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Writing
Figurative Language
Author's Craft
Morphemes
Miscellaneous
100
Information in the text that supports your answer.
What is evidence?
100
Identify the type of fig. lang.: She is as sly as a fox.
What is a simile OR what is an idiom?
100
Speaking between characters is...
What is dialogue?
100
The prefix that means "before"
What is "pre"?
100
Genre that contains mythical creatures and magical powers.
What is fantasy?
200
Writing style that tries to convince readers using logic.
What is argument writing?
200
Identify the type of fig. lang.: "His eyes were black coal as he stared at her."
What is a metaphor?
200
A word has a strong connection to a feeling or emotion.
What is connotation?
200
A prefix that means "against"
What is "counter" OR "contra" OR "anti"?
200
To say how two things are different.
What is contrast?
300
Your topic sentence that restates and answers the writing prompt.
What is a claim OR thesis statement?
300
Identify the fig. lang.: The flag waved merrily from atop the pole.
What is personification?
300
An author inserts a memory from the past it is called...
What is a flashback?
300
Root that means "heat"
What is "therm"?
300
Events that build suspense in a fiction story.
What is rising action?
400
Copying directly from the text, including quotation marks.
What is citing?
400
Identify the fig. lang.: "We're heading out early tomorrow, so you'd better hit the hay."
What is an idiom?
400
The author gives a hint about something that will happen in the future.
What is foreshadow?
400
Root that means "self"
What is "auto"
400
People protesting outside a mayor's office is an example of man vs. ___________ conflict.
What is society?
500
Synonym for "informational text"
What is expository?
500
Identify the fig. lang.: "Chad choked on cheap cheddar cheese."
What is alliteration?
500
Shutting down your opponent's counterargument.
What is rebuttal OR refutation?
500
Root that means "write"
What is "graph"?
500
Narrator that can hear all thoughts and is all-knowing.
What is third person omniscient?