An error in which the writer switches from one verb tense to another.

Inappropriate Shift in Verb Tense

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To provide a brief retelling of key events in the order of occurrence.
Recount
Support
Prove
Predict
2
The writer's method of organizing text.
Nonrestrictive Element
Style
Parenthetical Element
Organizational Strategy
3
A significant element or thesis in an argument within a text.
Bias
Point
Position
Pejorative
4
A representation of the features of an area of the earth on a flat surface.
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Globe
Map
5
Involving an interpretation of a text or word at its most basic, nonfigurative meaning.
Multiple-Meaning Word
Figurative Meaning
Memoir
Literal Meaning
6
The opening of a piece of writing that is integral to what follows.
Body
Header
Conclusion
Introduction
7
A piece of information provided objectively and presented as true.
Document
Exploration
Tactic
Fact
8
The noun to which a pronoun refers/
Antecedent
Allegory
Antonym
Allusion
9
The words, phrases, and clauses that make up a sentence, and the order in which they appear.
Stylistic Design
Planned Writing
Sentence Structure
Word Layout
10
A pronoun that functions as an adjective modifying a noun by showing ownership
Present Participle
Prepositional Phrase
Latent Ownership
Possessive Case Pronoun
11
The form a verb takes in sentences that make a statement or ask a question.
Indicative Mood
Inspirational Mood
Indirect Mood
Indistinct Mood
12
The part of a story following the climax in which the conflict is resolved.
Rising Tension
Conclusion
Resolution
Climax
13
A saying that reflects truth and wisdom and has practical application to everyday life.
Adage
Proverb
Folklore
Adverb
14
Reasoning that is valid.
Double Indemnity
Proper Conclusion
Sound Reasoning
Information Analysis
15
Imaginative or creative text that is generally a narrative or story.
Notekeeping
Research
Documentation
Literary Text
16
A collection of events that tells a story and is placed in a particular order and recounted.
Narration
Summation
Poem
Informational Writing
17
A word, words, or a phrase in a sentence, that help reason out the meaning of unfamiliar words
Convex Clue
Context Clue
Counterintuitive Clue
Blue's Clue
18
An opinion expressed in a text that disagrees with an author's expressed point of view.
Cooperating Viewpoint
Concluding Viewpoint
Commemorative Viewpoint
Conflicting Viewpoint
19
A quality of a verb in the subjunctive mood used to express a condition that is hypothetical.
Conditional
Conjunctive
Collateral
Comprehensive
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The part of a sentence about which something is being said.
Subject
Noun
Predicate
Antecedent
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A word that is similar in meaning to another word.
Simile
Synonym
Thesaurus Word
Definition
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A decision based on reasoning rather than on a direct or implicit statement.
Annotation
Proactive Choice
Conclusion
Summary
23
A person, animal, or inanimate object portrayed in a literary work.
Protagonist
Antagonist
Plotline
Character
24
Noting a relationship between actions or events such that one is the result of the other.
Clause/Defect
Catch/Release
Cause/Effect
Effect/Affect
25
To make understandable, plain, or clear.
Prohibit
Reform
Explain
Renounce
26
The time and place in which a story unfolds.
Setting
Story
Landscape
Plotline
27
A verb used with the base form of a verb to express permission, possibility, or intention.
Modal Auxiliary
Convoluted Meaning
Myth
Misplaced Modifier
28
A sentence in the indicative mood that asks a question.
Interrogative
Formative
Informative
Derogatory
29
A difference or discrimination made between two or more individuals, ideas, or events.
Derivation
Distinction
Duplication
Definition
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The author's choices regarding language, sentence structure, voice, and tone.
Logic
Verbage
Preference
Style
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A strategy a writer uses to group ideas that are similar or related.
Coordination
Mimickry
Etymology
Classification
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Information or details from a text that support a reader's assertion.
Emancipation Proclamation
Evidentiary Reasoning
Evidence
Fact
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A property of verbs that express an action not as a reality but as something that could happen.
Passive Mood
Related Verbs
Correlating Verb
Subjunctive Mood
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An error in which the writer switches from one verb tense to another.
Inappropriate Shift in Verb Tense
Inappropriate Shift in Subject Relevance
Inappropriate Shift in Formative Language
Inappropriate Shift in Conventional Reasoning
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Writing that examines a topic and conveys the ideas, concepts, and information accurately.
