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Simile
This type of figurative language compares using the words like or as
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cheese or pepperoni
This plain and simple pizza and this one topping pie are the most popular pizza types in the United State (Name 1)cheese or pepperoni
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characters
These are the people, animals, and other participants in a piece of fiction that move the plot forward
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
The first full length animated feature film was created by Walt Disney. It was created using cel animation. The main character has many short friends.
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A capital or uppercase letter
Every sentence should begin with this, which is also called a change in case on a computer
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idiom
This is a figure of speech which can not be taken literally. An example is: It’s raining cats and dogs.
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hamburger
This round fast food staple was first sold for 15 cents People are “loving it” so much that an average of 2.5 billion are now sold per year
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setting
The time and place a story takes place is known as this It can change multiple elements of a story. Example: a school in the 1800's will be different than a school in 2021
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The Wizard of Oz
This movie was based on a book with a similar title. MGM made this familiar movie using the wonders of Technicolor in 1939. It features a famous pair of ruby red shoes. The main character is wanted by a witch-and her little dog, too
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dialogue
This is the term to describe what characters are saying or thinking.
Comma, quote, dialogue, punctuate, end quote |
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stanzas
In poetry, sections are not called paragraphs or sentences. Instead, they are called this.
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hot dogs
Originally called “dachshund sausages”, these were first sold by a German immigrant out of a food cart in New York in the 1860s.
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foreshadowing
This gives readers a hint of what events may happen next in a story
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Mean Girls
Released in 2004, this not very nice, teen comedy fetched huge audiences and grossed over $130 million worldwide. The main character moved from Africa and is allowed to be one of "the Plastics," who are majorly popular
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conjunctions or FANBOYS
A word used to connect clauses or sentences or to join words in the same clause. They can be coordinating or subordinating. Give the part of speech or the acronym many are remembered by
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onomatopoeia
The following are all examples of what: Swish, Boom, Tick tock, Hiss
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Buffalo Wings
Deep fried, usually covered in a spicy sauce, this "fowl" food is named after the place of its creation
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characters, setting and conflict
The exposition (beginning) of a story introduces 3 elements. Name 2
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Avengers: Endgame
This film was the end of on screen cameos by the universe's creator, Stan Lee, who died in 2018. Ten female characters fought in the final battle of the movie; however, there were over 20 male characters that appeared throughout the film. This movie was the end chronologically, but wasn't the last one released.
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counterclaim or rebuttal
You provide this when writing an argumentative essay. You address the opposing point of view, then give reasons why your claim is right and theirs is wrong
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oxymoron
This figure of speech is one in which contradictory terms are used together. Examples are: stupidly smart, awfully good, bittersweet
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French Fries
This fast food staple is called “pommes frites” but may have actually originated in Belgium. The shape of the food determines the name
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genres
__________ are different types or categories of literature, music or media. Examples, country, hip hop, alternative
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"The Silence of the Lambs
FBI agent Starling leads the hunt for a serial killer in the 1991 psychological horror. She interviews a notorious killer and former psychiatrist to get a better understanding of the killer's mindset. Starling finds the killer, but learns her inmate informant has escaped when he calls her from a payphone. She vows to find him but the call was cut short since the former psychiatrist is "having an old friend for dinner.
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1.nouns-name a person, place or thing
2.pronouns-renames or replaces a noun 3.verbs-show action or a state of being 4.adjectives-describe nouns and pronouns (tells how many, which ones, what kind, etc. 5.adverbs-modify verbs, adjectives and adverbs. They specify when, where, how, and why something happened and to what extent or how often. 6.prepositions-show spatcial, (where) temporal (when), and role relations between a noun or pronoun and the other words in a sentence conjunctions 7.articles/determiners-join words, phrases, and clauses in a sentence. (a, an, the) 8.conjunctions- join together clauses and phrases. There are coordinating, subordinating, and correlative conjunctions 9.interjections-expressions that can stand on their own or be contained within sentences. These words and phrases often carry strong emotions and convey reactions
Name 2 of the major parts (types) of speech, and give a definition of what they do or 2 examples of them used in a sentence
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