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Writing
100
the act of repeating or being repeated
What is repetition?
100
imagery
What is the vivid descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses.
100
When a character does something that contrasts with what you'd expect or contradicts his earlier acts or statements.
What is Contrast and Contradictions
100
Kisses are the flowers of love in bloom
What is a metaphor?
100
to see again
What is revision
200
the underlying moral or message of a story
What is theme?
200
short story
What is a brief work of fiction?
200
the question you ask yourself when a character realizes, understands or finally figures out something
What is "How might this change things?"
200
skull and crossbones to represent poison
What is a symbolism?
200
The writer shares thoughts, ideas, feeling, and questions about his or her experiences.
what is expressive writing?
300
the reader's feeling of the text
What is mood?
300
genre
What is a category?
300
the question you ask yourself when a character asks herself a very difficult question
What is "What does this question make me wonder about?"
300
"I want her to live. I want her to breathe. I want her to aerobicize."
What is repetition?
300
the writer focuses on the worth of person, object, idea or other phenomenon
What is evaluate and judge?
400
a character in the story tells the story
What is first person point of view?
400
tone
What is the writer's attitude toward his or her subject?
400
In Walk Two Moons, Sal asks herself, "Have I been unwilling to notice things about Mother?"
What is a tough question sign post?
400
I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the Milky Way, They stretch'd in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay:
What is imagery?
400
Replace, Add, Delete or Reorder
What are the revision steps of RADaR?
500
The author's intent or purpose when he is informing his audience.
What is expository?
500
images which are not intended to be interpreted in a literal sense
What is figurative language?
500
a mysterious character shows up again.
What is the sign post Again and Again?
500
crime does not pay
What is theme?
500
wrestles with a question or problem
What is inquire and explore?