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Idiosyncratic Expression, Idiom

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A humorous way of using a word or phrase so that more than one meaning is suggested.
Joke
Sarcasm
Irony
Pun
2
Expression that is grammatically peculiar; can't be understood from the meaning of its elements
Idiosyncratic Expression
Parable
Ideological Conundrum
Idiom
3
The author's central though; the chief topic of a text.
Underlying Motif
Peripheral Knowledge
Supporting Idea
Main Idea
4
The form an adverb takes when comparing at least 3 different things.
Comparing Adjective
Superlative Adjective
Comparing Adverb
Superlative Adverb
5
An object or abstract idea given human qualities or human form.
Analogy
Personification
Metaphor
Personability
6
A point of information in a text that strongly support the meaning or tells the story.
Key Word
Key Detail
Lesson
Keystone
7
The time and place in which a story unfolds.
Setting
Landscape
Plotline
Story
8
A property of verbs that express an action not as a reality but as something that could happen.
Passive Mood
Subjunctive Mood
Correlating Verb
Related Verbs
9
An exaggeration or overstatement.
Homograph
Hyperlink
Gerund
Hyperbole
10
A punctuation mark (-) used to set of parenthetical elements that require special emphasis.
Ellipses
Dash
Exclamation Point
Subtraction Sign
11
Print features as well as graphic, informational, and organizational aids.
Text Feature
Ad Space
Summative Feature
Callout
12
A saying that reflects truth and wisdom and has practical application to everyday life.
Folklore
Proverb
Adverb
Adage
13
A group of words that contains a subject and a predicate.
Clause
Conclusion
Claim
Cohesion
14
The subtle presence of a positive or negative approach toward a topic.
Blatantry
Blasphemy
Scapegoat
Bias
15
To follow or determine the course of an argument within a text.
Trace
Guide
Confer
Trait
16
An account not directly known or experienced but obtained from others.
Principle Ownership
Secondhand Account
Third Person Perspective
Firsthand Experience
17
To be an important fact in; help to cause.
Condition
Correlate
Condescend
Contribute
18
To perceive as true; to realize.
Reiterate
Relate
Recognize
Recount
19
To bring together or to combine information so as to produce a larger unit or a whole.
Adjudicate
Inaugurate
Integrate
Inundate
20
The opening of a piece of writing that is integral to what follows.
Introduction
Conclusion
Header
Body
21
A connecting word.
Conjunctivitis
Conjugation
Conjunction
Conditional Hyperbole
22
A judgment based on reasoning rather than on a direct or explicit statement.
Integrate
Inference
Idiom
Infinitive
23
The form an adverb takes when comparing an act or manner of two different things.
Conditional Adverb
Comparative Adverb
Contingent Adverb
Contrasting Adverb
24
Showing resemblance in qualities or characteristics; alike but not identical.
Coincidence
Paired Events
Foreshadowing
Similarity
25
A lesson or principle contained in a text.
Moral
Certification
Legend
Frugal
26
An argument that is in opposition to the claim/position.
Counterclaim
Counterfeit
Restrictive Claim
Counterintuitive
27
The author's choices regarding language, sentence structure, voice, and tone.
Preference
Style
Verbage
Logic
28
The kinds of characters that appear as archetypes in literature.
Character Development
The Trickster
Character Types
Genre
29
The formal statement of the meaning of a word.
Definition
Synonym
Affidavit
Summons
30
Involving an interpretation of a text or word at its most basic, nonfigurative meaning.
Figurative Meaning
Multiple-Meaning Word
Memoir
Literal Meaning
31
To make evident or prove.
Diminish
Deity
Demonstrate
Dialogue
32
The process of identifying the parts of a whole and their relationships to one another.
Agricultural Precedent
Analysis
Argumentative Writing
Author's Point of View
33
The thesis statement or main point that forms the basis for an argument within a text.
Contribution
Contiguous
Contingent
Claim
34
The narrator's perspective from which the events are depicted.
Bias
Genre
Point of View
Preposition
35
A word, words, or a phrase in a sentence, that help reason out the meaning of unfamiliar words
Convex Clue
Counterintuitive Clue
Context Clue
Blue's Clue
36
A sentence that consists of two or more independent clauses and no subordinate clauses.
Complex Sentence
Compound-Complex Sentence
Confound-Confusing Sentence
Compound Sentence
37
A list of three or more elements that are usually arranged in parallel form.
Items in the Table of Contents
Items in Conjuction
Items in a Story
Items in a Series
38
Presents ideas and evokes emotion through use of meter & imagery. Often has rhythmic pattern
Firsthand Experience
Predicate
Poem
Passage
39
When the subject of the sentence receives the action of the verb.
Active Voice
Passive Voice
Constructive Voice
Discerning Voice
40
A subtle or slight degree of difference.
Distinct
Clandestine
Nuance
Opinion
41
An adverb that begins an adjective clause.
Conjunctive Adverb
Disjointed Adverb
Relevant Adverb
Relative Adverb
42
One of a sequence of separate consecutive stages in a process or in the progression of a goal.
Event
Step
Consequence
Story Element
43
Writing that conveys experiences using a sequence of events as its structure.
Descriptive Writing
Persuasive Writing
Narrative Writing
Informational Writing
44
A modifier that is separated from the word it is modifying.
Superstitious Modifier
Misplaced Modifier
Dangling Modifier
Indistinct Modifier
45
Pertaining to a particular subject, field, profession, or trade.
Procedural
Technical
Original
Dystopian
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Evidence that is adequate to support.
Lacking
Sufficient
Rigid
Conclusive
47
Verb that function as adjectives; they are formed by the present or past participle of the verb
Past Perfect Progressive
Phrases
Imperatives
Participles
48
The position or claim the writer establishes. Should be supported with valid evidence.
Adjective
Adverb
Alliteration
Argument
49
To examine and judge carefully. To judge or determine the worth or quality of something.
Interlude
Evaluate
Elongate
Extrude
50
The unifying element of a piece of a text.
Central Idea
Summary
Supporting Idea
Prewrite
51
A story that tries to explain the origin of the world or natural phenomena.
Science Fiction
Research
Historical Fiction
Myth
52
The voice used by the author to tell/narrate a story or poem.
Orator
Speaker
Audience
Melancholy
53
To give reasons through an explanation to convey the meaning or understanding of a text.
Infinitive
Interjection
Interpret
Conjecture
54
The interpretation or significance of a word, phrase, or text.
