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Figurative Language
Essay Writing
Essay Writing II
Academic Vocabulary
Parts of Speech
100
Compares two things that are not alike by using like or as
What is simile
100
A tool we use to organize body paragraphs
What is PEEL
100
The exciting opening of an academic essay
What is a Hook
100
When and where a story takes place
What is Setting
100
person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
200
The comparison of one thing to another without the use of like ore as.
What is Metaphor
200
The "P" in the TAP acronym
Purpose
200
Gives credit to the author of the text
What is Citation
200
A shortened version of the text, using only facts
What is Objective Summary
200
action word
What is a verb?
300
is the word use of words to imitate sounds
What is an Onomatopeia
300
In an argumentative essay, the technique that introduces the other side to the argument in order to shut it down and strengthen your side
What is Counterclaim
300
Which type of academic essay needs a claim?
What is Argumentative
300
a message about life or the moral to a story
What is Theme
300
word that describes a noun
What is an adjective
400
is a repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
What is Alliteration
400
The type of essay that explains
What is informative
400
The most important part of your PEEL paragraph
What is Elaboration
400
When an author uses I, me, and my and tells a story from the narrator's personal point of view
What is First-person
400
word that describes and modifies a verb
What is an adverb
500
a figure of speech in which a thing, an idea, or an animal is given human attributes
What is Personification?
500
The type of hook that uses a surprising number
What is Surprising Fact or Statistic?
500
The meaning of the letters in FEES
What are Facts, Experts, Explain, Statistics
500
The main point of a story or paragraph that is specific to only that text
What is Central Idea
500
words made by shortening and combining two words (you should not use these in academic essays)
What is a contraction?