Suffixes
Figurative Language
Rafts
Strategies
Parts of an Essay
100
A spoon full of something.
What is "Spoonful"?
100
Comparing two things using like or as
What is a simile?
100
The "R" in Rafts
What is Role?
100
The first part of the essay.
What is Thesis?
100
Introduction to the characters, setting, and sometimes plot
What is Exposition?
200
To make someone filled with horror
What is "Horrify"?
200
Comparing two things without using like or as
What is a metaphor?
200
The "F" in Rafts
What is Format?
200
How to remember a part of a passage
What is Highlighting?
200
The building of the story and conflict
What is Rising Action?
300
Able to be endured
What is "Tolerable"?
300
Making up a word to describe a sound
What is an onomatopoeia?
300
The "A" in Rafts
What is Audience?
300
How to remember important things to answer a question
What is Studying?
300
The greatest moment of interest
What is Climax?
400
Easily dealt with; straight forward and uncomplicated
What is "Elementary"?
400
Language that appeals to the five senses
What is imagery?
400
The "T" in Rafts
What is Thesis?
400
You don't know what you are looking for
What is Skimming?
400
The events that lead to the resolution
What is the Falling Action?
500
A system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives
What is "Bureaucracy"?
500
Two words that usually counter each other are used together for an effect
What is an oxymoron?
500
The "S" in Rafts
What is Strong Words?
500
You already know what you are looking for
What is Scanning?
500
The ending of the story
What is Resolution?