A word having the opposite meaning from the original word.
What is an Antonym?
100
locking your breaks
What is screach?
100
Short stories and poems are written for this purpose; the author uses imagery and descriptive details to create a certain feeling.
What is to convey a mood?
100
The point at which the suspense has been building to.
What is climax?
100
Susan Beth pfeffer wrote about a cataclysmic event that changed the world. A meteor crashes into the moon, sending it dangerously close to the earth, causing tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic erruptions.
What is "Life as we Knew it?"
200
A transition in a story to an earlier time, which interrupts the normal chronological order of events. (Like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)
What is a Flashback?
200
Rhymes with sang
What is bang?
200
Contains many sensory details (adjectives) which envokes imagery.
Paints a picture in your mind.
What is to Describe?
200
the people in the story
Who are the Characters?
200
The vamp novel Series that also has a TV show. However, the characters on screen are in sharp contrast to the author's descriptions.
What is Vampire Diaries?
300
A comical piece of writing which makes fun of an individual or society to expose stupidity, weaknesses, and/or shortcomings. (The Daily Show, Tosh.O, The Soup)
What is Satire?
300
a balloon bursting
What is pop?
300
Contains mostly opinions, the author is trying to convince/get you to do something; support a cause; buy something. (Political speeches and advertisements)
What is Persuade?
300
Time and place
What is the Setting?
300
S.E. Hinton wrote this novel while (a junior) still in high school. It will soon be a new TV series.
What is the Outsiders?
400
An indirect or passing reference designed to call something to mind without explicitlymentioning it. "He's a real Romeo with the ladies."
What is Allusion?
400
The sound of ice breaking.
What is crack?
400
A story does more than entertain; it has a clear moral lesson to teach the reader. (Fables and fairy tales)
What is to teach a lesson?
400
A synonym for struggle
What is the conflict?
400
Sequel to Hunger Games
What is Catching Fire?
500
She sits on silk sheets. On silk sheets she sits.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
What is Alliteration?
500
The three characters onthe Rice Krispies Cereal box.
What is snap, crackle, pop?
500
Contains mostly facts; articles, textbooks, and research papers are written for this purpose. Also called 'Explain.'
What is to Inform?
500
The part of the book/story that sets the stage for the drama to follow. It introduces the theme, the setting, characters, and circumstances at the story's beginning.