This word part has meaning, but is not a word by itself. It usually has prefixes or suffixes attached to it.
What is root?
100
This word means "hardly noticeable".
What is subtle?
100
A historical document with dates and details of the Vietnam War could be considered one of these.
What is a chronology?
100
This is the word to describe a character speaking to themselves or to another character.
What is dialogue?
100
This literary term is described as "the underlying message in a piece of literature". It is not always directly stated by the author and the reader must make inferences to figure it out.
What is theme?
200
This word part has meaning and is a word that can stand alone without any other word parts attached to it.
What is a base word?
200
This word is defined as "starting and stopping at intervals".
What is intermittent?
200
Someone who wakes up every morning, drinks coffee, reads the newspaper, walks the dog, then leaves for work at 8:15 a.m. on the dot does things in this way.
What is systematic?
200
These are the 6 Traits of Writing.
What are ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions?
200
This literary term refers to the attitude or feelings the author puts into their writing.
What is tone?
300
The prefix "intra" means this.
What is within?
300
This word means to get off topic, or more specifically, "a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing".
What is digression?
300
A student who shouts out without raising their hand can be described as doing this.
What is interjecting?
300
This is a writing strategy that involves writing in great detail while using the five senses.
What are Show Not Tell sentences?
300
This describes the reason why writers write about a particular subject.
What is Author's Purpose?
400
The root "tract" means these two words.
What are draw or pull?
400
This word means "to return to a former or less developed state".
What is regress?
400
Microscopic blood cells live this way, inside of our bodies.
What is intravenously?
400
This trait of writing involves editing your work for grammar, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization.
What are Conventions?
400
The feelings that are evoked within a reader are referred to as this literary term.
What is mood?
500
The prefix "inter" means this.
What is between?
500
This word is defined as "a back and forth action", or "an action and a reaction".
What is interplay?
500
St. Louis and Chicago are not these types of cities.
What is intramural?
500
Just like the body cannot function without a brain, writing cannot exist without this Trait of Writing.
What are Ideas?
500
These are used by skillful readers in order to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words.