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Fig. Language
Writing
Grammar
Vocabulary
Literature
100
A comparison between two unlike things using like or as.
What is a simile?
100
Writing where the author is giving information or facts.
What is informative writing?
100
Words that replace nouns in a sentence so it is not repetitive.
What are pronouns?
100
Latin root that means birth or race.
What is gen?
100
Stories that are made up and not factual.
What is fiction?
200
Giving nonhuman things human-like characteristics.
What is personification?
200
Writing where the author is trying to persuade the reader and get them to agree.
What is persuasive/argument writing?
200
Part of speech that is used to join things in a sentence or paragraph.
What is a conjunction?
200
Two words that have opposite meaning.
What is an antonym?
200
A character that grows and changes throughout the story.
What is a dynamic character?
300
A figure of speech that is understood but doesn't mean what is said literally.
What is an idiom?
300
Text structure that is used to show similarities and differences.
What is compare and contrast?
300
Type of conjunction that begins a dependent clause.
What is a subordinating conjunction?
300
Latin root for mark.
What is sign?
300
To make an educated guess based on clues or evidence from text.
What is inference?
400
Words that imitate sounds.
What is onomatopoeia?
400
The part of writing where you present your ideas and claim.
What is the introduction?
400
A sentence that contains both a dependent clause and an independent clause.
What is a complex sentence?
400
Language that does not mean exactly what it says.
What is figurative language?
400
To tell what a story is about using your own words.
What is summarize?
500
The repetition of beginning sounds of words.
What is alliteration?
500
Stating examples or facts explicitly mentioned in the text.
What is citing evidence?
500
Two or more adjectives in a row that equally modify the same noun
What are coordinate adjectives?
500
Words that attract or appeal to your senses.
What is imagery?
500
The message or reason a story was written?
What is theme?