Vocab
Boomboxes are so old they are almost obsolete. Define the bolded word.
What is disappeared, gone away?
When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in this perspective
What is 1st person point of view?
This interrupts the story to share backstory or context.
What is a flashback?
I have a million pages of homework!
What is a hyperbole?
A clause with a subject and verb, but it cannot stand on it own.
What is a dependent clause?
"I'm as tough as the crust of the Earth is." This is an example of ______?
What is a simile?
This is the first paragraph in an essay.
What is the Introduction
"Weathering willow whispers wild."
What literary device is this?
What is alliteration?
My brother is such a bear in the morning.
What is a metaphor?
This part of speech joins words or clauses together.
What is a conjunction?
My mom tried to dissuade me from dating Chase. It didn’t work.
What is advise to not do something?
The contrast between what is expected and what actually happens.
What is irony?
In a story, the anti-hero or person in conflict with the main character.
What is the antagonist?
The sizzle of bacon cooking makes my mouth water!
What is onomatopoeia?
You can place this punctuation mark between two sentences in order to become one whole sentence.
What is a semicolon?
The deceitful thief stole my mom’s purse out of her car. The bolded word means ____________.
Dishonest
This type of writing explains things.
What is expository text?
In a work of fiction, this is the message.
What is theme?
My feet were screaming at me the last mile of the marathon.
What is personification?
This part of speech tells how, where, and when. It often modifies a verb
What is an adverb?
What is the verb in this sentence?
My mom and dad drive to the city together to work every day
What is "drive"
The point of view of a text written if the writer is not in the story being told.
What is 3rd person?
A comparison between two things using like or as
What is a simile?
The smell of the wood burning and marshmallows cooking was wonderful.
What is a imagery?
“Around the corner” is this kind of phrase.
What is a prepositional phrase?