Example:
"Bees invaded. They marauded. Humans suffered."
What is an example of Staccato Sentences-(Sentence Length.)
100
"Babbling babies bother Bobby"
what is alliteration
100
This acronym is used as a strategy prior to writing and can help an author plan and organize their thoughts. It can also be used to thoroughly read another's work.
What is SOAPstone
100
Exercise can build biceps and tone muscles, but this daily brain work out will help enhance your vocabulary, strengthen your writing and hone your analytical skills
what is reading !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
100
the primary language spoken in Brazil?
What is Portuguese
200
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness..."
What is Antithesis
200
"Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health!"
what is oxymoron
200
this three sided shape helps us think about these 3 major components prior to writing a speech
What is the rhetorical triangle: subject, speaker and audience
200
These words and phrases can make or break your essay
What are transitions
200
Although he eventually faced impeached, this president is famous for playing the saxaphone on the Arsenio Hall show
Who is Bill Clinton
300
a person that starts every sentence with "the" or "I" has a problem with this
What is sentence variety-sentence beginnings
300
An author uses this repetitive device to create rhythm, or to appeal to the emotions of the audience in order to persuade, inspire, motivate and encourage
What is anaphora
300
The proper place for a word, or group of words, which the writer desires to make most prominent, is usually the end of a sentence.
What is emphatic word order
300
you do not need a specific number of these to create a paragraph.
What is sentences
300
This game show has won more Emmy awards than any other game show in the U.S
what is Jeopardy
400
"The fields were fruitful, and starving men moved on the roads."
(John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, 1939)
what is a compound sentence
400
“nothing that is not there and the nothing that is,"
What is paradox
400
A visual image or small story created by the author to demonstrate and support their central claim.
What is anecdote
400
This formulaic essay has been widely regarded and taught as the best way to structure one's thoughts into writing.
What is the FPE
400
This Fresno, American novelist, playwright and short story writer won an Academy Award in 1943 for the film adaption of his novel "The Human Comedy"
Who is William Saroyan
500
"Consume you it will, like Obi-Wan’s apprentice.”
vs.
"It will consume you as it did Obi-Wan's apprentice."
What is passive and active voice
500
"What gunpowder did for war, the printing press has done for the mind."
What is analogy
500
In literature, the term refers to the use of words with sharp, harsh, hissing and unmelodious sounds primarily those of consonants to achieve desired results.
What is cacophony
500
good writers are always this
What are readers
500
This inventor is famous for his groundbreaking work with the peanut