Moral
Meaning
Monologue
Myth
55
The form of a word after all affixes are removed. It can't be broken down into simpler elements
Suffix
Prefix
Root
Base
56
A type of text structure in which a difficulty is identified and resolutions are proposed.
Action/Reaction
Cause/Effect
Information/Negotiation
Problem/Solution
57
The ancient stories or poems of many cultures that originate in the oral tradition.
Traditional Stories
Moral Poems
Folklore
Origin Stories
58
A point of view where events are presented outside of any character's perception.
First Person
Fourth Person
Third Person
Second Person
59
A relationship or association between one or more individuals, ideas, or events.
Connection
Commiseration
Compassion
Coagulation
60
A decision based on reasoning rather than on a direct or implicit statement.
Annotation
Proactive Choice
Summary
Conclusion
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The word "to" plus the base form of a verb.
Indistinct Adjective
Indirect Adjective
Injunction
Infinitive
62
A difference or discrimination made between two or more individuals, ideas, or events.
Derivation
Definition
Distinction
Duplication
63
Writing that examines a topic and conveys the ideas, concepts, and information accurately.
Informative Writing
Informal Writing
Formal Writing
Formative Writing
64
A question that the speaker or writer adds to the end of a statement.
Refrain
Tag Question
Chorus
Hook
65
A strategy a writer uses to group ideas that are similar or related.
Mimickry
Etymology
Classification
Coordination
66
A representation of the features of an area of the earth on a flat surface.
Thesaurus
Map
Globe
Dictionary
67
To place characters, situations, or ideas together to show common or differing features.
Identify/Validate
Compare/Contrast
Outlast/Contrast
Share/Compare
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Poem of 14 lines expressing a single idea with reversal in concluding lines.
Ballad
Denouement
Soliloquy
Sonnet
69
The writer's method of organizing text.
Nonrestrictive Element
Parenthetical Element
Organizational Strategy
Style
70
An extended comparison showing the similarities between two things.
Analogy
Adverb
Adjective
Argument
71
The author's statement of his/her beliefs.
Central Station
Central America
Central Message
Central Theme
72
The repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words.
Asymetry
Allusion
Antonym
Alliteration
73
A verb used with the base form of a verb to express permission, possibility, or intention.
Myth
Misplaced Modifier
Convoluted Meaning
Modal Auxiliary
74
A word that connects words, phrases, or clauses of equal grammatical structure.
Conjecture
Collaborating Conditions
Cooperative Pronoun
Coordinating Conjunction
75
A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as".
Simile
Metaphor
Allegory
Euphemism
76
A significant element or thesis in an argument within a text.
Pejorative
Point
Bias
Position
77
A word that conveys emotion and has no grammatical relation to the sentence that follows.
Inference
Infinitive
Interpretation
Interjection
78
The facts, information, and skills gained through experience or education.
Subject Knowledge
Subject-Verb Agreement
Research
Sufficient Conclusions
79
A dramatic sequence that takes place within a single setting on stage
Opening
Headliner
Intermission
Scene
80
An account of imaginary or real events told for the purpose of entertainment.
Story
Movie
Infographic
Speech
81
To provide a brief retelling of key events in the order of occurrence.
Support
Predict
Prove
Recount
82
A word that is the opposite in meaning to another word.
Adjective
Antonym
Argument
Adverb
83
The small, subtle differences in meaning between similar words or phrases.
Inflection
Pronunciation
Shades of Meaning
Dictation
84
The words, phrases, and clauses that make up a sentence, and the order in which they appear.
Sentence Structure
Word Layout
Stylistic Design
Planned Writing
85
The order of events in a narrative.
Plot Channeling
Sequential Variation
Event Sequence
Progression of Time
86
An opinion formed or a decision made after consideration.
Judgment
Memoir
Lesson
Narration
87
A word that is similar in meaning to another word.
Simile
Synonym
Thesaurus Word
Definition
88
Information that is not in agreement.
Conflicting Information
Collaborative Information
Coordinating Information
Collateral Information
89
A single metrical line of poetry
Stanza
Verse
Couplet
Gerund
90
An arrangement of lines in a pattern usually repeated throughout a poem.
Sonnet
Stanza
Couplet
Soliloquy
91
To make understandable, plain, or clear.
Reform
Renounce
Explain
Prohibit
92
The use of everyday language in writing and speaking.
Atypical Writing Style
Formal Writing Style
Informational Writing Style
Informal Writing Style
93
A highlighted word or image on a Webpage that can be clicked to go to another webpage.
Hyperextended
Hyperbole
Hyperlink
Hypertrophy
94
The attitude of the author toward the audience, the characters, the subject, or the work itself
Heart
Sound
Underlying Feeling
Tone
95
The genre of literature represented by works intended for the stage.
Novel
Drama
Folklore
Fable
96
Writing that supports a position or claim about a particular topic.
Informational Writing
Persuasive Writing
Argumentative Writing
Symbolic Writing
97
A modifier that is not clearly attached to the word or phrase it is supposed to be modifying.
Unintentional Delinquency
Disjointed Modifier
Dangling Modifier
Abridged Participle
98
The range of associations that a word or phrase suggests in addition to its dictionary meaning.
Connotation
Correlation
Combativeness
Convolution
99
The final paragraph or section of a piece or writing that provides a sense of completeness.
Conclusion
Thesis
Opening Line
Body
100
The noun to which a pronoun refers/
Allegory
Antonym
Allusion
Antecedent
101
To clarify by using examples.
Iterate
Disseminate
Illustrate
Pronunciate
102
A group of words containing a participle and any complements or modifiers it may have.
Dangling Participle
Participial Phrase
Past Participle
Marsupial Phrase
103
A personal view, attitude, or appraisal.
Introduction
Dissertation
Opinion
Fact
104
The process or method used to accomplish a task in a particular field such as art or science.
Technicality
Text Based Methodology
Technical Procedure
Text Feature
105
A written account of another person's life.
Biograffiti
Autobiograffiti
Biography
Autobiography
106
Noting a relationship between actions or events such that one is the result of the other.
Effect/Affect
Clause/Defect
Catch/Release
Cause/Effect
107
A word that has several meanings depending on how it is used in a sentence.
Multiple-Meaning Word
Homograph
Thesaurus
Homophone
108
A phrase or clause that isn't essential to the sentence, it adds info about a noun preceding it
Restraining Element
Nonrestraining Element
Nonrestrictive Element
Restrictive Element
109
Words or phrases that occur in various contexts playing important roles in many context areas.
Abstract Words/Phrases
Diminishing Words/Phrases
Analogous Words/Phrases
Academic Words/Phrases
110
Vocabulary specific to a particular field of study.