Informal Writing
Formative Writing
Formal Writing
Informative Writing
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A subtle or slight degree of difference.
Distinct
Opinion
Nuance
Clandestine
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A sentence that consists of at least one independent clause and at least one subordinate clause
Compound Sentence
Complex Sentence
Complex Pronoun
Compound-Complex Sentence
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The part of a sentence that says something about the subject of the sentence.
Gerund
Phrase
Clause
Predicate
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The author's statement of his/her beliefs.
Central Message
Central America
Central Theme
Central Station
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The form an adverb takes when comparing an act or manner of two different things.
Contrasting Adverb
Conditional Adverb
Contingent Adverb
Comparative Adverb
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A word that takes the place of a noun or pronoun.
Pronoun
Adjective
Adverb
Noun
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The use of everyday language in writing and speaking.
Informal Writing Style
Atypical Writing Style
Informational Writing Style
Formal Writing Style
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A modifier that is separated from the word it is modifying.
Dangling Modifier
Misplaced Modifier
Superstitious Modifier
Indistinct Modifier
44
A word that connects words, phrases, or clauses of equal grammatical structure.
Conjecture
Cooperative Pronoun
Collaborating Conditions
Coordinating Conjunction
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To clarify by using examples.
Disseminate
Pronunciate
Illustrate
Iterate
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One of the divisions or sections in a book that is usually numbered or titled.
Unit
Chronology
Pentameter
Chapter
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To examine and judge carefully. To judge or determine the worth or quality of something.
Evaluate
Extrude
Interlude
Elongate
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A question that the speaker or writer adds to the end of a statement.
Refrain
Tag Question
Chorus
Hook
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To disclose agreement with; to recognize as valid.
Argument
Antecedent
Acknowledge
Affix
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A word or phrase added to a sentence as explanation or qualifier interrupting the sentence flow
Nonrestrictive Element
Parenthetical Element
Nonparenthetical Element
Restrictive Element
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Poem of 14 lines expressing a single idea with reversal in concluding lines.
Soliloquy
Ballad
Sonnet
Denouement
52
Words that are used in pairs to connect parallel elements.
Constituents
Converging Claims
Counterclaim
Correlative Conjunction
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A dramatic sequence that takes place within a single setting on stage
Opening
Intermission
Headliner
Scene
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To communicate or make known.
Contrition
Construct
Convey
Converge
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A pronoun whose antecedent is not clear or is ambiguous.
Past Pronoun
Lost Pronoun
Classic Pronoun
Vague Pronoun
56
The attitude of the author toward the audience, the characters, the subject, or the work itself
Underlying Feeling
Sound
Heart
Tone
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The sequential order in which events occur; the arrangement of events in order of occurrence.
Coordinate Plane
Chronology
Calendar
Conjunction
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A phrase or clause that isn't essential to the sentence, it adds info about a noun preceding it
Restrictive Element
Nonrestrictive Element
Restraining Element
Nonrestraining Element
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A sentence that consists of one independent clause and no subordinate clauses.
Simple Sentence
Plural Sentence
Complex Sentence
Compound Sentence
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Evidence that is adequate to support.
Conclusive
Lacking
Rigid
Sufficient
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To place characters, situations, or ideas together to show common or differing features.
Outlast/Contrast
Identify/Validate
Share/Compare
Compare/Contrast
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The genre of literature represented by works intended for the stage.
Novel
Folklore
Drama
Fable
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To uphold an argument or position through reasons and evidence.
Persuade
Inform
Research
Support
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Evidence that is pertinent and that supports a given claim.
Redundant
Relevant
Resourceful
Confirmed
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A "-self" form pronoun that accompanies and emphasizes its antecedent in a sentence.
Extensive Noun
Intensive Pronoun
Extensive Pronoun
Intensive Noun
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A short account of a particular incident or event.
Alliteration
Adage
Anecdote
Antecedent
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Writing that conveys experiences using a sequence of events as its structure.
Descriptive Writing
Narrative Writing
Informational Writing
Persuasive Writing
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A group of words that contains a subject and a predicate.
Conclusion
Cohesion
Clause
Claim
69
More than one oral or written description of particular events or situations.
Narration
Modal Auxiliary
Multiple Accounts
Multiple-Meaning Word
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Expressing an idea or thought at greater length or in greater detail.
