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Grammar
Persuasion
Testing Vocabulary
Fiction and Drama
Figurative language
100
A clause that can stand or make sense by itself.
What is an independent clause?
100
The characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its beliefs and aspirations.
What is ethos?
100
A particular activity or cause that has suddenly become fashionable or popular.
What is bandwagon?
100
a serious disagreement or argument.
What is conflict?
100
the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind; using like or as.
What is simile?
200
A clause that can not stand alone in a sentence.
What is a dependent clause?
200
A quality that evokes pity or sadness.
What is pathos?
200
a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
What is inference?
200
The action of solving a problem.
What is resolution?
200
A word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
What is metaphor?
300
A sentence with more than one subject or predicate.
What is a compound sentence?
300
Logos is a statement, sentence or argument used to convince or persuade the targeted audience by employing reason or logic.
What is logos?
300
Something that is factual is concerned with facts or contains facts, rather than giving theories or personal interpretations.
What is factual claim?
300
Its the underlining message, subject, or big idea.
What is theme?
300
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman.
What is personification?
400
A sentence containing a subordinate clause or clauses.
What is a complex sentence?
400
The production of (facts) to prove a general statement.
What is induction?
400
The author’s feelings or attitude toward a subject.
What is tone?
400
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named. ex: splash, thud, meow, etc.
What is onomatopoeia?
500
A sentence having two or more coordinate independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
500
A mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument.
What is Fallacies?
500
The inference of particular instances by reference to a general law or principle.
What is deduction?
500
How you feel or your attitude towards a subject.
What is mood?
500
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. ex:My Sassy Sister Slapped the villain Silly.
What is alliteration?