Unit 1 Academic Terms
Unit 1 Literary Terms
Unit 2 Academic Terms
Unit 2 Literary Terms
Random Trivia
100
The clear and orderly presentation of ideas in a paragraph or essay.
What is Coherence
100
A group of lines, usually similar in length and pattern, that form a unit within a poem
What is stanza
100
The elements of a text designed to help locate, understand, and organize information.
What are text features?
100
A form of writing whose purpose is to explain or inform
What is explanatory writing?
100
The largest animal currently on Earth
What is Blue Whale?
200
The exact,literal meaning of a word
What is Denotation
200
Imaginative language that is not meant to be interpreted literally (similes, metaphors, personification, etc)
What is Figurative Language?
200
The quality of being trusted trusted or believed
What is credibility?
200
A sentence, in the introduction of essays, that states the writer's position or opinion on a topic.
What is Thesis Statement?
200
The name of the kingdom where the 2013 animated movie Frozen is set
What is Arendelle
300
A category or type of literature
What is Genre
300
Words or information that appeal to the five senses
What are Sensory Details?
300
Believable or truthful
What is valid?
300
A position statement (or thesis) that asserts an idea or makes an argument.
What is claim?
300
Title of the leaders of Ancient Egypt
What is Pharoah?
400
A type of writing that tells a story or describes a sequence of events in an incident
What is Narrative
400
An object, a person, or a place that stands for something else
What is a symbol?
400
An original document containing firsthand information about a subject.
What is primary source?
400
Reasoning or facts given in opposition to an arugment
What is counterclaim?
400
Last name of Charlie in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
What is Bucket?
500
The suggested or implied meaning or emotion associated with a word- beyond its literal definition
What is Connotation
500
The methods a writer uses to develop characters; for example, through description, actions, and dialogue.
What is Characterization?
500
A discussion about or commentary on a primary source; it offers an interpretation of information gathered from primary sources
What is secondary source?
500
The art of using words to persuade in writing or speaking
What is rhetoric?
500
Colored part of the human eye
What is Iris?
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