Poetic Devices
Literary Terms
Writing an Essay
Homophones
Commas
100

"Her smile was like a warm hug" is an example of one.

What is a simile?

100

The main character in a piece of literature.

What is the protagonist?

100

The last sentence in the introduction.

What is the thesis statement?

100

The two meanings of "it's."

What are it is and it has?

100

This is a phrase that renames the noun that comes before it.

What is an appositive?

200
"His anger was an erupting volcano" is an example of this.

What is a metaphor?

200

The moment that gets the story moving.

What is the inciting incident?

200

The first sentence in a body paragraph.

What is the claim?

200

The word that would be used in this sentence:

That's ______ coat over there.

What is y-o-u-r?

200

and, but, or, nor, for, yet, so

What are conjunctions?

300

"She should have shut the shed" is an example of this.

What is alliteration?

300

The untwisting or unraveling of the story.

What is the denouement or resolution?

300

The last sentence in a body paragraph.

What is the restatement of claim?

300

When someone will take something, they will do this.

What is a-c-c-e-p-t it?

300

"Hello, John!" is an example of this type of comma.

What is noun of address?

400

An extreme exaggeration.

What is a hyperbole?

400

When the narrator is the character in the story.

What is first person point of view?

400

This has to be given right after each proof.

What is an explanation of proof?

400

This word shows that something belongs to it.

What is i-t-s?

400

It's the comma that comes before "and" in a list.

What is the Oxford comma?

500

Descriptive language that paints a picture in the reader's mind.

What is imagery?

500

The feeling of the setting of a story.

What is the mood?

500

What you put between paragraphs in an essay.

What are transitions?

500

This is a contraction for you are.

What is y-o-u-'-r-e?

500

To begin, you need a comma after this type of phrase.

What is an introductory phrase?