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100
Word parts that come at the beginning and end of root words.
What are prefixes and suffixes?
100
These are the words FANBOYS stand for.
What are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so?
100
This is the time and place of a story.
What is setting?
100
Essays always begin and end with these two types of paragraphs.
What are introductions and conclusions?
100
This is a comparison using like or as.
What is simile?
200
This prefix means together?
What is com?
200
This small word always has to be capitalized.
What is "I"?
200
This is the part in a plot where the most action happens.
What is climax?
200
This is what you do when you shorten a text and put it into your own words.
What is summarizing?
200
This is something that stands for or represents something else.
What is symbolism?
300
This prefix means across or beyond.
What is trans?
300
This must be done at the beginning of every paragraph.
What is indent?
300
This is the universal lesson or idea in a story. (DAILY DOUBLE)
What is theme?
300
This is one sentence in the beginning of an essay that states the main idea.
What is a thesis statement?
300
This is what a paragraph in a poem is called.
What is stanza?
400
This strategy helps you determine the meaning of a word by using it in a sentence.
What are context clues?
400
These are the THREE ways to properly punctuate a compound sentence.
What are using a ,FANBOYS, using a ;, or using a , adverb;
400
This is the type of reading strategy where you make an educated guess.
What is inference?
400
This type of writing attempts to convince your reader to do or think something
What is persuasive writing?
400
The following sentence is an example of this literary term: "The road was a ribbon of moonlight."
What is metaphor?
500
This is the feelings or emotions behind a word. It could be negative or positive.
What is connotation?
500
This is the problem with the following sentence: Sara and me went shopping today.
What is incorrect use of a pronoun or using a object pronoun in the subject spot.
500
This is when a story breaks from the present and tells a story that happened in the past.
What is flashback?
500
This type of writing tells a story (has a plot).
What is narrative writing?
500
This type of poem follows an ABABCDCDEFEFGG rhyme scheme.
What is sonnet?