Range-Specific Vocabulary
Consequential Reparations
Domain-Specific Vocabulary
Antecedent-Verb Agreement
111
A sentence that consists of one independent clause and no subordinate clauses.
Plural Sentence
Complex Sentence
Simple Sentence
Compound Sentence
112
A piece of information provided objectively and presented as true.
Tactic
Document
Fact
Exploration
113
An occurrence with the plot.
Conclusion
Rebuttal
Holiday
Event
114
The part of a sentence about which something is being said.
Noun
Subject
Predicate
Antecedent
115
A person, animal, or thing telling the story or giving an account of something.
Novelist
Nonagon
Narrator
Noun
116
To uphold an argument or position through reasons and evidence.
Persuade
Research
Support
Inform
117
A distinct piece of action or episode in a literary text.
Antecedent
Incident
Indictment
Irrelevant
118
One of the divisions or sections in a book that is usually numbered or titled.
Pentameter
Unit
Chronology
Chapter
119
An idea that explains more about a main idea.
Explanatory Premise
Fundamental Premise
Supporting Idea
Peripheral Idea
120
An important point or idea in a text.
Supporting Detail
Key Concept
Opening Line
Summary
121
The episodes that comprise the plot of a text.
Trail of Information
Discography
Pattern of Events
Past Progressive
122
A sentence where the subject is omitted and it is understood that the subject is "you".
Onomatopoeia
Imperative Mood
Operant Mood
Interrogative Mood
123
Clearly expressed or fully stated in the actual text.
Implicit
Experiment
Prodigious
Explicit
124
A sentence in the indicative mood that asks a question.
Informative
Formative
Interrogative
Derogatory
125
When a writer uses more words than are necessary to provide point, detail, or explanation.
Wordiness
Over Sharing
Expounding Style
Run On Sentence
126
Evidence that is pertinent and that supports a given claim.
Resourceful
Relevant
Redundant
Confirmed
127
Beneficial new knowledge that can be learned from a text.
Irony
Gerund
Slander
Lesson
128
The comparison of two unlike things in which the words "like or as" are not used.
Simile
Personification
Alliteration
Metaphor
129
A form of argumentative writing that supports the author's feeling on a topic with reasons/fact
Persuasive Writing
Opinion Writing
Rational Writing
Parenthetical Element
130
The kind of word that compares a quality shared by two different things.
Axillary Automaton
Comparative Adjective
Comparative Adjudication
Comparable Statistics
131
A pronoun that is the object of a verb.
Progressive Pronoun
Objective Case Pronoun
Discerning Pronoun
Dangling Pronoun
132
A way of displaying events in chronological order using a line with dates along it.
Timeline
Chronology
Diaphragm
Foldable
133
Involving the figurative meaning of words or phrases.
Nonliteral Meaning
Plasticity
Transparency
Literal Meaning
134
A word, phrase, or sentence that is used to create coherence between sentences or paragraphs.
Eulogy
Theme
Transition
Thesis
135
A word or phrase that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.
Adage
Adjective
Verb
Adverb
136
To mark off as different; to recognize the prominent features of.
Disavow
Devolve
Disguise
Distinguish
137
A quality of writing where ideas move logically and fluidly throughout a piece of writing.
Smooth Streak
Run-On Sentence
Adhesion
Cohesion
138
The offering of information for others to consider.
Powerpoint
Presentation
Comprehension
Teaching
139
The form a verb takes in sentences that make a statement or ask a question.
Indistinct Mood
Inspirational Mood
Indirect Mood
Indicative Mood
140
The sequential order in which events occur; the arrangement of events in order of occurrence.
Conjunction
Coordinate Plane
Calendar
Chronology
141
A saying that sets forth a general truth that has gained credibility through use over time.
Analogy
Antonym
Adage
Affix
142
To give a certain form to information offered to the reader; to come to a desired conclusion.
Direct
Shape Presentation
Sculpt
Lead
143
A storytelling tool or device an author uses to produce the desired artistic effect.
Narrative Technique
Nuance
Nonliteral Meaning
Nonrestrictive Element
144
One of the principle parts of a verb, it is formed by adding "ing' to the base form of the verb
Past Participle
Present Participle
Preliminary Participle
Future Participle
145
The repetition of a similarly accented sounds at the end of words.
Alliteration
Thyme
Assonance
Rhyme
146
An error in which the writer switches from one verb tense to another.
Inappropriate Shift in Subject Relevance
Inappropriate Shift in Conventional Reasoning
Inappropriate Shift in Verb Tense
Inappropriate Shift in Formative Language
147
Reasoning that is valid.
Proper Conclusion
Sound Reasoning
Double Indemnity
Information Analysis
148
A collection of events that tells a story and is placed in a particular order and recounted.
Poem
Summation
Narration
Informational Writing
149
A pronoun that functions as an adjective modifying a noun by showing ownership
Prepositional Phrase
Possessive Case Pronoun
Present Participle
Latent Ownership
150
A drawing that shows structure. A schematic representation of how something works.
Diagram
Diaphragm
Dialysis
Diabolic Inquiry
151
A noun whose plural form is indicated in some way other than by adding "-s", "-es", or "-ies"
Irregular Plural Noun
Regular Plural Noun
Regular Singular Noun
Irregular Singular Noun
152
Words that are used in pairs to connect parallel elements.
Correlative Conjunction
Constituents
Counterclaim
Converging Claims
153
Conversation between characters or speakers in a literary work.
Dialogue
Demonstrative Pronoun
Active Refrain
Omniscience
154
An omission of an element from a quoted passage as indicated by three spaced periods.
Eclipse
El Dorado
Ellipsis
Parabola
155
A "-self" form pronoun that accompanies and emphasizes its antecedent in a sentence.
Intensive Noun
Intensive Pronoun
Extensive Pronoun
Extensive Noun
156
Letters attached to the beginning, end, or base of a word that produces a derivative word.
Myth
Proposition
Affix
Chronology
157
Details that involve the five senses creating a strong impression for readers.
Supporting Evidence
Sensory Language
Sensational Writing
Imagery
158
The author's opinion or feelings as evident or detailed in a text.
Author's Edition
Author's Education
Author's Point of View
Author's Moral Compass
159
The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal meaning.
Simile
Metaphor
Irony
Anaphora
160
A clear declaration of particulars or facts in speech or in writing.
Demonstrate
Explanation
Restate
Clarification
161
To describe or outline with precision.
