What are First-Person, Third-Person Limited, and Third-Person Omniscient?
100
"Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full!
One for the master, one for the dame,
And one for the little boy who lives down the lane."
What is Rhyme?
100
The first step in the writing process
What is brainstorming?
100
A person, place, or thing.
What is a noun?
200
a cut (noun)
What is a Laceration?
200
The central message of the story, usually about life or human nature.
What is Theme?
200
"His words were a dagger, stabbing at my heart."
What is metaphor? or, What is personification?
200
The typical length of an essay in RELA class
What is a five-paragraph essay?
200
"Mad as a hatter" or "A penny for your thoughts" or "Don't judge a book by it's cover"
What is an idiom/cliche?
300
the process of understanding through thought, experience, and the senses (Noun)
What is Cognition?
300
5 Stages of Plot
What are Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution?
300
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Or
She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
What is Alliteration?
300
An essay which shows the similarities and differences between two texts.
What is compare and contrast?
300
The English language "borrows" words from other languages on a regular basis. Can you name an example?
What is sushi, otaku, stein, bratwurst, chutzpah, cider, macabre, schmooze, and many others!
400
complicated; highly convoluted (adjective)
What is Labyrinthine?
400
The struggle between opposing forces in a narrative.
100 Point Bonus: The six types
What is conflict?
What are Character vs Character, Character vs Nature, Character vs Society, Character vs Technology, Character vs Fate, and Character vs Self?
400
"The moan of doves in immemorial elms,
And murmuring of innumerable bees…”
‘Come Down, O Maid’ by Alfred Lord Tennyson
What is Onomatopoeia?
400
The opening statement of your writing; an interesting story or phrase which catches the reader's eye...
What is a hook?
Or What is an opening statement/sentence?
400
The movement or ideology that opposes disestablishment, also the longest word in the English language.
What is Antidisestablishmentarianism?
500
praiseworthy (adjective)
What is Creditable?
500
An example of a Universal Theme
What is "Love Conquers All," "Kharma," "Tell the Truth," etc.
500
"This place is like a Garden of Eden!"
Or
"Don’t act like a Romeo in front of her."
What is an Allusion?
500
When including part of the source text in your writing, you should always...
What is cite your sources?
Or
What is "put it in quotation marks"?
500
Some words and phrases are spelled the same, whether they are read left-to-right or right-to-left. Examples include 'racecar', 'step on no pets', and 'taco cat'