Writing and Grammar
Details that a writer uses to appeal to a reader's sight, hearing, touch, taste, or smell.
What are sensory details?
The root meaning time
What is -chron?
This piece of punctuation separates a dialogue tag from the words being spoken.
What is a comma?
A story that tells a sequence of real or imaginary events
What is a narrative?
next, thus, however are examples of these kind of words
Hypodermic is an example of this prefix
What is hypo-?
The punctuation used to show words that are being said by a character.
What are quotation marks?
The setting
What is the time and place of a story?
Coordinating conjunctions that join phrases together, for example: nor, but, or
What are FANBOYS?
This prefix means "under" or "too little"
What is hypo?
I'm unclear on the directions. They were too...
What is vague?
You do this to make a "movie in your mind".
What is visualize?
When a writer uses dialogue directed to someone specific. "Mrs. Hurdis, you need to get to class!"
What is a Direct Address?
King Henry the VIII had six wives! He was quite the...
What is philanderer?
The meaning of precise
What is "exact and specific"?
These words are phrases are incorrectly separated from what they are describing. For example, "She found a book on the table that was torn."
What is a misplaced modifier?
Many images at Halloween are ________. They can be gruesome or focused on death.
What is macabre?
The extreme exaggeration someone uses to emphasize what they're saying.
What is hyperbole?