Delineate
Decompose
Expropriate
Dilapidate
162
The internal paragraphs within a piece of writing.
Conclusion
Body
Title
Header
163
Information or details from a text that support a reader's assertion.
Fact
Emancipation Proclamation
Evidence
Evidentiary Reasoning
164
Not relating to an issue or that which does not support an issue.
Irrelephant
Indicative
Irrelevant
Relevant
165
A group of two or more words that expresses a single idea but does not form a complete sentence
Phrase
Couplet
Participle
Stanza
166
A word or phrase added to a sentence as explanation or qualifier interrupting the sentence flow
Nonparenthetical Element
Parenthetical Element
Restrictive Element
Nonrestrictive Element
167
To disclose agreement with; to recognize as valid.
Antecedent
Acknowledge
Affix
Argument
168
Information in a text that disagrees with an author's articulated point of view.
Comparison Evidence
Cooperative Evidence
Conflicting Evidence
Concluding Evidence
169
Two or more complete sentences without correct punctuation or conjunctions.
Run-On Sentence
Compound Sentence
Complex Sentence
Incorrect Composition
170
A word that refers to a noun or pronoun and introduces and adjective clause.
Introductory Pronoun
Additional Pronoun
Relative Pronoun
Constructive Pronoun
171
An instance that serves as an illustration of a point, principle, or model.
Example
Abbreviation
Footnote
Anecdote
172
The location in which events in a text occur.
Theme
Time
Place
Mood
173
A word that takes the place of a noun or pronoun.
Adjective
Adverb
Pronoun
Noun
174
The basis for a position; a statement expressed to justify or explain a belief.
Opinion
Fact
Bias
Reason
175
To capture all of the important parts of the original text, but express them in a shorter space
Demoralize
Summarize
Downsize
Decriminalize
176
Dramatic speech revealing inner thoughts & feelings, spoken aloud by one character while alone
Soliloquy
Dictation
Oration
Monologue
177
A sentence that consists of at lest two independent clauses and at least one subordinate clause
Compare/Contrast
Complex Sentence
Compound Sentence
Compound-Complex Sentence
178
To communicate or make known.
Convey
Converge
Contrition
Construct
179
Any of the parts into which a text or book may be divided.
Paraphrase
Table of Contents
Bibliography
Section
180
A dependent clause that modifies or describes a verb, adverb, or adjective.
Independent Clause
Adjective Clause
Santa Clause
Subordinating Clause
181
Variation or diversity among qualities or characteristics.
Similarity
Quandry
Difference
Comparison
182
The following of one thing after another.
Simile
Chronology
Setting
Sequence
183
A genre where events occur outside the ordinary laws that operate within the universe.
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Comedy
Biography
184
A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.
Verb
Pronoun
Noun
Adjective
185
An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person, place, or event.
Prelusion
Allusion
Delusion
Illusion
186
Two or more successive words in a sentence that modify or describe the same noun.
Continual Adjectives
Coordinating Adjectives
Conditional Adjectives
Constructive Adjectives
187
A collection of related sentences in a text that discuss a single topic.
Paragraph
Essay
Thesis
Glossary
188
A word that shows the relationship of an noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence.
Predicate
Pronoun
Preposition
Participle
189
A quality of a verb in the subjunctive mood used to express a condition that is hypothetical.
Conjunctive
Comprehensive
Collateral
Conditional
190
Story that shows human character traits through animals or animated objects with a life lesson.
Folklore
Fact
Fable
Fiction
191
Expressing an idea or thought at greater length or in greater detail.
Elaboration
Degradation
Restoration
Summation
192
The part of a sentence that says something about the subject of the sentence.
Gerund
Predicate
Phrase
Clause
193
More than one oral or written description of particular events or situations.
Narration
Multiple Accounts
Multiple-Meaning Word
Modal Auxiliary
194
A trait that marks a work as imaginative or narrative discourse.
Element of Fiction
Plutonic Disturbance
Medieval Allegory
Element of Nonfiction
195
A pronoun whose antecedent is not clear or is ambiguous.
Past Pronoun
Lost Pronoun
Vague Pronoun
Classic Pronoun
196
The part of a story following the climax in which the conflict is resolved.
Resolution
Climax
Conclusion
Rising Tension
197
An opinion expressed in a text that disagrees with an author's expressed point of view.
Concluding Viewpoint
Cooperating Viewpoint
Commemorative Viewpoint
Conflicting Viewpoint
198
When the subject of the sentence is the doer of the action in the sentence.
Assertive Voice
Active Voice
Past Voice
Passive Voice
199
A group of listener at a public event or people reached by a literary or informational text.
Audience
Audacity
Auctioneers
Auditioners
200
The structure of a story. The sequence in which the author arranges events.
Narrative Formality
Plot
Arrangement
Philosophical Progression
201
A sentence that consists of at least one independent clause and at least one subordinate clause
Complex Sentence
Complex Pronoun
Compound Sentence
Compound-Complex Sentence
202
A grammatical unit, composed of a subject and a predicate, that expresses a complete thought.
Principle
Sentence
Word
List
203
A word or phrase that expresses action or a state of being.
Adjective
Verb
Subject
Noun
204
Imaginative or creative text that is generally a narrative or story.
Documentation
Research
Notekeeping
Literary Text
205
The quality of a literary work that makes the reader uncertain or tense.
Horror
Anxiety
Drama
Suspense
206
A person, animal, or inanimate object portrayed in a literary work.
Plotline
Antagonist
Protagonist
Character
207
An adjective, adverb, phrase, or clause that describes/modifies other words in the sentence.
Modifier
Metaphor
Repertoire
Qualifier
208
A conclusion drawn based on facts.
Interpretation of Opinions
Introduction of Facts
Interpretation of Facts
Introduction of Opinions
209
A short account of a particular incident or event.
Adage
Alliteration
Antecedent
Anecdote
210
A literary organizational form that presents the order in which tasks are to be performed.
Table of Contents
Order
List
Sequence of Steps
211
A major idea broad enough to cover the entire scope of a literary work.
Blueprint
Model
Detail
Theme
212
The form an adjective takes when comparing at least 3 different things.
Contrasting Adverb
Superlative Adjective
Superlative Adverb
Contrasting Adjective
213
Pertaining to recent or present time.
Modern
Rural
Futuristic
Historic
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A type of literary nonfiction in which the text is based on the experiences of the author.
Modal Auxiliary
Multiple Accounts
Memoir
Misplaced Modifier
215
Not influenced by personal feelings or interpretations; unbiased; based on facts.
