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Poetry
Argument
Fiction
Use your roots
Grab Bag
100
"Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout" is an example of this...
What is alliteration?
100
I know you, like me, love America...
What is pathos?
100
The beginning of a story that reveals the setting, characters and conflict.
What is the exposition?
100
A word with Greek/Latin roots that literally means "under the skin"
What is hypodermic?
100
A list of sources used in a writing piece
What is works cited?
200
"The moon sauntered across the night sky" is an example of this
What is personification?
200
The point of most excitement in a story
What is climax?
200
A Greek root meaning sound
What is phon-?
200
The area in a poem without words
What is white space?
300
"Andrea is such a bear in the morning" is an example of this...
What is a metaphor?
300
Of the 100 people surveyed, 90 supported the bill....
What is logos?
300
A reference to a famous person, place, or event
What is an allusion?
300
A word that uses the Latin root "nom" to mean wrong name
What is misnomer?
300
The author's attitude toward the topic
What is tone?
400
Iambic pentameter is an example of this
What is rhythm?
400
Now is the time to make a difference. Now is the time to change this law.
What is a call to action?
400
1st, 2nd, 3rd omniscient, 3rd limited
What is point of view?
400
Uses Latin root for "to see" and Greek root for "far away"
What is television?
400
A pair of words that shows a relationship
What is an analogy?
500
abab cdcd efef gg
What is a sonnet?
500
Indifference is more destructive than hatred.
What is a claim?
500
Uses a character's actions, words, and the words of other's to help the reader to get to know the character
What is characterization?
500
Latin for head--don't lose yours
Capit--as in decapitate
500
The main idea of an essay
What is a thesis?