A story that ends unhappily such as "Romeo and Juliet."
What is a tragedy?
100
This is an incomplete thought
What is a fragment?
100
Writing that explains or informs.
What is expository writing?
100
A character in a drama that contrasts with another character
What is a foil?
200
The type of folktale that teaches a moral lesson.
What is a fable?
200
A technique in drama where one actor speaks to another but the others on stage can't hear his words.
What is an aside?
200
This is a person, place, thing, or idea (such as Mr. Samsell, Burbank, switch blade, liberty)
What is a noun?
200
Writing that tells a story
What is narrative writing?
200
The principal character in a story.
What is the protagonist?
300
When an actor in a drama makes a speech alone on stage.
What is a soliloquy?
300
It is unrhymed poetry used by Shakespeare and by Mr. Samsell (when the latter is in an especially good mood.)
What is blank verse?
300
Wow!
Pow!
Ouch!
Hurrah!
What are examples of interjections?
300
The stand or main position a writer adopts in writing a persuasive text.
What is a thesis statement?
300
Little clues or hints in a story that suggest what may happen later. For example, when the boy in "Life Is Beautiful" hid in a small cabinet and later when he hid from the Germans in a small box.
What is foreshadowing?
400
This is the ability of a writer to "speak" to (i.e., connect with) the reader and reveal his/her character.
What is voice?
400
This is the name of Shakespeare's theatre next to the River Thames in London.
What is the Globe Theatre?
400
This is another term for subordinate clause.
For example, "WHEN I DROVE TO THE STORE, I got a speeding ticket for going 55 in a 25 mile per hour zone."
What is a dependent clause?
400
To begin an essay with a story to hook the reader's interest.
What is an anecdote?
400
The character that opposes the protagonist. For example, the Joker in "Batman."
What is the antagonist?
500
This is the way a writer's voice may sound to the reader (e.g., ironic, gloomy, enthusiastic, etc)
What is tone?
500
The "virgin" queen during Shakespeare's lifetime who supported the arts.
Who is Queen Elizabeth I?
500
To improve your composition in terms of content, organization, style, and appropriateness to purpose and audience.
What is to revise?
500
The term used to describe the type of writing that stirs the imagination and helps us see things in fresh ways?
What is figurative writing?
500
A character that changes or develops during the story.