Persuasive
Objective
Permissive
Insatiable

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A humorous way of using a word or phrase so that more than one meaning is suggested.
Joke
Sarcasm
Irony
Pun
2
Expression that is grammatically peculiar; can't be understood from the meaning of its elements
Idiosyncratic Expression
Parable
Ideological Conundrum
Idiom
3
The author's central though; the chief topic of a text.
Underlying Motif
Peripheral Knowledge
Supporting Idea
Main Idea
4
The form an adverb takes when comparing at least 3 different things.
Comparing Adjective
Superlative Adjective
Comparing Adverb
Superlative Adverb
5
An object or abstract idea given human qualities or human form.
Analogy
Personification
Metaphor
Personability
6
A point of information in a text that strongly support the meaning or tells the story.
Key Word
Key Detail
Lesson
Keystone
7
The time and place in which a story unfolds.
Setting
Landscape
Plotline
Story
8
A property of verbs that express an action not as a reality but as something that could happen.
Passive Mood
Subjunctive Mood
Correlating Verb
Related Verbs
9
An exaggeration or overstatement.
Homograph
Hyperlink
Gerund
Hyperbole
10
A punctuation mark (-) used to set of parenthetical elements that require special emphasis.
Ellipses
Dash
Exclamation Point
Subtraction Sign
11
Print features as well as graphic, informational, and organizational aids.
Text Feature
Ad Space
Summative Feature
Callout
12
A saying that reflects truth and wisdom and has practical application to everyday life.
Folklore
Proverb
Adverb
Adage
13
A group of words that contains a subject and a predicate.
Clause
Conclusion
Claim
Cohesion
14
The subtle presence of a positive or negative approach toward a topic.
Blatantry
Blasphemy
Scapegoat
Bias
15
To follow or determine the course of an argument within a text.
Trace
Guide
Confer
Trait
16
An account not directly known or experienced but obtained from others.
Principle Ownership
Secondhand Account
Third Person Perspective
Firsthand Experience
17
To be an important fact in; help to cause.
Condition
Correlate
Condescend
Contribute
18
To perceive as true; to realize.
Reiterate
Relate
Recognize
Recount
19
To bring together or to combine information so as to produce a larger unit or a whole.
Adjudicate
Inaugurate
Integrate
Inundate
20
The opening of a piece of writing that is integral to what follows.
Introduction
Conclusion
Header
Body
21
A connecting word.
Conjunctivitis
Conjugation
Conjunction
Conditional Hyperbole
22
A judgment based on reasoning rather than on a direct or explicit statement.
Integrate
Inference
Idiom
Infinitive
23
The form an adverb takes when comparing an act or manner of two different things.
Conditional Adverb
Comparative Adverb
Contingent Adverb
Contrasting Adverb
24
Showing resemblance in qualities or characteristics; alike but not identical.
Coincidence
Paired Events
Foreshadowing
Similarity
25
A lesson or principle contained in a text.
Moral
Certification
Legend
Frugal
26
An argument that is in opposition to the claim/position.
Counterclaim
Counterfeit
Restrictive Claim
Counterintuitive
27
The author's choices regarding language, sentence structure, voice, and tone.
Preference
Style
Verbage
Logic
28
The kinds of characters that appear as archetypes in literature.
Character Development
The Trickster
Character Types
Genre
29
The formal statement of the meaning of a word.
Definition
Synonym
Affidavit
Summons
30
Involving an interpretation of a text or word at its most basic, nonfigurative meaning.
Figurative Meaning
Multiple-Meaning Word
Memoir
Literal Meaning
31
To make evident or prove.
Diminish
Deity
Demonstrate
Dialogue
32
The process of identifying the parts of a whole and their relationships to one another.
Agricultural Precedent
Analysis
Argumentative Writing
Author's Point of View
33
The thesis statement or main point that forms the basis for an argument within a text.
Contribution
Contiguous
Contingent
Claim
34
The narrator's perspective from which the events are depicted.
Bias
Genre
Point of View
Preposition
35
A word, words, or a phrase in a sentence, that help reason out the meaning of unfamiliar words
Convex Clue
Counterintuitive Clue
Context Clue
Blue's Clue
36
A sentence that consists of two or more independent clauses and no subordinate clauses.
Complex Sentence
Compound-Complex Sentence
Confound-Confusing Sentence
Compound Sentence
37
A list of three or more elements that are usually arranged in parallel form.
Items in the Table of Contents
Items in Conjuction
Items in a Story
Items in a Series
38
Presents ideas and evokes emotion through use of meter & imagery. Often has rhythmic pattern
Firsthand Experience
Predicate
Poem
Passage
39
When the subject of the sentence receives the action of the verb.
Active Voice
Passive Voice
Constructive Voice
Discerning Voice
40
A subtle or slight degree of difference.
Distinct
Clandestine
Nuance
Opinion
41
An adverb that begins an adjective clause.
Conjunctive Adverb
Disjointed Adverb
Relevant Adverb
Relative Adverb
42
One of a sequence of separate consecutive stages in a process or in the progression of a goal.
Event
Step
Consequence
Story Element
43
Writing that conveys experiences using a sequence of events as its structure.
Descriptive Writing
Persuasive Writing
Narrative Writing
Informational Writing
44
A modifier that is separated from the word it is modifying.
Superstitious Modifier
Misplaced Modifier
Dangling Modifier
Indistinct Modifier
45
Pertaining to a particular subject, field, profession, or trade.
Procedural
Technical
Original
Dystopian
46
Evidence that is adequate to support.
Lacking
Sufficient
Rigid
Conclusive
47
Verb that function as adjectives; they are formed by the present or past participle of the verb
Past Perfect Progressive
Phrases
Imperatives
Participles
48
The position or claim the writer establishes. Should be supported with valid evidence.
Adjective
Adverb
Alliteration
Argument
49
To examine and judge carefully. To judge or determine the worth or quality of something.
Interlude
Evaluate
Elongate
Extrude
50
The unifying element of a piece of a text.
Central Idea
Summary
Supporting Idea
Prewrite
51
A story that tries to explain the origin of the world or natural phenomena.
Science Fiction
Research
Historical Fiction
Myth
52
The voice used by the author to tell/narrate a story or poem.
Orator
Speaker
Audience
Melancholy
53
To give reasons through an explanation to convey the meaning or understanding of a text.
Infinitive
Interjection
Interpret
Conjecture
54
The interpretation or significance of a word, phrase, or text.
