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Poetry
Author's Purpose
Character Analysis
Main Idea
GUM
100
Similar to a paragraph in poetry
What is stanza?
100
The acronym used to remember the three types of author's purpose.
What is P.I.E.?
100
Describes a character's personality
What is a trait?
100
Statements that provide more information about the topic.
What is supporting details?
100
The type of sentence that ends with a question mark.
What is interrogative sentence?
200
A comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
200
A speech from Donald Trump
What is to persuade?
200
When the author TELLS exactly what the character is like. For example; mean girls or responsible citizen.
What is direct characterization?
200
When the author does not directly state the main idea in a paragraph.
What is implied main idea?
200
Punctuation used to introduce a list of three or more items.
What is a colon?
300
A word representing a sound such as "BOOM"
What is Onomatopoeia?
300
An article on weather in a science textbook.
What is to inform?
300
When the author "hints" about the character's personality
What is indirect characterization?
300
To use your own words to summarize only part of the text including the main idea.
What is paraphrasing?
300
Punctuation used to separate a dependent clause from an independent clause in a sentence.
What is a comma?
400
Reference to another event, character or text.
What is allusion?
400
Romeo and Juliet
What is to entertain?
400
The reasons WHY a character does or says the things they do.
What is motivation?
400
To restate the main idea and details succinctly while maintaining meaning.
What is summarizing?
400
If the subject is singular, so should the verb.
What is subject verb agreement?
500
This type of poem has a pattern of 5-7-5 syllables and 3 lines.
What is Haiku?
500
Television Infomercial about P90X
What is to persuade?
500
When a character is fighting within themselves. For example, someone feeling guilty because of how they treated someone else.
What is internal conflict?
500
One is specific to the story ,while the other is universal.
What is the difference between main idea and theme?
500
What G.U.M. stands for.
What is grammar, usage and mechanics?