Word Lists in the Writing Style and Structure Category

This section covers writing and the structure of various forms of writing, including prose and poetry, novels, short stories, and paragraph structure.

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  • Literary Genres (6 words)
    Example: Allegory: Plato, Republic, Book X "The Cave" Anonymous, "Hymn of the Pearl", Ballad: Anonymous, "The Unquiet Grave" (Folk Ballad), Epic: Gilgamesh, Myth: Jason and the Golden Fleece
    Created 2024-10-07
  • First 8 Literary Devices (7 words)
    Example: You don't have to be Shakespeare to write poetry.: Allusion, I'm so tired, I could sleep for a hundred years.: Hyperbole, "and baby now we've got bad blood": Alliteration, His stare was stone cold.: Metaphor
    Created 2024-09-12
  • IEW Structure & Style Quiz 3 (6 words)
    Example: Conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry: Vociferous, An organization that is controlled by a dominant person or group: Chiefdom, Decorative cover for a bed: Counterpane, Cleanse (one's body) with soap and water: Lave
    Created 2023-05-29
  • IEW Structure & Style Quiz 3 (6 words)
    Example: Overlapping in duration: Concurrently, Taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease: Inoculation, Emitting an odor, having a natural fragrance: Odoriferous, Having an illustrious reputation; respected: Prestigious
    Created 2023-05-29
  • IEW Structure & Style Quiz 2 (5 words)
    Example: Liveliness and eagerness: Alacrity, Force somebody to do something: Oblige, The left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose: Port, The right side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose: Starboard
    Created 2023-05-29
  • IEW Structure & Style Quiz 2 (6 words)
    Example: The part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks: Croupe, A despicable coward: Dastard, Invulnerable to fear or intimidation: Dauntless, In a very agitated manner; as if possessed by an evil spirit: Frenetically
    Created 2023-05-29
  • IEW Structure & Style Quiz 4 (7 words)
    Example: Addition or extra material or illustration or clarifying detail: Amplification, To come between (intervene): Invenio, Characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation: Colloquial, A noun formed from a verb (such as the '-ing' form of an English verb when used as a noun: Gerund
    Created 2023-05-29
  • IEW Structure & Style Quiz 5 (5 words)
    Example: An opinionated article submitted to an newspaper or magazine for publication: Op-Ed, Opposite Editorial, The practice of downloading and distributing copyrighted works digitally without permission, such as music or software: Cyber Piracy, An offensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh: Euphemism, Something causing misery or death: Bane
    Created 2023-05-29
  • IEW Structure & Style Quiz 5 (5 words)
    Example: An analytic or interpretive literary composition: Essay, The act of rescuing a ship, its crew, or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire: Salvage, An unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument: Thesis, The right of the state to take private property for public use (5th Amendment): Eminent Domain
    Created 2023-05-29
  • IEW Structure & Style Quiz 6 (7 words)
    Example: Someone who offers opposition: Antagonist, Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs: Irony, The principal character in a work of fiction: Protagonist, A series or sharp, distinct sounds: Staccato
    Created 2023-05-29
  • IEW Structure & Style Quiz 2 (4 words)
    Example: A group of many islands in a large body of water: Archipelago, A peninsula in Southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey: Asia Minor, A popular story handed down from earlier times whose truth has not been ascertained: Legend, Natural abilities or qualities: Talent
    Created 2023-05-29
  • IEW Structure & Style Quiz 2 (4 words)
    Example: A group of many islands in a large body of water: Archipelago, A peninsula in Southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey: Asia Minor, A popular story handed down from earlier times whose truth has not been ascertained: Legend, Natural abilities or qualities: Talent
    Created 2023-05-29
  • IEW Structure & Style Quiz 2 (4 words)
    Example: A group of many islands in a large body of water: Archipelago, A peninsula in Southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey: Asia Minor, A popular story handed down from earlier times whose truth has not been ascertained: Legend, Natural abilities or qualities: Talent
    Created 2023-05-29
  • 8th grade Final Exam (7 words)
    Example: a poem in which the speaker reflects on death: elegy, a form of nonfiction in which a writer provides a true account of another persons life: biography, the way an author creates and develops a subject's character: characterization, how an author uses literary techniques and narrative elements: author's craft
    Created 2023-05-22
  • 8th grade Final Exam (7 words)
    Example: story line: plot, literature meant to be performed by actors: drama, instructions on how to perform a drama, often in parenthesis: stage directions, events are told in order in a play: linear plot
    Created 2023-05-22
  • 8th grade Final Exam (7 words)
    Example: story line: plot, literature meant to be performed by actors: drama, instructions on how to perform a drama, often in parenthesis: stage directions, events are told in order in a play: linear plot
    Created 2023-05-22
  • Porcupine's First day of School (6 words)
    Example: Who is Teddy?: [m] Porcupine's toy, What was happening to Porcupine?: [m] It was his first day of school, What kept happening with Teddy?: [m] He kept getting in trouble, What did Porcupine's Mom say should happen the next day at school?: [m] Teddy should stay home
    Created 2023-05-05
  • The Bookstore (6 words)
    Example: In the Bookstore there are books.: [m] true, In the Bookstore there is a chair.: [m] true, In the Bookstore there are helpers.: [m] true, In the Bookstore there is a petting zoo.: [m] true
    Created 2023-04-18
  • Essay Key Terms (7 words)
    Example: Topic: What the essay is going to be about, Thesis: The opinion or argument of an essay-what the writer is trying to get the reader to understand., Grabber: The first sentence of an essay- that gets the reader’s attention, Title: The name of an essay
