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Purpose
Organization
Word Types
Figures of Speech
Catch-All
100
An author writes the story of his or her own life.
What is an autobiography?
100
This is telling what happened in the order in which it happened.
What is sequence?
100
A word that means the opposite of another word.
What is an antonym?
100
You eat like a pig.
What is a simile?
100
The way an author describes characters to show what they are like.
What is characterization?
200
This type of writing is meant to tell a story.
What is a narrative?
200
This tells the reason something happened and the result of it happening.
What is cause and effect?
200
A word that means the same as another word.
What is a synonym?
200
You are a pain in the neck!
What is a metaphor?
200
The ending of the story.
What is the resolution or conclusion?
300
This type of writing is meant to be convincing.
What is persuasive writing?
300
This strategy tells how things are similar and then how they are different.
What is compare and contrast?
300
A group of letters placed before a word to alter or change its meaning.
What is a prefix?
300
Flowers danced about the lawn.
What is personification?
300
A word or group of words in a writing which speak to one or more of the senses.
What is imagery?
400
These types of writing are meant to give information.
What is informative or expository?
400
This strategy gives a struggle or a concern and then offers ways to deal with or fix the struggle and concern.
What is conflict and resolution?
400
A word composed of two or more smaller words.
What is a compound word?
400
Come on class, let's get on the ball.
What is an idiom?
400
When a judgment is made or a conclusion is reached based on what we know so far.
What is making an inference?
500
The "sense" that is being appealed to when a writer wishes to entertain.
What is "sense of humor"?
500
In poetry, an author may choose to not use regular meter or rhyme.
What is free verse?
500
Words that sound alike but have meanings that differ.
What are homophones?
500
I was so embarrassed I could have died. (Official term)
What is hyperbole?
500
Hinting at future events without actually telling them.
What is foreshadowing?