Restoration
Summation
Degradation
Elaboration
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A person, animal, or thing telling the story or giving an account of something.
Narrator
Noun
Novelist
Nonagon
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An arrangement of lines in a pattern usually repeated throughout a poem.
Stanza
Sonnet
Couplet
Soliloquy
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An important point or idea in a text.
Supporting Detail
Opening Line
Key Concept
Summary
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Writing that supports a position or claim about a particular topic.
Informational Writing
Argumentative Writing
Persuasive Writing
Symbolic Writing
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A type of literary nonfiction in which the text is based on the experiences of the author.
Memoir
Multiple Accounts
Misplaced Modifier
Modal Auxiliary
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The interpretation or significance of a word, phrase, or text.
Myth
Meaning
Monologue
Moral
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A modifier that is not clearly attached to the word or phrase it is supposed to be modifying.
Abridged Participle
Unintentional Delinquency
Dangling Modifier
Disjointed Modifier
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The range of associations that a word or phrase suggests in addition to its dictionary meaning.
Correlation
Connotation
Convolution
Combativeness
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A clear declaration of particulars or facts in speech or in writing.
Clarification
Restate
Demonstrate
Explanation
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A group of two or more words that expresses a single idea but does not form a complete sentence
Participle
Stanza
Couplet
Phrase
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Dramatic speech revealing inner thoughts & feelings, spoken aloud by one character while alone
Soliloquy
Oration
Monologue
Dictation
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Variation or diversity among qualities or characteristics.
Difference
Quandry
Similarity
Comparison
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An account not directly known or experienced but obtained from others.
Third Person Perspective
Firsthand Experience
Secondhand Account
Principle Ownership
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A word or phrase that expresses action or a state of being.
Noun
Subject
Adjective
Verb
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The form of a word after all affixes are removed. It can't be broken down into simpler elements
Root
Suffix
Prefix
Base
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To make evident or prove.
Deity
Dialogue
Demonstrate
Diminish
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A group of words containing a participle and any complements or modifiers it may have.
Participial Phrase
Marsupial Phrase
Dangling Participle
Past Participle
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The process or method used to accomplish a task in a particular field such as art or science.
Text Based Methodology
Technicality
Text Feature
Technical Procedure
89
A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.
Pronoun
Noun
Verb
Adjective
90
The word "to" plus the base form of a verb.
Indirect Adjective
Injunction
Infinitive
Indistinct Adjective
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A personal view, attitude, or appraisal.
Fact
Introduction
Opinion
Dissertation
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One of the principle parts of a verb, it is formed by adding "ing' to the base form of the verb
Future Participle
Present Participle
Preliminary Participle
Past Participle
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The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal meaning.
Metaphor
Anaphora
Irony
Simile
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Pertaining to a particular subject, field, profession, or trade.
Technical
Original
Procedural
Dystopian
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A story that tries to explain the origin of the world or natural phenomena.
Science Fiction
Historical Fiction
Myth
Research
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An occurrence with the plot.
Conclusion
Rebuttal
Event
Holiday
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An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person, place, or event.
Illusion
Allusion
Prelusion
Delusion
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Showing resemblance in qualities or characteristics; alike but not identical.
Paired Events
Similarity
Coincidence
Foreshadowing
99
A group of listener at a public event or people reached by a literary or informational text.
Audacity
Auditioners
Auctioneers
Audience
100
Words or phrases that occur in various contexts playing important roles in many context areas.
Abstract Words/Phrases
Analogous Words/Phrases
Academic Words/Phrases
Diminishing Words/Phrases
101
A relationship or association between one or more individuals, ideas, or events.
Compassion
Connection
Commiseration
Coagulation
102
An object or abstract idea given human qualities or human form.
Personification
Analogy
Metaphor
Personability
103
The ancient stories or poems of many cultures that originate in the oral tradition.
Traditional Stories
Folklore
Origin Stories
Moral Poems
104
A distinct piece of action or episode in a literary text.
Antecedent
Indictment
Irrelevant
Incident
105
Beneficial new knowledge that can be learned from a text.
Slander
Lesson
Irony
Gerund
106
A judgment based on reasoning rather than on a direct or explicit statement.
Integrate
Infinitive
Inference
Idiom
107
A word or phrase that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.
Adverb
Verb
Adage
Adjective
108
To bring together or to combine information so as to produce a larger unit or a whole.
