Figure of speech where two unlike things are compares, generally by using the word like or as.
What is a SIMILE
100
The reason for which something exists, is done, or is made.
What is PURPOSE
100
Taking something right from the text, without changing it or putting it into your own words.
What is a DIRECT QUOTE
100
A noun made from a verb by adding "-ing".
What is a GERUND
200
Modifies a verb, adjective, adverb, phrase, or clause. Indicates manner, time, place, cause, and degree.
What is an ADVERB
200
A word or phrase used to compare two unlike objects, ideas, thoughts, or feelings to provide a clearer description.
What is a METAPHOR
200
Style in which the writer delivers his/her point.
What is TECHNIQUE
200
Which type of voice is being used in this sentence? The hunter saw the deer.
What is ACTIVE VOICE
200
"To" forms of verbs.
What are INFINITIVES
300
A word added to a sentence to convey emotion
What is an INTERJECTION
300
Grammatical term meaning two or more words in a row starting with the same sounds
What is ALLITERATION
300
Literary technique which encompasses the attitudes toward the subject and toward the audience implied in a literary work.
What is TONE
300
The act of influence; trying to influence someone to take your side.
What is PERSUASION
300
The use of irony, sarcasm, or ridicule in exposing, denouncing, or deride of vice or folly.
What is SATIRE
400
Connects two words, sentences, phrases, or clauses together.
What is a CONJUNCTION
400
Literary device where human characteristics are given to inanimate objects or other non-living things
What is PERSONIFICATION
400
A restatement of the meaning of a text or passage using other words.
What is PARAPHRASE
400
To give a rundown of; give the main points of; condense.
What is SUMMARIZING
400
Literary technique which contrasts reality (what is) and appearance (what seems to be).
What is IRONY
500
Links nouns, pronouns, and phrases to other words in a sentence
What is a PREPOSITION
500
An outrageous exaggeration that emphasizes a point and can be ridiculous or funny
What is HYPERBOLE
500
The act of deriving logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true.
What is an INFERENCE
500
A result, issue, or settlement; contains a summing up of the points and a statement of opinion.
What is a CONCLUSION
500
The expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence; a story that stands for another story.