Moral
Meaning
Monologue
Myth
55
The form of a word after all affixes are removed. It can't be broken down into simpler elements
Suffix
Prefix
Root
Base
56
A type of text structure in which a difficulty is identified and resolutions are proposed.
Action/Reaction
Cause/Effect
Information/Negotiation
Problem/Solution
57
The ancient stories or poems of many cultures that originate in the oral tradition.
Traditional Stories
Moral Poems
Folklore
Origin Stories
58
A point of view where events are presented outside of any character's perception.
First Person
Fourth Person
Third Person
Second Person
59
A relationship or association between one or more individuals, ideas, or events.
Connection
Commiseration
Compassion
Coagulation
60
A decision based on reasoning rather than on a direct or implicit statement.
Annotation
Proactive Choice
Summary
Conclusion
61
The word "to" plus the base form of a verb.
Indistinct Adjective
Indirect Adjective
Injunction
Infinitive
62
A difference or discrimination made between two or more individuals, ideas, or events.
Derivation
Definition
Distinction
Duplication
63
Writing that examines a topic and conveys the ideas, concepts, and information accurately.
Informative Writing
Informal Writing
Formal Writing
Formative Writing
64
A question that the speaker or writer adds to the end of a statement.
Refrain
Tag Question
Chorus
Hook
65
A strategy a writer uses to group ideas that are similar or related.
Mimickry
Etymology
Classification
Coordination
66
A representation of the features of an area of the earth on a flat surface.
Thesaurus
Map
Globe
Dictionary
67
To place characters, situations, or ideas together to show common or differing features.
Identify/Validate
Compare/Contrast
Outlast/Contrast
Share/Compare
68
Poem of 14 lines expressing a single idea with reversal in concluding lines.
Ballad
Denouement
Soliloquy
Sonnet
69
The writer's method of organizing text.
Nonrestrictive Element
Parenthetical Element
Organizational Strategy
Style
70
An extended comparison showing the similarities between two things.
Analogy
Adverb
Adjective
Argument
71
The author's statement of his/her beliefs.
Central Station
Central America
Central Message
Central Theme
72
The repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words.
Asymetry
Allusion
Antonym
Alliteration
73
A verb used with the base form of a verb to express permission, possibility, or intention.
Myth
Misplaced Modifier
Convoluted Meaning
Modal Auxiliary
74
A word that connects words, phrases, or clauses of equal grammatical structure.
Conjecture
Collaborating Conditions
Cooperative Pronoun
Coordinating Conjunction
75
A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as".
Simile
Metaphor
Allegory
Euphemism
76
A significant element or thesis in an argument within a text.
Pejorative
Point
Bias
Position
77
A word that conveys emotion and has no grammatical relation to the sentence that follows.
Inference
Infinitive
Interpretation
Interjection
78
The facts, information, and skills gained through experience or education.
Subject Knowledge
Subject-Verb Agreement
Research
Sufficient Conclusions
79
A dramatic sequence that takes place within a single setting on stage
Opening
Headliner
Intermission
Scene
80
An account of imaginary or real events told for the purpose of entertainment.
Story
Movie
Infographic
Speech
81
To provide a brief retelling of key events in the order of occurrence.
Support
Predict
Prove
Recount
82
A word that is the opposite in meaning to another word.
Adjective
Antonym
Argument
Adverb
83
The small, subtle differences in meaning between similar words or phrases.
Inflection
Pronunciation
Shades of Meaning
Dictation
84
The words, phrases, and clauses that make up a sentence, and the order in which they appear.
Sentence Structure
Word Layout
Stylistic Design
Planned Writing
85
The order of events in a narrative.
Plot Channeling
Sequential Variation
Event Sequence
Progression of Time
86
An opinion formed or a decision made after consideration.
Judgment
Memoir
Lesson
Narration
87
A word that is similar in meaning to another word.
Simile
Synonym
Thesaurus Word
Definition
88
Information that is not in agreement.
Conflicting Information
Collaborative Information
Coordinating Information
Collateral Information
89
A single metrical line of poetry
Stanza
Verse
Couplet
Gerund
90
An arrangement of lines in a pattern usually repeated throughout a poem.
Sonnet
Stanza
Couplet
Soliloquy
91
To make understandable, plain, or clear.
Reform
Renounce
Explain
Prohibit
92
The use of everyday language in writing and speaking.
Atypical Writing Style
Formal Writing Style
Informational Writing Style
Informal Writing Style
93
A highlighted word or image on a Webpage that can be clicked to go to another webpage.
Hyperextended
Hyperbole
Hyperlink
Hypertrophy
94
The attitude of the author toward the audience, the characters, the subject, or the work itself
Heart
Sound
Underlying Feeling
Tone
95
The genre of literature represented by works intended for the stage.
Novel
Drama
Folklore
Fable
96
Writing that supports a position or claim about a particular topic.
Informational Writing
Persuasive Writing
Argumentative Writing
Symbolic Writing
97
A modifier that is not clearly attached to the word or phrase it is supposed to be modifying.
Unintentional Delinquency
Disjointed Modifier
Dangling Modifier
Abridged Participle
98
The range of associations that a word or phrase suggests in addition to its dictionary meaning.
Connotation
Correlation
Combativeness
Convolution
99
The final paragraph or section of a piece or writing that provides a sense of completeness.
Conclusion
Thesis
Opening Line
Body
100
The noun to which a pronoun refers/
Allegory
Antonym
Allusion
Antecedent
101
To clarify by using examples.
Iterate
Disseminate
Illustrate
Pronunciate
102
A group of words containing a participle and any complements or modifiers it may have.
Dangling Participle
Participial Phrase
Past Participle
Marsupial Phrase
103
A personal view, attitude, or appraisal.
Introduction
Dissertation
Opinion
Fact
104
The process or method used to accomplish a task in a particular field such as art or science.
Technicality
Text Based Methodology
Technical Procedure
Text Feature
105
A written account of another person's life.
Biograffiti
Autobiograffiti
Biography
Autobiography
106
Noting a relationship between actions or events such that one is the result of the other.
Effect/Affect
Clause/Defect
Catch/Release
Cause/Effect
107
A word that has several meanings depending on how it is used in a sentence.
Multiple-Meaning Word
Homograph
Thesaurus
Homophone
108
A phrase or clause that isn't essential to the sentence, it adds info about a noun preceding it
Restraining Element
Nonrestraining Element
Nonrestrictive Element
Restrictive Element
109
Words or phrases that occur in various contexts playing important roles in many context areas.
Abstract Words/Phrases
Diminishing Words/Phrases
Analogous Words/Phrases
Academic Words/Phrases
110
Vocabulary specific to a particular field of study.