Inundate
Integrate
Inaugurate
Adjudicate
109
A word that is the opposite in meaning to another word.
Adverb
Argument
Adjective
Antonym
110
A way of displaying events in chronological order using a line with dates along it.
Foldable
Diaphragm
Chronology
Timeline
111
The small, subtle differences in meaning between similar words or phrases.
Pronunciation
Dictation
Shades of Meaning
Inflection
112
The thesis statement or main point that forms the basis for an argument within a text.
Contribution
Claim
Contiguous
Contingent
113
To give a certain form to information offered to the reader; to come to a desired conclusion.
Direct
Sculpt
Lead
Shape Presentation
114
The basis for a position; a statement expressed to justify or explain a belief.
Reason
Fact
Opinion
Bias
115
Story that shows human character traits through animals or animated objects with a life lesson.
Fable
Fiction
Fact
Folklore
116
Conversation between characters or speakers in a literary work.
Dialogue
Omniscience
Active Refrain
Demonstrative Pronoun
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A pronoun that is the object of a verb.
Dangling Pronoun
Objective Case Pronoun
Progressive Pronoun
Discerning Pronoun
118
Verb that function as adjectives; they are formed by the present or past participle of the verb
Participles
Phrases
Past Perfect Progressive
Imperatives
119
The subtle presence of a positive or negative approach toward a topic.
Bias
Scapegoat
Blatantry
Blasphemy
120
To give reasons through an explanation to convey the meaning or understanding of a text.
Conjecture
Infinitive
Interpret
Interjection
121
A sentence where the subject is omitted and it is understood that the subject is "you".
Imperative Mood
Onomatopoeia
Interrogative Mood
Operant Mood
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The final paragraph or section of a piece or writing that provides a sense of completeness.
Body
Thesis
Conclusion
Opening Line
123
A saying that sets forth a general truth that has gained credibility through use over time.
Antonym
Adage
Analogy
Affix
124
An adverb that begins an adjective clause.
Relevant Adverb
Conjunctive Adverb
Disjointed Adverb
Relative Adverb
125
The process of identifying the parts of a whole and their relationships to one another.
Analysis
Author's Point of View
Argumentative Writing
Agricultural Precedent
126
An exaggeration or overstatement.
Hyperlink
Homograph
Gerund
Hyperbole
127
A form of argumentative writing that supports the author's feeling on a topic with reasons/fact
Parenthetical Element
Rational Writing
Opinion Writing
Persuasive Writing
128
The location in which events in a text occur.
Time
Place
Theme
Mood
129
An adjective, adverb, phrase, or clause that describes/modifies other words in the sentence.
Repertoire
Metaphor
Qualifier
Modifier
130
A word that conveys emotion and has no grammatical relation to the sentence that follows.
Infinitive
Inference
Interpretation
Interjection
131
A connecting word.
Conjunctivitis
Conjunction
Conjugation
Conditional Hyperbole
132
The quality of a literary work that makes the reader uncertain or tense.
Suspense
Anxiety
Drama
Horror
133
The unifying element of a piece of a text.
Supporting Idea
Central Idea
Prewrite
Summary
134
The comparison of two unlike things in which the words "like or as" are not used.
Alliteration
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
135
Not influenced by personal feelings or interpretations; unbiased; based on facts.
Objective
Persuasive
Insatiable
Permissive
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Information in a text that disagrees with an author's articulated point of view.
Comparison Evidence
Concluding Evidence
Cooperative Evidence
Conflicting Evidence
137
The repetition of a similarly accented sounds at the end of words.
Thyme
Rhyme
Assonance
Alliteration
138
Letters attached to the beginning, end, or base of a word that produces a derivative word.
Myth
Chronology
Affix
Proposition
139
A word, phrase, or sentence that is used to create coherence between sentences or paragraphs.
Transition
Theme
Thesis
Eulogy
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The repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words.
Antonym
Asymetry
Allusion
Alliteration
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The offering of information for others to consider.
Powerpoint
Presentation
Comprehension
Teaching
142
The internal paragraphs within a piece of writing.
Conclusion
Body
Title
Header
143
The position or claim the writer establishes. Should be supported with valid evidence.
Alliteration
Argument
Adverb
Adjective
144
The order of events in a narrative.
Plot Channeling
Sequential Variation
Progression of Time
Event Sequence
145
Two or more complete sentences without correct punctuation or conjunctions.
