Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a sentence.
What is alliteration?
100
Name the 4 types of sentences we've learned.
What are simple, compound, complex and compound-complex sentences.
100
How the author "shows" what each character is like.
What is characterization?
100
You begin your writing with this to grab the reader's attention.
What is a hook or lead?
100
Name this sentence's mood...We could go the store if we need some ice cream.
What is conditional?
200
Giving human qualities to things and ideas.
What is personification?
200
What is one type of sentence that needs a subordinating conjunction?
What is a complex or compound-complex sentence?
200
When the narrator tells you directly what the character is like.
What is direct characterization?
200
When a narrator tells a story we say the story is told from this point of view.
What is third person point of view?
200
Crash, Bam, Ring, Quack are examples of this type of figurative language.
What is Onomatopoeia?
300
A phrase that has a meaning different from the dictionary definition.
What is an idiom?
300
Name 4 of the 7 coordinating conjunctions?
What are FANBOYS- for, and, nor, but, or, yet and so
300
Using the text around a word to figure out its meaning.
What are context clues?
300
List 3 transition words that help make your writing flow better.
What are after, such as, also, first, second, third, then, next, lastly, finally, therefore, not only, meanwhile...
300
This names the life lesson, meaning, moral or message about life or human nature that is communicated by a literary work. What the story teaches readers.
What is Theme?
400
A figure of speech stating two things are similar (that are not normally considered similar).
What is a metaphor?
400
This verb mood shows an activity is not a fact (wishes, possibilities, doubts, suggestions)
What is the Subjunctive Mood?
400
Name 3 ways the author uses indirect characterization to describe their characters.
What are speech, thoughts, effect on others, actions and looks?
400
Making sure your title is appropriate, checking for a strong opening, making sure your story is well-organized, and checking for strong word choice are examples of this.
What is revising?
400
A true story of a person's life that is told by another person.
What is a Biography?
500
An extravagant exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
500
This mood shows the activity is problematic or unreal. It sometimes feels like a cause and effect.
What is the conditional mood?
500
Using the information in the text to determine the author's meaning.
What is making inferences?
500
Checking for grammar mistakes and spelling errors are examples of this.
What is editing?
500
One independent clause and a dependent clause, combined with a subordinating conjunction.