Techniques
Figurative Language
Writing
Mystery
100

This technique allows the reader to know the writer has been "there" or knows first hand what happened

Personal Experience

100

An example of this figurative language is "organized mess"

Oxymoron

100

This type of essay style focuses on convincing the audience through providing strong points

Persuasive Writing

100

If the noun is in singular form what should the verb be?

Singular 

200

This technique is used when the writer tells a story from the past

Flashback

200

An example of this figurative language is "He is busy as a bee"

Similie

200

This type of essay focuses on telling a story to the reader

Narrative

200

This part of speech is used to replace a noun

Pronoun

300

This technique leaves a dramatic and exciting ending to a story

Cliff Hanger

300

An example of this figurative language is "I could eat a horse"

Hyperbole

300

This type of essay entails a variety of adjectives 

Descriptive Writing

300

This part of speech is used to modify a noun or pronoun 

An adjective

400

A short amusing or interesting  story that depicts a true event 

Anecdote

400

An example of this figurative language is : Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"

Alliteration

400

This type of writing entails a variety of stanza and occasional rhymes

Poetry

400

The word "an" is used in a sentence when the word after it begins with a what?

a vowel

500

A linguistic choice the writer uses to convey an idea. This technique can be defined as the way the writer uses his/her choice of words

Diction

500

An example of this figurative language is " The crack of a rifle, the clank of a pail"

Onomatopoeia

500

This part of an essay allows the writer to strongly state their point to the reader

Thesis statement 

500

This symbol is used on a word to indicate ownership

apostrophe