Compound Sentence
Run-On Sentence
Complex Sentence
Incorrect Composition
146
When the subject of the sentence is the doer of the action in the sentence.
Assertive Voice
Past Voice
Active Voice
Passive Voice
147
An instance that serves as an illustration of a point, principle, or model.
Abbreviation
Example
Anecdote
Footnote
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Presents ideas and evokes emotion through use of meter & imagery. Often has rhythmic pattern
Poem
Passage
Predicate
Firsthand Experience
149
A humorous way of using a word or phrase so that more than one meaning is suggested.
Sarcasm
Irony
Joke
Pun
150
A genre where events occur outside the ordinary laws that operate within the universe.
Biography
Comedy
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
151
A major idea broad enough to cover the entire scope of a literary work.
Theme
Blueprint
Detail
Model
152
A dependent clause that modifies or describes a verb, adverb, or adjective.
Subordinating Clause
Santa Clause
Adjective Clause
Independent Clause
153
The kinds of characters that appear as archetypes in literature.
The Trickster
Character Types
Character Development
Genre
154
Print features as well as graphic, informational, and organizational aids.
Summative Feature
Ad Space
Callout
Text Feature
155
A lesson or principle contained in a text.
Certification
Legend
Frugal
Moral
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The form an adjective takes when comparing at least 3 different things.
Superlative Adjective
Superlative Adverb
Contrasting Adjective
Contrasting Adverb
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When a writer uses more words than are necessary to provide point, detail, or explanation.
Run On Sentence
Wordiness
Expounding Style
Over Sharing
158
Vocabulary specific to a particular field of study.
Antecedent-Verb Agreement
Range-Specific Vocabulary
Domain-Specific Vocabulary
Consequential Reparations
159
Involving the figurative meaning of words or phrases.
Transparency
Nonliteral Meaning
Plasticity
Literal Meaning
160
The episodes that comprise the plot of a text.
Pattern of Events
Discography
Trail of Information
Past Progressive
161
To follow or determine the course of an argument within a text.
Guide
Confer
Trait
Trace
162
The following of one thing after another.
Chronology
Sequence
Setting
Simile
163
A noun whose plural form is indicated in some way other than by adding "-s", "-es", or "-ies"
Regular Plural Noun
Irregular Plural Noun
Irregular Singular Noun
Regular Singular Noun
164
To capture all of the important parts of the original text, but express them in a shorter space
Summarize
Decriminalize
Demoralize
Downsize
165
The author's central though; the chief topic of a text.
Peripheral Knowledge
Supporting Idea
Main Idea
Underlying Motif
166
The narrator's perspective from which the events are depicted.
Genre
Bias
Preposition
Point of View
167
A point of information in a text that strongly support the meaning or tells the story.
Key Word
Key Detail
Lesson
Keystone
168
Clearly expressed or fully stated in the actual text.
Prodigious
Implicit
Experiment
Explicit
169
Details that involve the five senses creating a strong impression for readers.
Sensational Writing
Sensory Language
Supporting Evidence
Imagery
170
Pertaining to recent or present time.
Rural
Historic
Modern
Futuristic
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The structure of a story. The sequence in which the author arranges events.
Arrangement
Narrative Formality
Philosophical Progression
Plot
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To be an important fact in; help to cause.
Condescend
Contribute
Condition
Correlate
173
An extended comparison showing the similarities between two things.
Analogy
Adjective
Argument
Adverb
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An omission of an element from a quoted passage as indicated by three spaced periods.
Ellipsis
El Dorado
Eclipse
Parabola
175
Two or more successive words in a sentence that modify or describe the same noun.
Conditional Adjectives
Constructive Adjectives
Coordinating Adjectives
Continual Adjectives
176
A storytelling tool or device an author uses to produce the desired artistic effect.
Nuance
Nonliteral Meaning
Narrative Technique
Nonrestrictive Element
177
A sentence that consists of two or more independent clauses and no subordinate clauses.
Compound-Complex Sentence
Compound Sentence
Confound-Confusing Sentence
Complex Sentence
178
A grammatical unit, composed of a subject and a predicate, that expresses a complete thought.
List
Word
Principle
Sentence
179
The author's opinion or feelings as evident or detailed in a text.
Author's Point of View
Author's Moral Compass
Author's Education
Author's Edition
180
Not relating to an issue or that which does not support an issue.
