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Grammar
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a comparison using like or as

What is a simile?

100

A comparison of two unlike items without using "like" or "as".

What is a metaphor?

100

A break from the present plot to give an account of something that happened to the character previously.

What is flashback?

100

A genre of literature that uses humor in text to create plot and characterization.

What is comedy?

100

Due to the lack of participation the summer camp for preschoolers will be cancelled this summer.

Due to the lack of participation, the summer camp for preschoolers will be cancelled this summer.

200

where and when a story takes place

What is setting?

200

An overused phrase or figure of speech.

What is a cliche or idiom?

200
A character that has more that one dimension to his or her personality
What is a round character?
200
The attitude the writer takes toward the subject of the work.
What is tone?
200

Marcus my cousin on my mother's side will be visiting my family for Christmas.

Marcus, my cousin on my mother's side, will be visiting my family for Christmas.

300
a book about one's own life
What is an autobiography?
300
A character that changes in an important way due to the story
What is a dynamic character?
300

The speech patterns of a particular region.

What is dialect?

300

the problem that drives the events of the story.

What is conflict?

300

Brenda is going to buy a new calculator a faster laptop a fresh wardrobe and an eye mask for sleeping to take with her to college this fall.

Brenda is going to buy a new calculator, a faster laptop, a fresh wardrobe, and an eye mask for sleeping to take with her to college this fall.

400

The central idea of a work of fiction

What is a theme?

400

hints or clues of what is to come in a story

What is foreshadowing?

400

a poem of 14 lines with a rhyming couplet at the end; Shakespeare wrote a lot of these

What is a sonnet?

400
A character that does not change during the story.
What is a static character?
400

Joann is going to Italy this summer she has never been outside the country so she is nervous.

Joann is going to Italy this summer; she has never been outside the country, so she is nervous.

500

A type of writing that ridicules a societal issue, usually through humor.

What is satire?

500

when the reader knows something the character does not

What is dramatic irony??

500
language that appeals to the senses
What is imagery??
500
nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human
What is personification?
500

To get ahead for my senior year of college I will take three courses this summer Biology 320 Psychology 250 and Sports Medicine 110.

To get ahead for my senior year of college, I will take three courses this summer: Biology 320, Psychology 250, and Sports Medicine 110.