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Figurative Language
Pronouns
Parts of Speech
ELA Terms
Essays
100

The man was a mountain; he was so large that he towered over everything he passed by. 

Metaphor
100

That jacket is hers. (The type of pronoun that shows belonging.)

Possessive Pronoun

100

The coach grabbed the ball from the boy.

Noun

100
How the author feels about the text vs. How you feel about the text.

Tone vs. Mood

100

How many paragraphs your essay should be. 

Five

200

I was so tired last night, I slept for a thousand hours. 

Hyperbole

200

Typically ends in "body," "thing," "one," or "where"

Indefinite Pronoun

200

How on earth am I supposed to run that fast?

Pronoun

200

The dictionary definition of a word vs. the emotional association you have with a word. 

Denotation vs. Connotation

200

What format you should write your constructed response in. 

RACE or RACECE

300

The flowers smiled up at the warm sunshine. 

Personification
300

This pronoun is used for emphasis.

Intensive

300

The cute, little puppy jumped onto the bed.

Verb

300
The theme of the following story: There was once a young girl on her way to a presentation. She saw an elderly woman slowly crossing the street, and she complained and laughed about how slow the woman was. When she got there, she realized the presenter was the woman she had been laughing at. She felt horrible. 

Something along the lines of: Respect your elders. 

300

The two types of essays you could get on the GMAS. 

Informative/Expository OR Argument

400

The crusty couch cracked when I crashed down on it. 

Alliteration

400

This type of pronoun must reflect back to the subject of the sentence and must function as the object of the sentence.

Reflexive Pronouns

400

Because of her temperature, her mother wouldn't let her go to school.

Conjunction (AAAWWUBBIS/Subordinating Conjunction)

400

Give an example of the pronouns you would use for each point of view. 

1st: I, we, me, us, ours, etc. 

2nd: You, your, y'all, etc.

3rd: He, she, it, him, her, they, them, etc.

400

What is the last (and most important!) part of your introduction in the informative essay and the last part of your introduction in the argument essay? They are different!

Informative Essay: Thesis

Argument Essay: Claim

500

It's raining cats a dogs! (A common saying)

Idiom

500

She grabbed the ball from Josie and ____. 

Fill in with the correct pronoun and tell me what kind of pronoun it is. 

me, us, them, him, her, etc. 

Objective

500

Once I grabbed a cricket from the road.

Preposition/Prepositional Phrase

500

What is the tone of the following? 

Greg ran down to the mailbox to check for the 5th time since he'd been home. The college admissions letter had to be coming soon - It was nearly 4 pm! He paced up and down the drive way and when the mailman finally arrived, he took the mail and sprinted inside. His hands were shaking as he opened the letter. 

Anxious, nervous, excited, jittery, etc. 

500
What two things (which are unique to the argument essay) should be in the THIRD body paragraph? HINT: This paragraph is different from the other two body paragraphs.

Counterclaim & Rebuttal