A form of figurative language that directly compares two things by using the words "like" or "as."
What is simile?
100
In this genre, the subject being written about is true and factual.
What is non-fiction?
100
Just like prose is chunked into paragraphs, poems are chunked into these.
What are stanzas?
100
To compare.
What is to point out similarities between things?
100
Each example that you give to support your claim should include one of these.
What is a quote?
200
A form of figurative language that gives human traits to objects, animals, or ideas.
What is personification?
200
This genre is composed of lines and stanzas.
What is poetry?
200
The pattern of rhymes in a poem.
What is rhyme scheme?
200
To explain.
What is to describe or make understandable?
200
You should try to include this many examples to support your answer to the prompt.
What is three?
300
Obvious and intentional exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
300
These stories involve gods or other supernatural beings and usually explain something about the world.
What are myths?
300
The musical beat to a poem.
What is rhythm.
300
To contrast.
What is to point out differences between things?
300
These are the TWO things that your claim should do when writing an open response.
What is (1) restate the prompt and (2) give your answer?
400
A form of figurative language that directly compares two things WITHOUT using "like" or "as."
What is metaphor?
400
Works in this genre contain elements that are made-up or created by the author. They may be based on actual events or may be based entirely on the author's imagination.
What is fiction?
400
In poetry, you will often find this device which begins two or more consecutive words with the same letter or sound.
What is alliteration?
400
To justify.
What is to prove or explain why something is right or wrong?
400
Which one of these is NOT an acceptable reasoning sentence starter:
Based on this, we must conclude...
The fact that... proves...
I think that... because...
What is I think that...because...
500
The audience knows more about the plot than some of the characters. This typically occurs in plays.
What is dramatic irony?
500
This is a work containing character dialogue and stage directions, intended to be performed by actors on stage.
What is drama?
500
The rhyme scheme of this poem:
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood/
And sorry I could not travel both/
And be one traveler, long I stood/
And looked down one as far as I could/
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
What is ABAAB?
500
To convey.
What is to show, explain, or communicate something?
500
At a minimum, your open response should be this number of sentences.
What is 8? (Claim, 3 pieces of evidence, 3 reasoning statements, conclusion)