Clauses
Vocabulary
Literary Devices
Argumentative Writing
Miscellaneous
100

A simple sentence contains only this type of clause

Independent clause

100

A Greek stem word meaning "time"

Chron

100

The literary device that compares two things without using like or as 

Metaphor


100

The name of the type claim statement that expresses your argument for your entire essay

Thesis Statement

100

Spot the issue with the spelling of this word: 


CALENDER

It should be spelled Calendar. 

200
In order for a group of words to be a clause, it must contain the following:

A subject

A verb

200

A Latin stem meaning "to lead" 

Duc

200

The literary device comparing two things USING the words like or as

Simile

200

The name of the type of claim that expresses your argument for one paragraph of the essay

Topic sentence claim

200

Spot the issue with the spelling of this word: 


COMITTEE

It should be spelled COMMITTEE

300

Identify the subject of this sentence:


After my friends and I ate dinner, we went to the movie theater.

"My friends and I"/"we"

300

A Latin stem meaning "to separate"

Cern

300

The literary device that describes when human characteristics are applied to something non-human

Personification

300

Before each quote, you must include a _____________. 


After each quote, you must include ____________. 

 -- Quote introduction 


-- MLA Citation


300
Spot the issue with the spelling of this word: 


RYTHM

It should be spelled: 


RHYTHM

400

The type of sentence that includes one independent clause and one dependent clause.

Complex sentence

400

A Greek stem meaning "self"

Auto

400

The literary device to describe when an object is used to represent a concept in Literature

Symbolism

400
When moving between ideas in a paragraph, the writer must incorporate ____________ words in order to demonstrate the relationship between different ideas in the paragraph. 

Transition

400

The word to describe the part of a story in which a series of events occur to build up to the conflict.

Rising Action

500
Identify the sentence type of the following sentence:


I went to the skateboard shop after school on Monday; it was closed.

Compound

500

A Greek stem meaning holy or sacred

"Hiero"

500

A literary device to describe an extreme exaggeration 

Hyperbole

500
Spot the issue with the following quote introduction: 

In order

500

The part of a story in which the reader is introduced to the character and the setting.

Exposition