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Grammar
Writing
Literary Devices
Long Words
Weird Words
100
The part of speech that modifies verbs
What is adverb?
100
The primary idea within a piece of nonfiction writing Hint: t or m
What is the thesis (or main idea) statement?
100
The problem of a story Hint: c
What is conflict?
100
A literary device that involves giving non-human things the traits of human things Hint: p
What is personification?
100
Words that imitate sounds Hint: o
What is onomatopoeia?
200
The part of speech that modifies nouns or pronouns
What is adjective?
200
A written work intended to convey a message Hint: t
What is a text?
200
Writing that tells a story, whether true or fictional Hint: n
What is narrative?
200
Hints about the future usually provided to build suspense
What is foreshadowing?
200
A word that sounds the same as another word but is spelled differently Hint: h
What is a homonym?
300
A sentence with at least two independent clauses
What is compound?
300
To shorten a passage by bringing together key points Hint: s
What is to summarize?
300
Exaggeration Hint: h
What is hyperbole?
300
A propaganda technique that uses positive "buzzwords" to make the product look good: Hint: g
What is glittering generalities?
300
Two or three consonants that come together to make one sound Hint: c
What is a consonant digraph?
400
The part of speech that serves to connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences Hint: c
What is conjunction?
400
An account of a person's life written by someone else Hint: b
What is a biography?
400
The feeling of a literary work conveyed by setting and plot events
What is tone?
400
A type of third-person point of view that allows the narrator to see the perspective of many different characters Hint: o
What is omniscient?
400
Saying something in a nicer, less offensive way Hint: e
What is a euphemism?
500
A punctuation mark that separates independent clauses or items in a series Hint: s
What is a semi-colon?
500
To put someone else's writing into your own words Hint: p
What is to paraphrase?
500
A legendary story, usually concerning a hero or event that explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature Hint: m
What is myth?
500
A character who undergoes an important inner change, a change in personality or attitude Hint: d
What is dynamic character?
500
A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear together Hint: o
What is oxymoron?