"Pow!" "Boom!" and "Bang!" are examples of this type of figurative language.
What is onomatopoeia?
100
These are the first couple of sentences used to grab your reader's attention. It is usually a short personal story related to the topic.
What is a hook?
100
This is the primary problem faced by the main character.
What is conflict or dilemma?
100
An essay about starving people in Calcutta is meant to do this.
What is inform?
100
This is when the reader has to make an assumption or educated guess.
What is infer?
200
"Her eyes were as black as tar on a moonless night" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a simile?
200
This is part of your introduction paragraph and is known as the "blueprint for your entire essay."
What is a thesis statement?
200
This is the beginning of a story, where the characters and setting are introduced.
What is exposition?
200
A TV commercial encouraging people to send money to an organization that provides shelter for the homeless is meant to do this.
What is persuade?
200
The answer choice you choose for an EOC sentence question should always sound this way when you read it to yourself.
What is professional?
300
"The sea sang to me" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is personification?
300
A persuasive essay contains this many reasons in the thesis statement.
What is two?
300
This is the most exciting part of the story, the turning point, what the entire story has led up to.
What is the climax?
300
A story about a cat and a dog who solve crimes is meant to do this.
What is entertain?
300
This is when you read a text and state every important main idea without including a lot of unnecessary details.
What is summarize?
400
"Her eyes were tar pits" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
400
2-5-5-2 refers to this.
What is the approximate number of sentences per paragraph in an EOC essay?
400
This is a character who is very different to and contrasts the main character. This character is used to highlight and emphasize the traits of the main character.
What is a character foil?
400
Expository essays do this.
What is explain something?
400
This is the point of view in a story that is told by a narrator who is NOT a character in the story.
What is third person?
500
"This game is about as challenging as tricking a 2-year-old" is an example of these two types of figurative language.
What are hyperbole and simile?
500
Current events in the news, pop culture such as song lyrics, historical figures, and personal experiences are just some of the ways students can write about examples in this part of the essay.
What are body paragraphs?
500
This refers to the writer's attitude.
What is tone?
500
Persuasive essays do this using ethos, logos and pathos.
What is persuade?
500
This is not the definition of a word but the feeling or emotion associated with a word. It can positive, negative, or neutral.