Grammar
Plot
Vocabulary
Figurative Lang.
Essays
100

Describes a noun or pronoun

What is an adjective?

100

The time and place a where a story takes place is the _____.

What is SETTING?

100

A character that changes throughout a story is a _______ character. 

What is a DYNAMIC character?

100
Compares two UNLIKE things without using "like" or "as".

What is a metaphor? 

100

A paragraph should never begin or end with a ______. 

*This is what intro and conclusion sentences are for. 

What is a quote or evidence?
200

Describes an adjective or adverb

What is an adverb?

200

The problem or challenge that the main character faces is the _____.

What is CONFLICT? 

200

The person in opposition to the main character in a story.

What is antagonist? 
200

A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

Example - classroom : school / kitchen : house

telling a personal story to help someone understand complex issue

What is an analogy? 

200

The thesis should always be here in your essay.

What is the last sentences of the 1st (intro) paragraph? 

300

IF you have direct object in a sentence, then the verb is a __________________ verb.

What is a TRANSITIVE verb?

300

What do we call the main character of a story? 

What is PROTAGONIST?

300

The dictionary definition of a word 

What is the denotation?

300

A reference to a famous event or person from history. 

What is an allusion? 

300

This should be in the parenthesis after a sentences that contains a quote: 

He said, "... or not to be." (25)

What is the page or paragraph number? 

400

Name at least 3 things that must always be capitalized

What are names, places, "I", and titles of stories, months, days?

400
The most intense and/or turning point in a story.

What is climax?

400
To figure out using evidence and context clues

What is infer?

400

When an author paints a picture with words using details

What is imagery? 

400

A speech tag must always include this punctuation. 

He said "...to be or not to be." (25)

What is a comma?
500

Words spoken by a character that must be in quotation marks

What is dialogue?  

500

The life lesson of the story

What is theme?
500

Author's attitude toward the topic

What is tone?

500

The details that come from what you see/ hear / smell/ taste / touch.

What are sensory details?

500

Names of the 5 paragraphs in an argumentative essay

What are:

Introduction

Body

Body

Counterargument

Conclusion