Grammar
Vocabulary
Research
Literature
Wild Card
100
A person,place or thing
What is noun
100
to take a look quickly
What is glanced
100
listing ideas on paper before choosing a topic
What is brainstorming
100
main character in a work of fiction
What is protagonist?
100
an author's attitude toward the subject
What is tone
200
he whole system and structure of a language or of languages in general, usually taken as consisting of syntax and morphology (including inflections) and sometimes also phonology and semantics.
What is grammar
200
a person who studies the way people lived in the past
What is an archaeologist
200
unauthorized use of the language and thoughts of another author and presenting them as your own
What is plagiarism
200
Literary movement associated with this author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
What is Transcendentalism
200
main idea, lesson, or insight about life
What is theme
300
an action, existence, or occurrence. In the simple sentences we used so far, the verb is mostly in the existence form. They are "am", "is", and "are"
What is verb
300
An order of a government prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its port
What is embargo
300
giving credit for ideas and sources used
What is citing/citation
300
literature that focused on the abstract world, imagery, and imagination
What is Romanticism
300
an author's word choice
What is diction
400
"A", "An", and "The" are all__________
What is articles
400
To treat as a baby
What is to coddle
400
organizational pattern that puts events in the order in which they happened
What is chronological order
400
includes literature that uses concrete images as symbols to convey theme. Often points out what is wrong with society.
What is symbolist/modernists?
400
The introductory material which gives the setting, creates the tone, presents the characters, and presents other facts necessary to understanding the story.
What is exposition
500
a sentence is the section that informs the person what the subject is or what it is doing. It is a phrase that contains a verb
What is predicate
500
to pester is to____
What is badger
500
organizational pattern that shows similarities and/or differences and uses the signal words, although, however, similarly
What is compare/contrast
500
literature that preserves ways of life from a particular region. Focuses on landscape and local color and culture.
What is Regionalism?
500
universal theme related to the idea that anyone can come to America and with hard work, get rich, famous, own a home, etc.
What is the American Dream