    Created 2022-08-25
  • 2 (7 words)
    Example: Which paragraph is the first paragraph in an essay (the top hamburger bun)?: The , Which parts of the hamburger are the E and E in?: The , What do E and E stand for?: E and E, What does R stand for?: r
    Created 2021-03-30
  • Types of Text Structure (6 words)
    Example: gives evidence of a problem and one or more ways to solve it.: Problem/Solution, tells the characteristics of a topic.: Description, states a main idea or claim and gives details or evidence to support it.: Claim/Support, relates a sequence of events or steps in a process.: Chronological/Sequential
    Created 2019-10-28
  • Literay Vocabulary (7 words)
    Example: Theme: lesson or moral in the story, Drama: play, Poem: collection of words that express emotions, Details: events in story
    Created 2019-09-05
  • Literay Vocabulary (7 words)
    Example: Theme: lesson or moral in the story, Drama: play, Poem: collection of words that express emotions, Details: events in story
    Created 2019-09-05
  • 5th Grade Terms Quiz (7 words)
    Example: Words and expressions with multiple meanings: [m] ambiguity, A brief reference to a person, place, even or another literary work: [m] allusion, An often used expression: [m] verbal cliché, The story of a persons life written by someone else: [m] biography
    Created 2019-09-03
  • ELA Quiz (7 words)
    Example: Theme: the message of the story, Central Idea: the point of the story, Supporting Evidence: sentences from the story that prove your claim, Objective Summary: just the facts, no opinion
    Created 2019-08-22
  • Act IV Scene 1 & 2 Quiz (4 words)
    Example: Who's brother did Lepidus say had to die?: [m] Octavius' Brother, Which two people were arguing in Scene 2?: [m] Cassius & Brutus, What is the literary device used in this quote? "There are no tricks in plain and simple faith; / But hollow men, like horses hot at land, / Make gallant show and promise of their mettle.": , Who said this quote? “It is a creature that I teach to fight, To wind, to stop, to run directly on, his corporal motion governed by my spirit and in some taste is Lepidus but so.”:
    Created by phackworth17 - 2019-05-22
  • Figurative Language (7 words)
    Example: A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid : None of the above, The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.: Simile, She was as brave as a lion. : Metaphor, A figure of speech which makes an implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things.: Personification
    Created 2019-02-21
  • Figurative Language (7 words)
    Example: A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid : None of the above, The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.: Simile, She was as brave as a lion. : Metaphor, A figure of speech which makes an implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things.: Personification
    Created 2019-02-21
  • Workshop #3 - Combat Zone (6 words)
    Example: The narrator waited to ambush the Vietnamese soldier.: [m] attack, The site of the attack was near My The.: [m] place, Soldiers' lives are often in peril.: [m] danger, He is hesitate to throw the grenade.: [m] hesitating
    Created 2019-01-31
  • Workshop #3 - Combat Zone (7 words)
    Example: The narrator waited to ambush the Vietnamese soldier.: [m] attack, The site of the attack was near My The.: [m] place, Soldiers' lives are often in peril.: [m] danger, He is hesitate to throw the grenade.: [m] hesitating
    Created 2019-01-31
  • Workshop #3 - Combat Zone (5 words)
    Example: The narrator waited to ambush the Vietnamese soldier.: [m] attack, The site of the attack was near My The.: [m] place, Soldiers' lives are often in peril.: [m] danger, He is hesitate to throw the grenade.: [m] hesitating
    Created 2019-01-31
  • Nouns (4 words)
    Example: No "s", only 1.: Singular, "S" at the end. Means more than one.: Plural, Name of a person, place, or thing. Starts with a captial letter.: Proper, A noun without a specific name. Starts with a lowercase letter.: Common
    Created 2019-01-09
  • Demand Quiz 10262018 (7 words)
    Example: WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF DEMAND?: [m] THE QUANTITY A CONSUMER IS WILLING AND ABLE TO PURCHASE AT EACH PRICE, DEMAND HAS HOW MANY PARTS TO IT?: [m] 2, WHAT IS THE LAW OF DEMAND?: [m] WHEN A GOOD’S PRICE IS LOWER, CONSUMERS WILL BUY MORE OF IT. WHEN THE PRICE IS HIGHER, CONSUMERS WILL BUY LESS OF IT., WHY IS A DEMAND SCHEDULE IMPORTANT?: [m] BECAUSE IT IS A TABLE THAT LISTS THE QUANTITY OF A GOOD THAT A PERSON WILL PURCHASE AT VARIOUS PRICES IN A MARKET.
    Created 2018-10-26
  • PRESENTATION QUIZ 3003 (7 words)
    Example: What _____ the definition of a presentation?: [m] is, What _____ your father do?: [m] does, What _____ the definition of a presentation?: [m] is, What _____ the definition of a presentation?: [m] is
    Created 2018-08-27
  • Vocabulary Quzi 1 (7 words)
    Example: ____________________ is creating a condensed version of another’s(or your own) text.: Summary , “[A] self-contained, short, and powerful statement that describes a larger work” is called a(n) __________________________________.: Abstract, A concise summary of the most important aspects of a longer text that helps busy executives or managers to quickly review the material is a(n) _________________________________________________.: Executive summary, A ________________________________ is a summary that typically includes an evaluation of a movie, performance, exhibit, or book.: Review
    Created 2017-09-05
  • Julius Caesar- Act 4, Scene 1 Quiz (5 words)
    Example: Who is checking off the names?: Mark Antony, Who's brother are they killing?: Lepidus' Brother, What does "divvy" mean: To divide , What did Antony and Octavious compare Lepidus to?: A horse
    Created 2017-02-08
  • Parts of a paragraph (7 words)
    Example: A paragraph is about how many things?: One, How many sentences should you include in a paragraph?: Three to five, What are the three types of sentences in a paragraph?: Topic, detail, summary, What is in the first sentence of a paragraph?: The topic
    Created 2013-11-10

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