figurative language
nonfiction text structures
elements of a short story
Vocabulary
random
100

Giving a nonhuman human characteristics

What is personification?

100

Pictures, diagrams, charts, graphs, or other media that illustrate the information in the essay.

What are text features?

100

where and when an event takes place in a short story

What is setting

100

A stone marker set at the head of a grave

 a headstone

100

a struggle between a person or an outside force

What is external conflict

200

a direct comparison of two different things

What is metaphor

200

An alphabetical list of all the sources you used in your essay with web addresses, dates, and author's names for reference.

What is a Works Cited page?

200

the most intense or exciting high point of a short story

What is climax

200

Another word for unwise

What is imprudent

200

a sign or warning of whats going to happen next

What is foreshadowing

300
extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole
300

When you state the name of another author, company, or website AND the date of publication at the end of a sentence in which you used someone else's words, but did not plagiarize, within your essay.  

What is an in-text citation?

300

the main events of a short story

What is plot

300

When something is sticking out in a way that blocks or constricts.

What is protruding?

300

visually descriptive or figurative language

What is imagery

400
the use of words that sound like what they mean, such as "hiss," "buzz," "slam," and "boom"
What is onomatopoeia
400

The basis of an argument from which reasoning proceeds is the...

What is a premise?

400

the lesson or moral of a story

What is theme

400

An assertion of something as a fact within an essay or argument.

What is the claim?

400

Using prior knowledge and what you read to determine what is happening.

What is inference?

500
the repeated use of the same constant at the beginning of words
What is alliteration
500

Medicine has a history spanning many thousands of years and specialized establishments for treating the sick have also existed for eons. Despite the fact that function of hospitals have not changed much during the last century, technological and scientific progress has made possible treatment approaches that could not have been implemented a hundred years ago and made a large contribution to health care. The main differences between hospitals today and a century ago are improved surgical techniques, the safer use of anesthesia, and safer childbirth procedures.

What is compare and contrast?

500

the perspective from which the story's told

What is point of view

500

The vocabulary an author uses to show how he or she feels about a topic.

What is tone?

500

a comparison between two things: _______is to_______as_________is to___________

What is analogy