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Definitions
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Parts of Speech
True or False
Fragments/Run-ons/Correct
100
A humorous scene, incident or speech that provides a change from emotional intensity
What is comic relief?
100
"Life is a highway."
What is metaphor?
100
"Then comes she to me and with wild looks bid me devise some mean to rid HER from this second marriage."
What is pronoun?
100
Plot is the series of related events that gives a story structure.
What is true?
100
It was great hearing from her!
What is correct?
200
A person, place, an activity or object that stands for something beyond itself
What is a symbol?
200
"He is as strong as an ox."
What is simile?
200
"Fool! I thought. The STATUE is worth twenty-five cents."
What is noun?
200
Man vs. Himself is an example of external conflict.
What is false?
200
The tall pines with their long, fresh smelling needles.
What is fragment?
300
Contrast between appearance and reality
What is irony?
300
"Death grinned, and his eyes lit up with the pale glow of those lanterns that workmen carry sometimes to light their way through the dusk."
What is personification?
300
"I'm GOING with Melissa in case she breaks down over it."
What is verb?
300
Dramatic irony is when a reader or character expects one thing to happen and the opposite happens.
What is true
300
As soon as Teddy goes to sleep, “Rikki goes for his nightly walk around the house ,” this shows he is on guard for any problems that may happen.
What is run-on?
400
The attitudes and feelings associated with a word
What is connotation?
400
"Who ask you be genius?" she shouted. "Only ask you be your best. For you sake. You think I want you be genius..."
What is dialect?
400
"The nurses have CLEAN white uniforms and the nun, Sister Rita, is all in white."
What is adjective?
400
A dynamic character is one who remains the same throughout the story.
What is false
400
When Christina has faith that Rover can make it across the ice.
What is fragment?
500
The excitement or tension that readers feel as they become involved in a story and eager to know the outcome of the plot is
What is suspense?
500
"Dying patients literally teach you about life."
What is paradox?
500
"...I would sneak through the woods to their hedge and stare ENCHANTED at the candlelit swirl of white dresses and bright, paisley skirts."
What is adverb?
500
Letters and diaries are examples of primary sources.
What is true
500
This shows that it’s not the size that helps you win against all odds, but rather the courage that you possess.
What is correct?