Grammar
Hero's Journey
Vocab
Writing
Literary Terms
100

I RAN QUICKLY to the store.

What is an independent clause?

100

The first step in the Hero's Journey.

What is the Ordinary World?

100

Untrue or wrong information

What is misinformation?

100

The E in TEAL stands for this.

What is "evidence"?

100

The type of figurative language shown here: 

The horse was as white as snow.

What is a simile?

200

Independent, Dependent, or Phrase?

I am angry with the man WHO STOLE MY PENCIL.

What is a dependent clause?

200

The sixth step in the Hero's Journey.

What is Tests, Allies, and Enemies?

200

That which is expected

What is prospect?
200
The claim in the following topic sentence: Sports encourage children to exercise in their formative years, which results in it becoming a lifelong heathy habit.
What is "which results in it becoming a lifelong healthy habit"?
200

The main character in a work of literature.

What is a protagonist?

300

Independent, Dependent, or Phrase?

He completed the task easily, SURPRISING HIS COLLEAGUES.

What is a phrase

300
The twelfth step in the Hero's Journey.

What is the Reward?

300

Childish; immature

What is infantile?

300

The transition phrase into the concession topic sentence.

What is "it is undeniable that"?
300

The principal character or force opposing the main character

What is the antagonist?

400

Independent, Dependent, or Phrase?

Pete, A GOOD FRIEND, is here to support me.


What is a phrase?

400

The fourth step in the Hero's Journey

What is Meet the Mentor? 

400
To put into action; to execute

What is implement?

400

The A in TEAL stands for this

What is analysis?

400

A character with superhuman strength and craftiness who embodies the values of a nation or culture

What is an epic hero?

500

Independent, Dependent, or Phrase?

SINCE HE FORGOT HIS UMBRELLA, he got wet in the rain.

What is a dependent clause?

500

The seventh step in the Hero's Journey

What is the Approach?

500

A skill or suitability for

What is aptitude?

500

A thesis with a point given up to the other side, a stance, and two supporting points

What is a concession thesis?

500

An account of an event that happened before the story began.

What is a flashback?

600

Independent, Relative, Subordinate, or Phrase?

They kept telling me things THAT I ALREADY KNOW.

What is a relative clause?

600

The step in the Hero's Journey represented by the following:

Harry Potter takes the train from the Muggle World to Hogwarts.

What is Crossing the Threshold?

600

Hateful or spiteful

What is invidious?

600

The transition between the first two body paragraphs of a concession essay (usually at the beginning of the concession paragraph's link sentence)

What is "Even though"?

600

A writer’s use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in a story

What is foreshadowing?

700

Independent, Relative, Subordinate, or Phrase?

BOB, infuriated by his friends' behavior, THREW A FIT.

What is an independent clause?

700

The step in the Hero's Journey represented by the following:

Luke Skywalker loses his hand in a battle with Darth Vader.

What is the Ordeal (Death/Rebirth)?

700

Filled up with

What is replete?

700

What the "Link" in TEAL links back to.

What is the stance or main idea?

700

A central idea, an underlying message about life or human nature that a writer wants the reader to understand.

What is a theme?

800

Independent, Dependent, Subordinate, or Phrase?

Cynthia always cries WHEN HER SISTER TEASES HER.

What is a subordinate clause?

800

The eleventh step in the Hero's Journey.

What is Atonement/Growth?

800

An official order

What is edict?

800

The missing part of this topic sentence:

It is undeniable that drug tests invade student privacy.

What is the claim?

800

A brief phrase that points out traits associated with a particular person or thing

What is an epithet?

900

Independent, Dependent, Subordinate, or Phrase?

The lizards won't eat the crickets UNLESS THEY ARE ALIVE.

What is a subordinate clause?

900

The step of the hero's journey represented by the following:

Cinderella marries Prince Charming and becomes a princess.

What is the Reward?

900

The word missing in the following sentence:

Margo has committed many crimes, but she has never been _____________.

What is indicted?

900

The missing part of the following thesis statement:  Although drug tests are invasive, students would be less likely to be high at school and the entire community would be safer.

What is the stance?

OR

What is "schools should administer drug tests"?

900

A literary technique in which a piece of writing begins in the middle of the action.

What is In Media Res?

1000

Independent, Dependent, Subordinate, or Phrase?

CHARGING THROUGH THE RAGING STORM WITHOUT A FLASHLIGHT, Tom tripped over a log.

What is a phrase?

1000

The part of the Hero's Journey represented by the following:

Rapunzel realizes that her hair doesn't have to be the entirety of who she is.

What is Atonement/Growth?

1000

The word missing in the following sentence: My mother's ____________ that "if you can dream it, you can do it" proved false in this instance.

What is dictum?

1000

The part of the essay that you should put at the end of a body paragraph but never in a topic sentence.

What is the stance?

1000

Characters and situations recognizable across times and cultures?

What are archetypes?