Sentence Structure
Parts of Speech
Figurative Language
Writing an Essay
Misc.
100

Contains one independent clause and no dependent clauses.

What is a simple sentence.

100

A word that shows action, links another word to the subject.

What is a verb?

100

A comparison using the words like, or as

What is a simile?

100

At least 4 paragraphs, text based, worth 5 points.

What is Extended Constructed Response?

100

When someone says one thing but means the opposite. (sarcasm)

What is verbal irony?

200

Contains a subject and a verb but does not stand alone as a sentence.

What is a dependent clause?

200

A word that names a person, place, or thing, or idea.

What is a noun?

200

An implied comparison, one that does not use like, or as.

What is a metaphor?

200

Turn prompt into question, restate and answer question in a complete sentence. 

Prompt + answer =

What is thesis statement?

200

When the outcome of a situation is opposite of what was expected.

What is situational irony?

300

Expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence.

What is an independent clause?

300

A word that takes the place of a noun.

What is a pronoun?

300

A statement that conveys its meaning through strong exaggeration.

What is hyperbole?

300

The hook, something general about the topic, and thesis statement.

What is introduction paragraph?

300

When the audience knows someth9ng the characters do not.

What is dramatic irony?

400

A group of related words that contains both a subject and a verb.

What is a clause?

400

A word that modifies a noun or a pronoun.

What is an adjective?

400

Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects.

What is personification?

400

Claim, evidence, reason, and explanation.

What is a body paragraph?

400

An emotional appeal designed to evoke certain feelings in the reader.

Personal experiences

Fear, sympathy, anger

Humor, satire

What is pathos?

500

Contains two or more independent clauses but no dependent clauses.

What is a compound sentence?

500

A word that modifies a verb, and adjective or another adjective.

What is an adverb?


500

"While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping..."    

The Raven

What is alliteration?

500

Restate thesis and connect to real world or the big picture.

What is the conclusion paragraph?

500

A logical appeal designed to build an argument through reason or logic.

Statistics

Facts

Cause and Effects

What is logos?

600

Contains one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.

What is a complex sentences?

600

A word that joins words, phrases, or clauses.

What is a conjunction?

for, an, nor, but, or, yet, so

600

"And ere three shrill notes that pipe uttered, you heard as if an army muttered; And muttering grew to a grumbling; And grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling."

"The Pipied Piper of Hamelin"

What is onomatopoeia? 

600

A disagreement that disagrees with the original claim.

What is counterargument?

600

An ethical appeal designed to build trust and credibility.

Expert quotes

Witness testimony

Celebrity endorsements

What is ethos?

700

Contains two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clause.

What is a compound-complex sentence?

700

A word that shows how a noun or a pronoun is related to some other word in the sentence.

What is a preposition?

above, against, behind, between, by, in, of, on, to, etc.

700

"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."

George Orwell

"Animal Farm"

What is oxymoron?

700

A statement used to show the reader why your position is more correct than the opposing idea.

What is refutation?

700

The words an author uses to convey ideas to a reader.

What is diction?