Term 1 Card — The Classic Mix

a SIMILE (something is "like" or "as" something else)

a METAPHOR (something IS another thing)

PERSONIFICATION of a non-living thing

a sentence shorter than 5 words

a sentence longer than 25 words

a one-syllable verb meaning "said"

an unusual ADVERB you have never used before

dialogue that reveals FEAR without saying "afraid"

a paragraph that opens with a question

a paragraph that opens with dialogue

a CIRCULAR ENDING (the ending links back to the beginning)

a piece of ONOMATOPOEIA (a word that sounds like its meaning)

an EMOTIVE adjective in a non-fiction article

a fact you did not know before

a word you had to LOOK UP

a sentence using a SEMICOLON

a sentence using a COLON to introduce a list

a paragraph that is exactly one sentence long

a piece of ALLITERATION (two or more words starting with the same sound)

a HYPERBOLE (deliberate exaggeration for effect)

a SETTING described using THREE different senses

a piece of writing in the PRESENT tense (not past)

a CHARACTER whose name reveals something about them

a piece of FORESHADOWING (a small clue about what is to come)

a SENTENCE that begins with the word "Although"