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What is imagery?
A description that appeals to the senses.
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What is a counter argument?
What is an argument or set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument?
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What is a thesis statement?
What is a short statement that summarizes the main point or claim of an essay, research paper, etc?
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What is dramatic irony?
What is when a reader is aware of something that a character is not?
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What is an example of imagery?
There is a place where the sidewalk ends
and before the street begins, and there the grass grows soft and white, and there the sun burns crimson bright, and there the moon-bird rests from his flight to cool in the peppermint wind. |
What is personification?
What is a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes?
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What is a claim?
What is a statement or assertion that something is the case, typically without providing evidence as proof?
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What is commentary?
What is the expansion on concrete details and provision of analysis, feelings, reflection, interpretation, etc?
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What is tone?
What is the writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels?
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What is an example of tone?
In the Harry Potter series, author J.K. Rowling has taken an extremely positive, inspiring, and uplifting attitude towards the idea of love and devotion.
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What is a simile?
What is a comparison of two unlike things using like or as?
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What is .edu?
The most reliable internet source type
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What is the writing process?
What are prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing?
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What is setting?
What is the context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs?
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What is an example of onomatopoeia?
Bang! The plate crashed to the floor.
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What is alliteration?
What is a repetition of initial consonant sounds?
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What is a research paper?
What is a document you can use to communicate the results of research findings?
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What is the conclusion paragraph?
What is the final paragraph of an essay in which the thesis statement is restated?
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What is the theme?
What is the central idea of a work of literature?
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What is an example of personification?
The stars danced playfully in the moonlight sky.
The ocean danced in the moonlight. |
What is a metaphor?
What is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable?
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What is a research topic?
What is a subject matter area that the researcher wants to explore?
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What is the order of a paragraph?
What is the topic sentence, 2-4 supporting details, the clincher that brings order and purpose to a group of sentences?
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What is satire?
What is the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues?
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What is an example of alliteration?
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
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