Grammar
Part of speech of "was" in the sentence "It was almost spring break."
What is a linking verb?
Every sentence you write MUST begin with this
What is a capital letter?
Meaning of the prefix anti-, such as in "antonym" or "antidote"
What is against?
Events that happen in a story
What is plot?
Text structure where the author describes the similarities and differences of two things
What is compare and contrast?
Part of speech that usually ends in the letters -ly
What is an adverb?
What you should always read first before writing an ACAP timed essay
What is the question/the prompt?
Meaning of the root phon-, such as in the word "telephone" and "symphony"
What is sound?
The hero of the story; the main character
Text structure that tells events in the order they happened
What is sequencing/sequential order?
Type of pronoun that can be removed from the sentence and the sentence still makes sense; always ends in -self or -selves
What is an intensive pronoun?
The opposite argument to the one you are taking
What is a counterclaim?
Meaning of the suffix -ian, such as in the word "pedestrian" or "musician"
Figurative language that is an overexaggeration to make a point
What is a hyperbole?
Examples of these are pictures, graphs, headings, and captions
Demonstrative pronoun used to show something that is singular and far away
What is that?
Number of BODY paragraphs in a full essay
What is 3?
Meaning of the root pod, such as in "podiatrist" or "tripod"
What is foot?
Figurative language that uses sensory language to help the reader visualize the story and appeals to their 5 senses
What is imagery?
Data or percentages that the author uses to back up their ideas
What are statistics?
A pronoun that begins a dependent clause that describes a noun--for example, in the sentence, "The class WHO raises the most money gets a pizza party."
What is a relative pronoun?
End a concluding paragraph of a persuasive essay with this; convince the reader to do something
What is a call to action?
Meaning of the root cred, such as in "credible" and "creed"
What is belief/believe?
Literary devices when the author interrupts a story's plot to tell about past events
What is a flashback?
Name of the first successful female pharaoh of Egypt
Who is Hatshepsut?