Synonyms
Author's Craft
Figurative Language
Antonym
Written Responses
200

Wild

What is Fierce? 

200

The overall emotional feeling of the piece

What is mood?

200

Comparison using the words 'like' or 'as'

What is a simile? 

200

Friendly or hospitable

What is Hostile?

200

The number of evidence a short response requires

What is two pieces of evidence?

400

To allow

What is Tolerate?

400

To figure out a character's perspective, we look for:

What is dialogue, actions, feelings?

400

An exaggeration

What is a hyperbole?

400

Someone who does the right thing

What is Juvenile? 

400

The first paragraph of an extended response

What is an introduction?

600

Imitate

What is Emulate?

600

Whether the story is told in first person, third person, limited, or omniscient

What is point of view?

600

Words that make a sound

What is onomatopoeia? 

600

Disappoint 

What is Impressed?

600

The order of a short response

What is Claim, Context, Evidence Analysis, Context, Evidence, Analysis?

800

Sense of right and wrong

What is Conscience? 

800

What type of figurative language did this author use in the following sentence?

"I'll walk a thousand miles, if I can just see you tonight"

What is hyperbole?

800

Turning objects (non-human) to having human characteristics 

What is personification?

800

Superficial or not important 

What is Profound?

800

How many paragraphs would you write for the following prompt?

Consider the excerpt from "Home" and the poem "The Other Side". How do the authors, Gwendolyn Brooks and Angela Johnson, use descriptive language to develop the speaker's perspective of home? Be sure to include evidence from both texts to support your response.

What is 4 paragraphs? Introduction, Body Paragraph on "Home", Body Paragraph on "The Other Side", Conclusion

1000

Common or widespread

What is Prevalent?

1000

Characters in the story is having a conversation with each other

What is dialogue?

1000

Comparing two unlike things

What is a metaphor?

1000

Calm or unexcited 

What is Vehement? 

1000

The first sentence in a short response

What is a claim?