A book or set of books giving information on many subjects or on many aspects of one subject and typically arranged alphabetically.
What is an encyclopedia?
100
The controlling idea of a single paragraph.
What is the main idea?
100
A word that modifies nouns.
What is an adjective?
100
A sentence that contains one independent clause and no subordinate clauses.
What is a simple sentence?
200
Compares two unlike things.
What is a metaphor
200
A handbook, typically published annually, containing information of general interest or on a sport or pastime.
What is an almanac?
200
The reader of a piece of written work.
What is audience?
200
Words that express strong feeling or sudden emotion.
What are interjections?
200
A sentence that contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
What is a complex sentence?
300
The main character in a story.
What is the antagonist?
300
A list of the books referred to in a scholarly work, usually printed as an appendix.
A list of the books of a specific author or publisher, or on a specific subject.
What is a bibliography?
300
The way in which a piece of writing flows.
What is organizational structure?
300
A verb that expresses an action directed toward a person, place, thing or idea.
What is a transitive verb?
300
A sentence that contains two or more independent clauses and at least on subordinate clause.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
400
The vantage point from which a story is told.
What is point of view?
400
A quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, esp. in a scholarly work.
What is a citation?
400
The controlling idea of a persuasive essay.
What is an opinion statement?
400
A verb that tells something about the subject.
What is an intransitive verb?
400
A word group that has been capitalized and punctuated as if it were a complete sentence.
1. Select a topic
2. Gather information
3. Organize information
4. Analyze information
5. Create a works cited page
6. Compile information
7. Present findings
What are the steps in the research process?
500
facts, statistics, expert opinion, examples, and anecdotes.
What are types of evidence?
500
A word that joins words or word groups.
What is a conjunction?
500
A noun, pronoun, or word group that sometimes appears in sentences with a direct object. It tells to whom, to what, for what, or for whom the action of the verb is done.