Vocabulary Terms for Quiz

  1. Figurative language – A tool an author uses to help the reader visualize, or see, what is happening in a story or poem
  2. Alliteration – The repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words
  3. Simile – A comparison using like or as to compare two unlike objects
  4. Metaphor – A comparison that states one thing is something else, but does not use like or as to make the comparison.
  5. Imagery – Writing that involves one or more of your five senses (hearing, tasting, touching, smelling, and seeing)
  6. Personification – Giving human qualities, feelings, actions, or characteristics to nonhuman things
  7. Symbolism – When one thing stands for or represents something else
  8. Onomatopoeia – The representation of sounds in word form
  9. Narrative – A type of writing that involves telling a story or describes a sequence of events in an incident
  10. Connotation – The suggested or implied meaning or emotion associated with a word
  11. Denotation – The exact, literal meaning of a word
  12. Stanza – A group of lines with similar length and pattern which forms a unit within a poem

Hooks (will need to match examples with the type of hook)

  1. A thought – words/phrases/sentences that are the thoughts of a character
  2. Scary, exciting, or intense moment – set up a mysterious tone or mood through good description
  3. Conversation/dialogue – show dialogue between two characters
  4. Fast action – description of an occurrence of exciting or dramatic action
  5. Flashback – the character thinks back to an important detail about the story
  6. Famous quote – quote from someone that makes a connection to the outside world for the reader
  7. Statistic/fact – a hook typically used in non-fiction writing
  8. Rhetorical question – asks a question that may have an obvious answer

Writing Process (will need to know the order for quiz)

  1. Brainstorm/generate ideas – this is the first step of the writing process
  2. Prewrite – this is the second step of the writing process in which you organize your ideas
  3. Draft – this is the third stage in which you begin writing the narrative/essay/etc.
  4. Share & respond – this is the fourth stage of the writing process in which you give your writing to others in order to get feedback
  5. Revise – this is the fifth stage of the writing process where you work on improving the content of your writing
  6. Edit – this is the sixth stage of the writing process in which you correct spelling, grammar and punctuation errors
  7. Publish – this is the final stage of the writing process in which you produce a final copy or product