Indicative
Irrelevant
Relevant
Irrelephant
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A point of view where events are presented outside of any character's perception.
Third Person
First Person
Second Person
Fourth Person
182
One of a sequence of separate consecutive stages in a process or in the progression of a goal.
Event
Step
Consequence
Story Element
183
The kind of word that compares a quality shared by two different things.
Comparative Adjudication
Comparative Adjective
Comparable Statistics
Axillary Automaton
184
The form an adverb takes when comparing at least 3 different things.
Superlative Adverb
Superlative Adjective
Comparing Adjective
Comparing Adverb
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A single metrical line of poetry
Verse
Stanza
Gerund
Couplet
186
A drawing that shows structure. A schematic representation of how something works.
Diaphragm
Diagram
Dialysis
Diabolic Inquiry
187
A trait that marks a work as imaginative or narrative discourse.
Element of Nonfiction
Plutonic Disturbance
Medieval Allegory
Element of Fiction
188
A type of text structure in which a difficulty is identified and resolutions are proposed.
Information/Negotiation
Problem/Solution
Cause/Effect
Action/Reaction
189
A literary organizational form that presents the order in which tasks are to be performed.
Order
Table of Contents
Sequence of Steps
List
190
A word that shows the relationship of an noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence.
Pronoun
Participle
Predicate
Preposition
191
A written account of another person's life.
Biograffiti
Autobiography
Autobiograffiti
Biography
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The voice used by the author to tell/narrate a story or poem.
Speaker
Orator
Audience
Melancholy
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A punctuation mark (-) used to set of parenthetical elements that require special emphasis.
Dash
Ellipses
Subtraction Sign
Exclamation Point
194
To mark off as different; to recognize the prominent features of.
Disguise
Distinguish
Devolve
Disavow
195
A conclusion drawn based on facts.
Interpretation of Opinions
Introduction of Facts
Introduction of Opinions
Interpretation of Facts
196
An argument that is in opposition to the claim/position.
Counterintuitive
Counterclaim
Counterfeit
Restrictive Claim
197
A highlighted word or image on a Webpage that can be clicked to go to another webpage.
Hyperbole
Hypertrophy
Hyperlink
Hyperextended
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To perceive as true; to realize.
Recount
Reiterate
Relate
Recognize
199
The formal statement of the meaning of a word.
Summons
Affidavit
Definition
Synonym
200
An opinion formed or a decision made after consideration.
Narration
Lesson
Judgment
Memoir
201
A collection of related sentences in a text that discuss a single topic.
Thesis
Paragraph
Essay
Glossary
202
A word that refers to a noun or pronoun and introduces and adjective clause.
Additional Pronoun
Relative Pronoun
Constructive Pronoun
Introductory Pronoun
203
To describe or outline with precision.
Expropriate
Dilapidate
Delineate
Decompose
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When the subject of the sentence receives the action of the verb.
Active Voice
Passive Voice
Constructive Voice
Discerning Voice
205
An account of imaginary or real events told for the purpose of entertainment.
Speech
Infographic
Movie
Story
206
A list of three or more elements that are usually arranged in parallel form.
Items in a Series
Items in Conjuction
Items in the Table of Contents
Items in a Story
207
A quality of writing where ideas move logically and fluidly throughout a piece of writing.
Adhesion
Run-On Sentence
Cohesion
Smooth Streak
208
An idea that explains more about a main idea.
Explanatory Premise
Peripheral Idea
Fundamental Premise
Supporting Idea
209
Expression that is grammatically peculiar; can't be understood from the meaning of its elements
Ideological Conundrum
Idiom
Parable
Idiosyncratic Expression
210
The facts, information, and skills gained through experience or education.
Subject Knowledge
Sufficient Conclusions
Research
Subject-Verb Agreement
211
Any of the parts into which a text or book may be divided.
Paraphrase
Bibliography
Table of Contents
Section
212
A sentence that consists of at lest two independent clauses and at least one subordinate clause
Complex Sentence
Compare/Contrast
Compound Sentence
Compound-Complex Sentence
213
Information that is not in agreement.
Conflicting Information
Coordinating Information
Collateral Information
Collaborative Information
214
A word that has several meanings depending on how it is used in a sentence.
Multiple-Meaning Word
Homograph
Homophone
Thesaurus
215
A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as".
Euphemism
Allegory
Metaphor
Simile

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