Vocab Words
What is the task or question you must respond to in an essay?
What is Ms. Rae’s favorite color?
What is... Pink!
A comparison using “like” or “as.”
What is... Simile!
Which vocab word describes the use of vivid sensory details?
What is... Imagery!
What part of speech is a person, place, thing, or idea?
What is... Noun!
What is the author’s attitude toward the subject?
What is... Tone!
What is the name of Ms. Rae’s dog?
What is... Gracie!
A direct comparison saying one thing is another.
What is... metaphor!
Which vocab word is used to describe the support you give to prove a claim?
What is... Evidence!
What part of speech describes an action or state of being?
What is... Verb!
What is the claim you make in response to the prompt?
What is... Thesis!
What is Ms. Rae’s favorite TV show at the moment?
What is... Big Brother!
Giving human qualities to non-human things.
What is... Personification!
If a student carefully explains “why” their evidence matters, they are doing what?
What is... Analysis!
What part of speech modifies a noun?
What is... Adjective!
What is the way words are arranged in a sentence?
What is... Syntax!
What is Ms. Rae's middle name?
What is... Rae
A repeated idea, image, or symbol in a text.
What is... motif!
When a writer’s argument shows depth and multiple perspectives, it demonstrates what?
What part of speech connects words, phrases, or clauses?
What is... Conjunction!
What is the deliberate choice of words by an author?
What is... Diction!
If Ms. Rae could do anything other than teaching, what would she do?
What is... A professional play list creator!
A contradiction that still seems true, like “less is more.”
What is... Paradox!
Which vocab term describes the structure of how an argument is built and supported?
What is... Line of reasoning!
What part of speech expresses sudden emotion or reaction?
What is... Interjection!