Figurative Language
Literary Terms
Types of Evidence
Vocabulary Words
Writing
100
My love is a red, red rose.
What is a metaphor?
100
The main character in a story of play
What is the protagonist?
100
Evidence based on events that happened in the past
What is historical evidence?
100
Thou
What is "you"?
100
The word that you should use in your thesis
What is "although"?
200
Her dress is as large as a tent.
What is a simile?
200
The character who is opposite of the protagonist
What is the antagonist?
200
Evidence that is based on a very short narrative or a story
What is anecdotal evidence?
200
To be at fault or guilty
What is "culpable"?
200
Words or phrases that link sentences and paragraphs
What is a "transition"?
300
He was as patient as Job.
What is an allusion?
300
A hint that tells or shows the reader of something that will happen later in the story
What is foreshadowing?
300
Evidence based on facts and making sense
What is logical evidence?
300
To prepare a dead body for burial to slow down decay
What is "embalming"?
300
The shortest number of sentences to have in a body paragraph
What is 5?
400
The snake hissed.
What is onomatopeia?
400
The high point of a story
What is the climax?
400
Evidence based on numbers
What is statistical evidence?
400
The words to use to begin your conclusion
What is "I wonder" or "it is interesting that ..."?
500
The empty windows of the house stared at me as I stood outside.
What is personification?
500
Something that represents something else, such as a cross
What is a symbol?
500
Evidence based on scientific studies
What is empirical evidence?
500
Geometer
What is moving forward like an inchworm?
500
The type of essay you are writing on the English II STAAR test
What is "persuasive'?
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