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Fiction
Writing
Writing 2.0
Poetry
Literary Devices
100
Time and place where a story takes place
What is the setting?
100
Planning process used in all types of writing
What is pre-writing?
100
Main idea in an argumentative essay
What is a claim?
100
When the same word is used multiple times for emphasis
What is repetition?
100
Buzz, hiss, and plop are examples
What is an onomatopoeia?
200
Series of events within a story
What is the plot?
200
Acronym used for the parts of an informational essay
What is HIT?
200
Main idea in an informational essay
What is a thesis?
200
A group of lines in poetry
What is a stanza?
200
Trees dancing in the breeze is an example
What is personification?
300
The writer's attitude toward a subject
What is tone?
300
Where a thesis and claim should be located
What is the last sentence in the first paragraph?
300
Acronym used for the parts of a body paragraph
What is TIDE?
300
Pattern of rhyme; Possibly abab cdcd or abcd
What is rhyme scheme?
300
Adam's aging alligator is an example of this sound device
What is alliteration?
400
When the narrator is also a character in the story
What is first person point of view?
400
The T in TIDE stands for this
What is a topic sentence?
400
Part of an argumentative essay that addresses the objections of the opposing viewpoint
What is the counterclaim?
400
A poem made up of only 3 lines and 17 syllables
What is a haiku?
400
My love is like a red, rose rose.
What is a simile?
500
This person is the author of "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "Annabel Lee"
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
500
Information from text or research that is used to prove/support the main idea
What is evidence?
500
Explains the meaning and significance of evidence
What is elaboration?
500
A long narrative poem focusing on a hero
What is an epic?
500
A reference to a religious, historical, mythological, or other well-known event or person
What is an allusion?