An example of this TYPE OF IRONY is:
Sara spent an hour doing her hair. When she walked outside, it began to rain, ruining her perfect curls.
"Well, that's just PERFECT," she said.
What is verbal irony?
100
A word that turns an independent clause into a dependent clause.
What is a DEPENDENT MARKER WORD?
100
An example of this TYPE OF SENTENCE is:
This classroom smells like feet.
What is a SIMPLE SENTENCE?
200
Saying something else in your own words.
What is PARAPHRASING?
200
Clues or hints that help the reader or audience predict upcoming events in a story.
What is FORESHADOWING?
200
An example of this TYPE OF IRONY is:
Agent Wachowski is sent on a mission to bring a jewel thief in for questioning. The audience knows that the jewel thief is Wachowski's boyfriend, but Agent Wachowski has no idea!
What is DRAMATIC IRONY?
200
A clause that is a complete thought on its own.
What is an INDEPENDENT CLAUSE?
200
An example of this TYPE OF SENTENCE is:
Because it snowed all night, Birdville canceled classes the next morning.
What is a COMPLEX SENTENCE?
300
An assumption or educated guess about something based on the given information.
What is an INFERENCE?
300
Words that describe things detectable via sight, smell, hearing, taste, or touch.
What are SENSORY DETAILS?
300
An example of this TYPE OF IRONY is:
Clyde upgraded his satellite TV package. Now he has over 5,000 channels. He comes home from work, turns on his big-screen TV, but can't find anything worth watching!
What is SITUATIONAL IRONY?
300
A word that joins independent clauses together.
What is a CONJUNCTION?
300
An example of this TYPE OF SENTENCE is:
I broke my Android, so I'm using my old iPhone.
What is a COMPOUND SENTENCE?
400
The idea or feeling that a word invokes.
What is CONNOTATION?
400
The contrast between what is expected and what really happens (usually the complete opposite of what is expected).
What is IRONY?
400
An example of this TYPE OF IRONY is:
In "The Cask of Amontillado," Montresor toasts to Fortunado's "long life."
What is VERBAL IRONY?
400
A clause that needs more information to make a complete thought.
What is a DEPENDENT CLAUSE?
400
An example of this TYPE OF SENTENCE is:
Whenever I buy clothes, I aim for bargains, so I go to the thrift store.
What is a COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENTENCE?
500
***DAILY DOUBLE!***
An expert or authority on a subject, particularly in matters of taste, such as wine.
What is a CONNOISSEUR?
500
Vivid, sensory details used to help the reader visualize a scene in a story.
What is IMAGERY?
500
An example of this TYPE OF IRONY is:
In a play, two characters hate each other. They both attend a masquerade and unwittingly begin to fall in love with one another. They don't know who is behind the other mask, but the audience does!
What is DRAMATIC IRONY?
500
One uses this punctuation when two independent clauses are joined without a conjunction.
What is a SEMICOLON?
500
An example of this TYPE OF SENTENCE is:
Mr. Devlin picks up pencils off the floor, cleans the whiteboards, grades classwork, and organizes his desk every day after school.