Figurative Language
Poetry Terms
Essay Writing
Punctuation
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"This city never sleeps" is an example of this type of figurative language.

What is personification? 

100

"The leaping lizards loved the lollipops" is an example of this term. 

What is alliteration?

100

This is the place in the introduction where the thesis statement goes.

What is the last sentence (or end)?

100

The punctuation marks that separates two complete sentences joined by a conjunction (and, or, nor, but, yet, so, for)

What is a comma?

100

The attitude a writer takes towards a subject 

What is tone?

200
"Life is too much like a pathless wood" is an example of this type of figurative language. 

What is a simile?

200

"Buzz," "Hiss," and "Pow" are examples of this term, often used in poetry. 

What is onomatopoeia?

200

An informative essay does not have this type of paragraph, which must be included in an argumentative essay.

What is a concession / refutation (or counterclaim) paragraph?
200

The punctuation mark that acts as a period, separating complete sentences that are related and not joined by a conjunction

What is a semicolon?

200

The universal lesson that is explored in a work of literature

What is theme?

300
"I died of embarrassment" is an example of this form of figurative language. 

What is hyperbole?

300

"Rage againt the dying of the light" contains the repetition of vowel sounds, which is referred to by this term.

What is assonance?

300

"It freaked him out" is an example of this type of wording, which should never be used in an essay.

What is informal language? 

300

The punctuation mark used to introduce lists or to present an explanation / definition

What is a colon?
300

The rhetorical appeal that shows good character and credibility

What is ethos?

400

"My soul was a lampless sea" is an example of this type of figurative language. 

What is metaphor?

400

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or lines is often referred to by this term.

What is anaphora?

400

This must always follow a direct quote or textual evidence in a body paragraph or constructed response answer. 

What is explanation? (Development or discussion are also acceptable answers.)

400

This punctuation mark indicates explanation or interrupts an abrupt change in thought and often signals for the reader to pause

What is a dash?

400

The strategy that should be followed when giving a constructed response answer

What is ACE?

500

"That woman is pretty ugly" is an example of this type of figurative language. 

What is an oxymoron?

500

"And the silken sad uncertain rustling of the purple curtain" is an example of this word, which refers to the repetition of consonant sounds in words. (Alliteration is a form of this word.)

What is consonance?

500

The number of passages that must be referred to at least once in an EOC essay. 

What is two?

500

This is used for titles of short stories, poems, essays, articles, chapters, etc.

What are quotation marks?

500
One of the two transcendentalist writers who, along with Henry David Thoreau, believed in self-reliance, nonconformity, and the value of nature and intuition

Who is Emerson?