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Definitions
Definitions
Name that term!!!
Writing
100
a comparison between two things using like or as
What is a simile?
100
A comparison between two unlike things without a connecting word.
What is a metaphor?
100
Nonhuman thing or quality that is talked about as if it were human.
What is personification?
100
"the clouds are mean"
What is personification
100
The statement that provides a central focus for the essay.
What is thesis statement?
200
An exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
200
Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning.
What is onomatopoeia?
200
Person, place, thing, or event that stands both by itself and for something beyond itself.
What is a symbol?
200
We might call it _________________ if a police station were robbed.
What is ironic?
200
The part of the essay that grabs the reader's attention.
What is a hook?
300
Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together.
What is alliteration?
300
Contrast between expectation and reality.
What is irony?
300
Repetition of ending sounds in words.
What is rhyme?
300
the distinguishable flakes blowing sideways, looked like krill
What is simile
300
A word that connects parts of an essay.
What is a transition?
400
A character that changes during the story.
What is a dynamic character?
400
The part in the plot where the conflict is resolved.
What is resolution?
400
A point of view where the narrator is a character in the book and uses the pronoun "I."
What is first person?
400
This car goes faster than the speed of light!
What is hyperbole?
400
The attitude of an author.
What is tone?
500
Struggles with other characters.
What is conflict?
500
A point of view where the narrator uses he and she and knows what's going on in everyone's heads.
What is third person omniscient?
500
A sentence made up of two independent clauses combined with a conjunction or semicolon.
What is a compound sentence?
500
The Nike swoosh, the American flag, and a heart.
What are symbols?
500
The atmosphere of a piece of writing.
What is mood?