Figurative Language
Poetry Terms
Grammar Terms
Testing Terms
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100

a comparison of 2 things using like or as

simile

100
a type of poetry that follows no rhyming pattern

free verse

100

all sentences must have a 

subject and predicate

100

these are two types of writings that we will do

SCR and ECR

100

this is the text or passage

selection

200

I'm so tired I could sleep for a million years.

hyperbole
200

the author's feelings towards the poem's subject

tone

200

A compound sentence includes what?

2 independent clauses put together with a comma and conjunction 

200

the amount of characters in an ECR

2300

200

to tell more means to

elaborate

300

giving human qualities to something that is not human

personification

300

a change in tone, attitude, structure, idea, etc.

shift

300

although, because, if, since, before are examples of what (MUST give the EXACT term)

subordinating conjunctions 

300

the amount of characters in an SCR

475

300

this is when the majority of the conflict is happening

rising action

400

a phrase that is not meant to be taken literally

idiom

400

words or phrases that appeal to the reader's five senses and that help the reader visualize

sensory language /  imagery

400
A comma will go after the dependent clause if the dependent clause starts the sentence. True or false?

True

400

Your ECR affects your grade what percentage?

18%

400

another word for the resolution

denouement

500

reference to a well-known work of literature, a famous person, or historical event

allusion

500

word, line, or phrase that is repeated within the lines of a stanza

refrain

500

this punctuation mark is used to join 2 independent clauses and takes the place of a comma and a FANBOYS

semicolon

500

this is when there is a space before the beginning of each paragraph 

indent

500
the amount of points that you can earn on the STAAR test

56