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Parts of Speech
Lit. Terms
Writing
Poetry
Other
100
A person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun
100
When and where a story takes place
What is the setting?
100
Facts or evidence used to explain a point.
What are supporting details?
100
A verse or group of lines in a poem
What is a stanza?
100
A word that describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb
What is an adverb
200
A word that shows action or state of being
What is a verb?
200
The problem of a story
What is the conflict?
200
The main idea sentence of a paragraph
What is the topic sentence?
200
The beat or pattern of syllables in a poem.
What is rhythm
200
linking words
What is a conjunction
300
A word that describes a noun or pronoun
What is an adjective?
300
Interruption of the plot in order to go back to an event from the past.
What is a flashback
300
These are examples of what: First, second, next, last
What are transition words
300
Using a word or group of words several times for emphasis
What is repetition?
300
Example: The man jumped like a kangaroo.
What is a simile?
400
a word that takes the place of a noun
What is a pronoun
400
A hint about what might happen later in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
400
This one sentence gives the main idea of your entire essay.
What is a thesis?
400
Example: The wind whispered down his back as he walked into the open.
What is personification?
400
Example: Life is a journey.
What is a metaphor
500
A word that shows the relationship between different nouns and pronouns
What is a preposition?
500
"Respect your enemies" "Don't judge a book by its cover" These are examples of what?
What is a theme
500
Find the problem in this sentence. "Come back here", grandpa said as he drove away.
What is the quotation mark should be on the outside of the the comma.
500
Poem with a certain rhyme scheme and 14 lines.
What is a sonnet?
500
Example: I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
What is a hyperbole?