Range-Specific Vocabulary
Consequential Reparations
Domain-Specific Vocabulary
Antecedent-Verb Agreement
111
A sentence that consists of one independent clause and no subordinate clauses.
Plural Sentence
Complex Sentence
Simple Sentence
Compound Sentence
112
A piece of information provided objectively and presented as true.
Tactic
Document
Fact
Exploration
113
An occurrence with the plot.
Conclusion
Rebuttal
Holiday
Event
114
The part of a sentence about which something is being said.
Noun
Subject
Predicate
Antecedent
115
A person, animal, or thing telling the story or giving an account of something.
Novelist
Nonagon
Narrator
Noun
116
To uphold an argument or position through reasons and evidence.
Persuade
Research
Support
Inform
117
A distinct piece of action or episode in a literary text.
Antecedent
Incident
Indictment
Irrelevant
118
One of the divisions or sections in a book that is usually numbered or titled.
Pentameter
Unit
Chronology
Chapter
119
An idea that explains more about a main idea.
Explanatory Premise
Fundamental Premise
Supporting Idea
Peripheral Idea
120
An important point or idea in a text.
Supporting Detail
Key Concept
Opening Line
Summary
121
The episodes that comprise the plot of a text.
Trail of Information
Discography
Pattern of Events
Past Progressive
122
A sentence where the subject is omitted and it is understood that the subject is "you".
Onomatopoeia
Imperative Mood
Operant Mood
Interrogative Mood
123
Clearly expressed or fully stated in the actual text.
Implicit
Experiment
Prodigious
Explicit
124
A sentence in the indicative mood that asks a question.
Informative
Formative
Interrogative
Derogatory
125
When a writer uses more words than are necessary to provide point, detail, or explanation.
Wordiness
Over Sharing
Expounding Style
Run On Sentence
126
Evidence that is pertinent and that supports a given claim.
Resourceful
Relevant
Redundant
Confirmed
127
Beneficial new knowledge that can be learned from a text.
Irony
Gerund
Slander
Lesson
128
The comparison of two unlike things in which the words "like or as" are not used.
Simile
Personification
Alliteration
Metaphor
129
A form of argumentative writing that supports the author's feeling on a topic with reasons/fact
Persuasive Writing
Opinion Writing
Rational Writing
Parenthetical Element
130
The kind of word that compares a quality shared by two different things.
Axillary Automaton
Comparative Adjective
Comparative Adjudication
Comparable Statistics
131
A pronoun that is the object of a verb.
Progressive Pronoun
Objective Case Pronoun
Discerning Pronoun
Dangling Pronoun
132
A way of displaying events in chronological order using a line with dates along it.
Timeline
Chronology
Diaphragm
Foldable
133
Involving the figurative meaning of words or phrases.
Nonliteral Meaning
Plasticity
Transparency
Literal Meaning
134
A word, phrase, or sentence that is used to create coherence between sentences or paragraphs.
Eulogy
Theme
Transition
Thesis
135
A word or phrase that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.
Adage
Adjective
Verb
Adverb
136
To mark off as different; to recognize the prominent features of.
Disavow
Devolve
Disguise
Distinguish
137
A quality of writing where ideas move logically and fluidly throughout a piece of writing.
Smooth Streak
Run-On Sentence
Adhesion
Cohesion
138
The offering of information for others to consider.
Powerpoint
Presentation
Comprehension
Teaching
139
The form a verb takes in sentences that make a statement or ask a question.
Indistinct Mood
Inspirational Mood
Indirect Mood
Indicative Mood
140
The sequential order in which events occur; the arrangement of events in order of occurrence.
Conjunction
Coordinate Plane
Calendar
Chronology
141
A saying that sets forth a general truth that has gained credibility through use over time.
Analogy
Antonym
Adage
Affix
142
To give a certain form to information offered to the reader; to come to a desired conclusion.
Direct
Shape Presentation
Sculpt
Lead
143
A storytelling tool or device an author uses to produce the desired artistic effect.
Narrative Technique
Nuance
Nonliteral Meaning
Nonrestrictive Element
144
One of the principle parts of a verb, it is formed by adding "ing' to the base form of the verb
Past Participle
Present Participle
Preliminary Participle
Future Participle
145
The repetition of a similarly accented sounds at the end of words.
Alliteration
Thyme
Assonance
Rhyme
146
An error in which the writer switches from one verb tense to another.
Inappropriate Shift in Subject Relevance
Inappropriate Shift in Conventional Reasoning
Inappropriate Shift in Verb Tense
Inappropriate Shift in Formative Language
147
Reasoning that is valid.
Proper Conclusion
Sound Reasoning
Double Indemnity
Information Analysis
148
A collection of events that tells a story and is placed in a particular order and recounted.
Poem
Summation
Narration
Informational Writing
149
A pronoun that functions as an adjective modifying a noun by showing ownership
Prepositional Phrase
Possessive Case Pronoun
Present Participle
Latent Ownership
150
A drawing that shows structure. A schematic representation of how something works.
Diagram
Diaphragm
Dialysis
Diabolic Inquiry
151
A noun whose plural form is indicated in some way other than by adding "-s", "-es", or "-ies"
Irregular Plural Noun
Regular Plural Noun
Regular Singular Noun
Irregular Singular Noun
152
Words that are used in pairs to connect parallel elements.
Correlative Conjunction
Constituents
Counterclaim
Converging Claims
153
Conversation between characters or speakers in a literary work.
Dialogue
Demonstrative Pronoun
Active Refrain
Omniscience
154
An omission of an element from a quoted passage as indicated by three spaced periods.
Eclipse
El Dorado
Ellipsis
Parabola
155
A "-self" form pronoun that accompanies and emphasizes its antecedent in a sentence.
Intensive Noun
Intensive Pronoun
Extensive Pronoun
Extensive Noun
156
Letters attached to the beginning, end, or base of a word that produces a derivative word.
Myth
Proposition
Affix
Chronology
157
Details that involve the five senses creating a strong impression for readers.
Supporting Evidence
Sensory Language
Sensational Writing
Imagery
158
The author's opinion or feelings as evident or detailed in a text.
Author's Edition
Author's Education
Author's Point of View
Author's Moral Compass
159
The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal meaning.
Simile
Metaphor
Irony
Anaphora
160
A clear declaration of particulars or facts in speech or in writing.
Demonstrate
Explanation
Restate
Clarification
161
To describe or outline with precision.
