Grammar
Literary Devices: Fiction
Literary Devices: Nonfiction
Vocabulary
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100

A describing word

What is an adjective?

100

A comparison using like or as. EXAMPLE: Mr. Goldstein and Mr. Roach are like idols to me

what is a simile

100

An author's use of the same phrase again and again

What is repetition?

100

An argument or assertion

what is a claim or thesis?

100

seperate

Separate

200

A person place or thing

What is a noun?

200

A comparison not using like or as

What is a metaphor?

200

The people for whom a text is written?

What is audience?

200

Define analyze

to pick something apart, examine, find hidden meaning

200

pronounciation

pronunctiation

300

A connecting word, like "and."

What is a conjunction?

300

How a person in a story is described, including what traits they are assigned

What is characterization?

300

The way an author writes about something, like happy, serious, or sad

What is the tone?

300

Define implicit meaning

indirect or hidden meaning

300

defanite

definite

400

In the sentence "I kick the ball," what function of speech is the ball? Double points if you also know what function of speech "I" is.

What is the direct object? Double points: The subject

400

A subject of focus that extends throughout a fictional text, like that of family, struggle, or war?

What is theme?

400

An argument that is written against a different argument

What is a counterclaim?

400

Define hemorrhage

What is a sudden bleed?

400

misojanist

Misogynist

500
in, on, under, between, along, are all examples of what?
What is a preposition?
500

The use of language to paint a picture in the mind of the readers

What is imagery?

500

Bringing up something by saying you do not want to bring it up, like "I don't want to say Mr. Goldstein is the best teacher in the world, but he is my favorite."

What is apophasis?

500

Define unconscionable

What is morally terrible, going totally against a good conscience

500

Goldstien

Goldstein