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Vocabulary
cahsee
100
a comparison that uses like or as.
What is a simile?
100
The sentence that tells what a paragraph is about.
What is a topic sentence?
100
To go over your writing, fix it/
What is to revise?
200
a comparison that doesn't use like or as; she's a firecracker
What is a metaphor?
200
A statement that tells what a whole paper or article is about.
What is a thesis statement.
200
Every sentence must begin with this type of letter?
What is a capital letter?
300
When something turns out the opposite of its intended meaning; you try and help me up the stairs but you push me down.
What is irony?
300
A bad or negative feature of something that can be positive; one __________ to being rich is paying a lot of taxes.
What is a drawback.
300
A regular statement type sentence ends with this.
What is a period?
400
To look very closely at something; a term we also use in science.
What is analyze
400
You need this to support your claims in your writing; there was no __________ that Mr. Smith committed the crime.
What is evidence.
400
A question ends with this.
What is a question mark?
500
A kind of language where what is meant can be different than the literal meaning: example idioms like "it's raining cats and dogs."
What is figurative language?
500
Something that is demonstrably true; it is a _______ that 2 + 2 = 4
What is a fact?
500
An EXCLAMATION ends this way.
What is an exclamation point!?!?!!!!!