Figurative Language
Does not use "like" or "as" to describe or compare something.
A word that stands for the sound something makes; boom! crash! ribbit!
What is Onomatopoeia?
an orderly arrangement of the main points in a composition.
What is an outline?
The 2 types of speech/writing (also known as ____voice or ______voice
What are standard & informal writing?
The simplified version of the plot map only has these 3 parts. The three parts of any story.
What are the beginning, middle, and end?
Uses "like" or "as" to compare or describe.
What is a Simile?
When the same letter or sound is
repeated at the beginning of
adjacent words or words close together.
What is alliteration?
The most common essay structure.
What is a 5-paragraph?
Often abbreviated etc. this term means "all the rest" and should only be used in informal settings. Do not use this term with "and so on/so forth."
What is et cetera?
These are the terms for the main character and the main villain.
What are the protagonist and antagonist?
Giving an inanimate object characteristics of a human being or living creature.
What is personification?
Deliberately presenting something as toned down, smaller, less important, worse, etc. than it really is. Often for comedic purposes.
What is an understatement?
These are the 3 types/styles of outlines.
What are by paragraphs, sentences, or topics?
One means "to cover or wrap" and is a verb. The other is a noun that means "a covering or wrapping."
Envelop vs. Envelope
This fancy term means "the description or explanation" and occurs at the beginning of a story.
What is exposition?
Also known as artistic exaggeration; not literally true, but paints a vivid picture in the reader's mind.
What is hyperbole?
An indirect reference to something.
What is an allusion?
A page where you give credit to all the books/websites you gathered your research from.
What is a works cited page?
One is a verb meaning "to influence"; the other is a noun that means "result".
What is Affect vs. Effect?
This is the primary thing that drives the plot forward. What the main character must deal with and what affects the entire story.
What is conflict?
An expression that can’t be explained
Grammatically or logically BUT is still
An established part of a language.
What is an idiom?
When a part of something stands for the whole; i.e. "I got some new wheels" (referring to an entire car).
What is Synecdoche?
They write the guidelines for all academic writing in the humanities (Language, Literature, Art, Philosophy, History, etc.).
Who/What is MLA?
Muchly, disregardless, irregardless, you's, all the farther/faster, anyways, nowheres, somewheres, are all these types of words.
What are improper words?
These are the 4 main types of conflict.
Man vs. Nature, Self, Man, Society.