L to J Week 18 2-20-12

Language Arts

100

using words not in a literal way but in a way that makes the descriptive more interesting and impressive

What is figurative language

100

signal a coming event

What is foreshadowing

100

a piece or a part, not whole

What is fragment

100

forming opinions based on a small amount of information and using them to think about all such information

What is generalization

100

to produce or originate

What is generate

200

a category of writing that has a common style or form, e.g., fables

What is genre

200

a long narrative that recreates an historical period or event based on fact, but embellished with imagined conversation and details

What is historical fiction

200

a composition that explains how to do something

What is how-to essay

200

a particular shade or tint of a given color

What is hue

300

extreme exaggeration or overstatement showing things as bigger than they are

What is hyperbole

300

a mental image

What is a mental image

300

strongly suggesting something that the words don't say

What is imply

300

a pronoun that refers to an unknown number of things like some, all, several, anybody.

What is indefinite pronoun

300

a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence

What is independent clause

400

a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning but not exactly stated

What is inference

400

a pronoun that ends in -self or -selves like himself or themselves.

What is intensive pronoun

400

to bring out the meaning of, to explain in ways others will understand

What is Interpret

400