Literary Devices
This is the universal message conveyed in a story, poem, or other literary text.
What is theme?
A group of words that does not contain a subject or a verb.
What is a phrase?
This is a common cause of a sentence fragment
What is a missing subject or verb?
This word describes someone feeling guilty or regretful.
What is contrite?
When responding to a writing prompt, you need these three pieces.
What are restate the prompt, cite textual evidence, and write at least 5 sentences?
A word or object that represents something else.
What is symbolism?
A verb that shows a state of being, such as "is" or "seems."
What is a linking verb?
Identify the subject in this sentence: “The teacher explained the lesson.”
What is "The teacher"?
A word describing a weak or uncertain connection.
What is tenuous?
When providing context for a quote, you must always do this.
What is clarify who is speaking, thinking, or writing?
The overall feeling or atmosphere a writer creates within a story.
A clause containing a subject, a verb, and a complete thought.
What is an independent clause?
A sentence type that includes two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction
What is a compound sentence?
Romeo thought Juliet’s affection was pointless because their families had been feuding for years.
What is futile?
True or false: Adding additional context makes evidence more convincing.
True: Writers should do this!
This term describes the time and place of a story.
What is setting?
A clause that contains a subject and a verb but does not form a complete thought
What is a dependent clause?
This group of words is incomplete because it starts with a subordinating conjunction and does not express a full thought:
Example “After the movie ended.”
What is sentence fragment?
Markel reads the newspaper daily and becomes more aware of politics and social issues.
What is conscious?
A claim a writer is defending in a paragraph or short response.
What is an argument?
The main point an author makes in a nonfiction text.
What is the central idea?
The acronym AAAWWUBBIS stands for this list of conjunctions.
What are subordinating conjunctions?
This type of sentence includes both an independent clause and a dependent clause, as seen in
Example: “Although it was raining, we went for a walk.”
What is a complex sentence?
Janelle’s trusting and kind nature sometimes leads others to take advantage of her.
What is innocence?
Information that clarifies what is happening in a moment or situation
What is context?