The short story
Formal and informal writing
Rhetorical devices
Essay writing
Vocabulary and grammar
100
The introductory part of a short story
What is Exposition
100
Another word for informal language
What is colloquial/slang
100
The Greek philosopher Aristotle divided the means of persuasion, appeals, into these three categories.
What is --Ethos, Pathos and Logos.
100
The basic structure of an essay in three words
What is "Introduction, Body, Conclusion"
100
A term for words with the same or similar meanings
What are synonyms
200
This is what you call the peaking part of the story, when it takes a turn
What is Climax
200
An informal salutation phrase
What is "Yo", "Hello there", "Waz up", "Hi"....
200
A rhetorical device that consists of repeating a sequence of words at the beginnings of neighboring clauses, thereby lending them emphasis.
What is anaphora
200
In an essay, this part would be more broad and general
What is the introduction
200
words that describe nouns or pronouns
What are Adjectives
300
The "hero" of the story
What is the protagonist
300
A formal way of ending a letter
What is "Sincerely", "Best wishes/regards", "Yours truly" etc..
300
the repetition of a particular sound in the prominent lifts (or stressed syllables) of a series of words or phrases
What is alliteration
300
Does PEE stand for
What is Point Evidence Explanation
300
modify adjectives, verbs. Often answers how, when, or where.
What is an adverb
400
Two main differences between a novel and a short story
What is length and setting
400
a shortened form of a word or phrase. Usually, but not always, it consists of a letter or group of letters taken from the word or phrase.
What is abbreviation
400
To err is human; to forgive, divine. --Pope This is an example of this rhetorical device
What is antithesis
400
Are used when trying to achieve smooth transitions between paragraphs and also a flow and structure in the text.
What are linking words
400
A synonym for Devious, scheming
What is Conniving
500
A genre that often involves mythical creatures and animals
What is a fable
500
A shortened version of the written and spoken forms of a word, syllable, or word group, created by omission of internal letters
What are contractions.
500
One compares two different things by speaking of one in terms of the other. "I am the bread of life." The other would compare one thing to be like another. "The soul in the body is like a bird in a cage."
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor
500
When you "borrow" someones opinions or thought without quoting them correctly
What is plagiarism
500
The grammatical term for the incorrect aspect of this sentence: My brother are a nutritionist.
What is subject verb agreement Correct: My brother is a nutritionist.