define-Reading
Define-Writing
Define-Writing
Define-Reading
100

The point in a narrative at which the conflict or tension hits the highest point.

Climax

100

the use of any of a variety of techniques to give an auxiliary meaning, idea, or feeling to the literal or written.

Stylistic element


100

an image or visual representation of an object.

Graphics


100

Is an adjective that follows a linking verb and modifies (i.e., refers back to) the subject of the linking verb.

Predicate adjectives

100

a statement that holds an element of belief;

Opinion


200

Occurs right after the climax, when the main problem of the story resolves.

Falling action

200

a written factual account of somebody’s life.

Memoir

200

the combination of text, sound, and/or motion video.

Multimedia

200

words and phrases that provide a connection between ideas, sentences, and paragraphs. Transitions help to make a piece of writing flow better.

Transition phrases

200

refers to the mind of the character through which the reader is told a story.

Viewpoint


300

The unfolding or solution to a complicated issue in a story.

Resolution

300

personal experience usually told in a first person. (Story from one’s life or experiences)

Personal narrative

300

Is used when we want to emphasize the action (the verb) and the object of a sentence rather than subject.

Passive voice verbs

300

are punctuation marks used within a sentence to include information that is not essential to the main point.

Brackets

300

a figurative language technique where exaggeration is used to create a strong effect.

Hyperbole

400

A series of relevant incidents that create suspense, interest, and tension in a narrative.

Rising action

400

offers a conclusion that is not supported by such data Illogical, overly general, or biased.

Faulty reasoning

400

A word that joins one part of sentence to another part of a sentence. (accordingly, also, besides..)

Conjunctive adverbs

400

is a punctuation mark consisting of three dots. Use this when omitting a word, phrase, line, paragraph, or more from a quoted passage.

Ellipse

400

a figure of speech in which a thing- an idea or an animal- is given human attributes.

Personification

500

A specific, significant moment when something begins to change.

Turning point

500

What is a synonym for Climax?

Peak, height, apex

500

When the subject of the sentence is acted on by the verb.

Passive voice

500

is a word, phrase, or clause inserted into a sentence as an explanation or afterthought.

Parenthesis

500

a verse, a line, a set, or a group of lines that appears at the end of stanza, or appears where a poem divides into different sections.

Refrains

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