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In reference to Author's Purpose, what does P.I.E stand for?
What is "Persuade, Inform, Entertain"
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The beginning of a story where the characters, setting and conflict are introduced is called______________.
What is "Exposition"
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The organized pattern or sequence of events that make up a story is called____________________.
What is "Plot Diagram"
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Use context clues to define the word DIGNITY: 


Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother, she maintained her DIGNITY, holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site.

What is pride /"worth or self-respect"?
100

Use context clues to define IMPERVIOUS:

His steely personality made him IMPERVIOUS to jokes about his awful haircut."

What is "unaffected, unbothered"?
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The mode of writing geared to sway the reader's perception or provoke them to act/react is called__________.
What is "persuasive"
200
An argument that is not sound that but may still be convincing is called _______________.
What is "rhetorical fallacy"
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A very specific, clear message that leaves little room for interpretation is called_____________.
What is "Explicit"
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A type of rhetorical fallacy that encourages an audience to agree with the writer because everyone else is doing so..

What is the bandwagon effect?
200

Use context clues to define BRANDISHING?

As the officer waited outside, the robber emerged from the bank, BRANDISHING a weapon.

What is "holding/waving"
300
Complete and label the following analogy: 

RAIN is to PRECIPITATION as


A) salmon is to seafood 

B) snow is to tundra 

C) jungle is to  desert 

D) pet is to hamster

What is... 

A) salmon is to seafood 

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a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

What is an "analogy"
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What is the author's purpose? A menu for a local pizzeria listing the sizes and prices of pizzas and available toppings.
What is "To inform"
300
What is the author's purpose? 


A bookmark by the American Dairy Association listing 10 reasons to drink milk.

What is "To persuade"
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Writing about the similarities and differences of a subject is called_________________________.
What is "Comparing and contrasting"
400

The main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work which may be stated directly or indirectly.

What is "Theme?"
400
The expression of an author's attitude toward a subject is called_______.
What is "Tone"
400
What example of figurative language is being used in the following sentence? "I was so proud of myself for winning the contest because things like that only happen once in a blue moon."
What is "Idiom"
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Argument that suggest that one thing will lead to another, oftentimes with disastrous results.

Example: If you get a B in high school, you won’t get into the college of your choice, and therefore will never have a meaningful career.

What is "slippery slope?"
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What type of figurative language is being used in the following sentence? 


 "She was just a trophy to Aiden, another object to possess."

What is "metaphor"
500

Using knowledge and information from the text to come to conclusions and make the concept more clear.


What is "inferencing"
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Finish and label the following analogy: 

FINALE is to MUSICAL :: 

A) inning is to baseball 

B) stitch is to tapestry 

C) mystery is to novel 

D) barista is to coffee 

E) homestretch is to race

What is "(E)

E) homestretch is to race

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3 types of rhetorical appeals
What are logical, ethical & emotional?
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Persuasive tactics that frightens people into agreeing with the arguer by threatening them or predicting unrealistically dire consequences.

Example: If you don’t support the party’s tax plan, you and your family will be reduced to poverty.

What are scare tactics?
500
What type of figurative language is being used in the following sentence? 


 "Some days my thoughts are just cocoons hanging from dripping branches in the grey woods of my mind."

What is "Metaphor"