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This is what you call a book that talks about a person's life from beginning to end.
What is a biography?
This is a piece of literature that is based on imaginary people, events and worlds
What is fiction?
I am this kind of sentence that goes on and on and on without periods or when commas are used instead of periods.
What is a run-on?
The capital of the union.
What is Washington DC?
I am this kind of figurative language where two things are compared, such as this example, "I'm a baby when I get hurt."
What is a metaphor?
This is when 2 words means the same thing.
What is a synonym?
This is an essay that allows the writer to take a side and defend it.
What is an Argument or Persuasive Essay?
Specific names, titles, and places are just a few words that would need this type of letter.
What is a capital letter?
The capital of the confederacy.
What is Richmond, Virginia?
I am this kind of figurative language, such as in this example, "I cry like a baby when I get hurt."
What is a simile?
This figure of speech is being used in this sentence “The boy felt like a lion because he was so courageous” (HINT: Starts with an "S")
What is a simile?
This is what we call a short statement of the main points of a story when it is put into your own words.
What is a summary?
An incomplete sentence, such as the following is called this..."because I am tired."
What is a fragment?
The 16th president.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
A true story book about a person that is also written by this person.
What is an autobiography?
This is the a type of text which includes characters, acts, scenes and stage directions.
What is a play?
The first sentence in a paragraph that expresses the main idea of a passage.
What is a topic sentence?
This punctuation mark belongs after words, such as "WOW"
What is an exclamation mark?
In this war... the U.S. fought itself.
What is the Civil War?
I am used in an essay to make the argument stronger.
What is evidence or resource?
A word that describes a verb, as in this sentence "She ran fast."
What is an adverb?
This is conversations between characters in a literary text usually written between quotation marks.
What is dialogue?
These two words are joining words, used to bring two sentences together. You should not begin sentences with these 2 words.
What are "but" and "and"?
The winner of the Civil War.
What is the union?
I am this type of essay when you describe something in a step by step process.
What is an explanation?