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What is a plague?
The Black Death and the person poking you with a pen could both be called this.
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Who is Rictus?
This character has a smile that would "shame a shark."
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What is person versus person?
The main struggle in the novel best fits into this category of conflict.
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What is alliteration?
"The wasted day dwindled to dusk."
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Every introduction should begin with one of these
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What is malignant?
This word can be used to describe a person's bad attitude or a deadly disease.
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Who is Wendell?
"Who cares" is this character's favorite phrase.
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What is the exposition?
Harvey is very, very bored in this section of the plot.
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What is a simile?
"His face, when his teeth no longer dazzled, was like a mask of dough."
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With the exception of this category of classes, most of the subjects you take in school are not capitalized.
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What is wayward?
A person who is often in the principal's office could be described using this adjective.
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Who is Blue Cat?
This cat has a great sense of direction.
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What is the climax?
Harvey battles Mr. Hood in this section of the plot.
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What is a metaphor?
"The great gray beast February had eaten Harvey Swick alive."
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Don't have italics? You better do this to the magazine title then.
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What is hostile?
This adjective might be used to describe your enemy, especially if your enemy is very aggressive.
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Who is Clue Cat?
Curiosity does indeed kill this cat.
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What is time is precious and not to be wasted?
This is one of the main themes of this fantasy novel.
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What is personification?
Harvey's mom found him "watching raindrops chase each other down the glass of his bedroom window."
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If you want to prove your topic sentence, try using one of these.
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What is dishearten you?
A low grade or a harsh comment could to this.
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Who is Marr?
Be careful what you dream of around this character.
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What is third person?
This is the point of view of the fantasy novel, but not the point of view that involves anyone's opinion.
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What is foreshadowing?
"Because time passes....And the beetle and the worm find their way into everything sooner or later."
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