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Giving something credibility is ________________________

  1. Giving support

  2. Theme

  3. Conclusion

  4. Symbolism

1. Giving support

100

The shortened version of something is the __________________

  1. Investigation

  2. Support

  3. Summary

  4. Plot

3. Summary

100

  1. The view somebody takes about an issue, especially when it is based solely on personal judgment

    1. Investigate

    2. Plot

    3. Metaphor

    4. Opinion

4. Opinion

100

A word or phrase that directly compares one thing to another, but is not meant literally and does not use like or as.

  1. Simile

  2. Conflict

  3. Metaphor

  4. Summary

3. Metaphor 

100

To disclose something that was unknown; to make clear.

  1. Fact

  2. Support

  3. Reveal

  4. Simile



3. Reveal

200

Something that can be shown to be true, to exist, or to have happened; the truth or actual existence of something, as opposed to the supposition of something or a belief about something.

  1. Opinion

  2. Conclusion

  3. Foreshadowing

  4. Fact

4. Fact

200

The surroundings or environment in which something exists or takes place.

  1. Irony

  2. Resolution

  3. Setting

  4. Tone

3. Setting

200

An opinion or general feeling about something.

  1. Attitude

  2. Alliteration

  3. Mood

  4. Theme

1. Attitude

200

A figure of speech that draws a comparison between two different things, especially a phrase containing the word "like" or "as".

  1. Simile

  2. Metaphor

  3. Hyperbole

  4. Onomatopoeia

1. Simile

200

To hint or imply something.

  1. Support

  2. Conflict

  3. Suggest

  4. Rhyme

3. Suggest

300

To carry out a detailed examination or inquiry, especially officially, in order to find out about something or somebody.

  1. Investigate

  2. Reveal

  3. Attitude

  4. Opinion

1. Investigate

300

A general, preliminary, or rough plan or account of something, that concentrates on the main features and ignores detail, e.g. a list of the main points covered or to be covered in a speech.

  1. Summary

  2. Plot

  3. Character

  4. Outline

4. Outline

300

The general quality or character of something as an indicator of the attitude or view of the person who produced it.

  1. Tone

  2. Simile

  3. Summary

  4. Purpose

1. Tone

300

A poetic or literary effect achieved by using several words that begin with the same or similar consonants.

  1. Alliteration

  2. Metaphor

  3. Hyperbole

  4. Personification

1. Alliteration

300

A feature or quality that makes somebody or something recognizable; distinguishing or representative of a particular person or thing.

  1. Characteristic

  2. Setting

  3. Mood

  4. Theme

1. Characteristic

400

A section in a history book describing the conditions and causes of the great depression in the Midwest in the 1930s is an example of_________________.

  1. Persuasive writing

  2. Entertainment writing

  3. Informative writing


  5. Summary

3. Informative writing

400

To form an opinion or make a logical judgment about something after considering everything known about it.

  1. Point of view

  2. Personification

  3. Conclude

3. Conclude

400

To indicate or suggest something, usually something unpleasant, that is going to happen.

  1. Flashback

  2. Simile

  3. Alliteration

  4. Foreshadow

4. Foreshadow

400

A word with an ending that sounds similar to the ending of another word.

  1. Mood

  2. Repetition

  3. Rhyme

  4. Rhythm

3. Rhyme

400

Something that stands for or represents something else, especially an object representing an abstraction.

  1. Resolution

  2. Symbol

  3. Tone

  4. Outline

2. Symbol

500

  1. A story about a family trying to stick together and survive through the Great Depression in the Midwest in the 1930s is an example of_________________.

    1. Persuasive writing

    2. Entertainment writing

    3. Informative writing

2. Entertainment

500

The point in a literary work when the conflict is resolved.

  1. Rising action

  2. Resolution

  3. Theme

  4. Conflict

2. Resolution

500

A distinct, recurring, and unifying quality or idea; the life lesson plus the main idea.

  1. Fiction

  2. Resolution

  3. Investigation

  4. Theme

4. Theme

500

Human qualities given to creatures, objects or ideas.

  1. Rising action

  2. Hyperbole

  3. Personification

  4. Tone

3. Personification

500

A difference between what actually happens and what might be expected to happen.

  1. Alliteration

  2. Personification

  3. Irony

  4. Setting

3. Irony