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A brief overall summary of what the entire story is about.
Central idea
An image or concept to keep the story in focus
Central Image
a rhyming scheme with words that sound similar but not exactly the same. This can mean that the consonants match, but the vowels do not, or the other way around.
Slant Rhyme
a part of a sentence that consists of one preposition and the object it affects. The object of a ___________ can be either a noun, gerund, or clause.
Prepositional Phrase
Latin Suffix -ory
of or pertaining to, serving for
How the writer feels about their subject and their readers
Author's Tone
Assonance
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion)
Simile
a sentence that has at least two independent clauses joined by a comma, semicolon or conjunction.
compound sentence
Latin root -sim
like, similar, resembling.
The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect
Irony
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
Alliteration
the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.
Theme
the repetition of a word or phrase within a sentence or group of sentences. It is used to help organize ideas, but also to make the ideas memorable.
Parallelism
How to use a colon? (:)
to introduce a list, quotation, or explanation following an independent clause (complete sentence).
The way an author looks at a topic or idea.
Author's Perspective
A figure of speech in which the same consonant sound repeats within a group of words
Consonance
the use of the same word or phrase multiple times and is a fundamental poetic technique.
Repetition
a noun phrase that comes after another noun phrase (called the antecedent) and provides additional information about it.
Appositive
How to use a semicolon? (;)
Use a ________ between closely related independent clauses which are not joined by a coordinating conjunction. This rule means that _______ are used between two complete sentences which are not already linked by words like and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet.
A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (i.e. raining cats and dogs)
Idiom
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo)
Onomatopoeia
a grammatical construction that places the object of the sentence before the verb. A sentence written in ___________ shifts the focus from the subject doing the action to the recipient of the action.
Passive Voice
Mind or memory
What is an adverb?
An adjective that is used to describe a verb.