Delineate
Decompose
Expropriate
Dilapidate
162
The internal paragraphs within a piece of writing.
Conclusion
Body
Title
Header
163
Information or details from a text that support a reader's assertion.
Fact
Emancipation Proclamation
Evidence
Evidentiary Reasoning
164
Not relating to an issue or that which does not support an issue.
Irrelephant
Indicative
Irrelevant
Relevant
165
A group of two or more words that expresses a single idea but does not form a complete sentence
Phrase
Couplet
Participle
Stanza
166
A word or phrase added to a sentence as explanation or qualifier interrupting the sentence flow
Nonparenthetical Element
Parenthetical Element
Restrictive Element
Nonrestrictive Element
167
To disclose agreement with; to recognize as valid.
Antecedent
Acknowledge
Affix
Argument
168
Information in a text that disagrees with an author's articulated point of view.
Comparison Evidence
Cooperative Evidence
Conflicting Evidence
Concluding Evidence
169
Two or more complete sentences without correct punctuation or conjunctions.
Run-On Sentence
Compound Sentence
Complex Sentence
Incorrect Composition
170
A word that refers to a noun or pronoun and introduces and adjective clause.
Introductory Pronoun
Additional Pronoun
Relative Pronoun
Constructive Pronoun
171
An instance that serves as an illustration of a point, principle, or model.
Example
Abbreviation
Footnote
Anecdote
172
The location in which events in a text occur.
Theme
Time
Place
Mood
173
A word that takes the place of a noun or pronoun.
Adjective
Adverb
Pronoun
Noun
174
The basis for a position; a statement expressed to justify or explain a belief.
Opinion
Fact
Bias
Reason
175
To capture all of the important parts of the original text, but express them in a shorter space
Demoralize
Summarize
Downsize
Decriminalize
176
Dramatic speech revealing inner thoughts & feelings, spoken aloud by one character while alone
Soliloquy
Dictation
Oration
Monologue
177
A sentence that consists of at lest two independent clauses and at least one subordinate clause
Compare/Contrast
Complex Sentence
Compound Sentence
Compound-Complex Sentence
178
To communicate or make known.
Convey
Converge
Contrition
Construct
179
Any of the parts into which a text or book may be divided.
Paraphrase
Table of Contents
Bibliography
Section
180
A dependent clause that modifies or describes a verb, adverb, or adjective.
Independent Clause
Adjective Clause
Santa Clause
Subordinating Clause
181
Variation or diversity among qualities or characteristics.
Similarity
Quandry
Difference
Comparison
182
The following of one thing after another.
Simile
Chronology
Setting
Sequence
183
A genre where events occur outside the ordinary laws that operate within the universe.
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Comedy
Biography
184
A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.
Verb
Pronoun
Noun
Adjective
185
An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person, place, or event.
Prelusion
Allusion
Delusion
Illusion
186
Two or more successive words in a sentence that modify or describe the same noun.
Continual Adjectives
Coordinating Adjectives
Conditional Adjectives
Constructive Adjectives
187
A collection of related sentences in a text that discuss a single topic.
Paragraph
Essay
Thesis
Glossary
188
A word that shows the relationship of an noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence.
Predicate
Pronoun
Preposition
Participle
189
A quality of a verb in the subjunctive mood used to express a condition that is hypothetical.
Conjunctive
Comprehensive
Collateral
Conditional
190
Story that shows human character traits through animals or animated objects with a life lesson.
Folklore
Fact
Fable
Fiction
191
Expressing an idea or thought at greater length or in greater detail.
Elaboration
Degradation
Restoration
Summation
192
The part of a sentence that says something about the subject of the sentence.
Gerund
Predicate
Phrase
Clause
193
More than one oral or written description of particular events or situations.
Narration
Multiple Accounts
Multiple-Meaning Word
Modal Auxiliary
194
A trait that marks a work as imaginative or narrative discourse.
Element of Fiction
Plutonic Disturbance
Medieval Allegory
Element of Nonfiction
195
A pronoun whose antecedent is not clear or is ambiguous.
Past Pronoun
Lost Pronoun
Vague Pronoun
Classic Pronoun
196
The part of a story following the climax in which the conflict is resolved.
Resolution
Climax
Conclusion
Rising Tension
197
An opinion expressed in a text that disagrees with an author's expressed point of view.
Concluding Viewpoint
Cooperating Viewpoint
Commemorative Viewpoint
Conflicting Viewpoint
198
When the subject of the sentence is the doer of the action in the sentence.
Assertive Voice
Active Voice
Past Voice
Passive Voice
199
A group of listener at a public event or people reached by a literary or informational text.
Audience
Audacity
Auctioneers
Auditioners
200
The structure of a story. The sequence in which the author arranges events.
Narrative Formality
Plot
Arrangement
Philosophical Progression
201
A sentence that consists of at least one independent clause and at least one subordinate clause
Complex Sentence
Complex Pronoun
Compound Sentence
Compound-Complex Sentence
202
A grammatical unit, composed of a subject and a predicate, that expresses a complete thought.
Principle
Sentence
Word
List
203
A word or phrase that expresses action or a state of being.
Adjective
Verb
Subject
Noun
204
Imaginative or creative text that is generally a narrative or story.
Documentation
Research
Notekeeping
Literary Text
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The quality of a literary work that makes the reader uncertain or tense.
Horror
Anxiety
Drama
Suspense
206
A person, animal, or inanimate object portrayed in a literary work.
Plotline
Antagonist
Protagonist
Character
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An adjective, adverb, phrase, or clause that describes/modifies other words in the sentence.
Modifier
Metaphor
Repertoire
Qualifier
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A conclusion drawn based on facts.
Interpretation of Opinions
Introduction of Facts
Interpretation of Facts
Introduction of Opinions
209
A short account of a particular incident or event.
Adage
Alliteration
Antecedent
Anecdote
210
A literary organizational form that presents the order in which tasks are to be performed.
Table of Contents
Order
List
Sequence of Steps
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A major idea broad enough to cover the entire scope of a literary work.
Blueprint
Model
Detail
Theme
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The form an adjective takes when comparing at least 3 different things.
Contrasting Adverb
Superlative Adjective
Superlative Adverb
Contrasting Adjective
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Pertaining to recent or present time.
Modern
Rural
Futuristic
Historic
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A type of literary nonfiction in which the text is based on the experiences of the author.
Modal Auxiliary
Multiple Accounts
Memoir
Misplaced Modifier
215
Not influenced by personal feelings or interpretations; unbiased; based on facts.
Persuasive
Objective
Permissive
Insatiable