Genre
Text Structure
Research and Information
Find the problem
Misc
100
a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events
What is myth
100
The author will introduce a problem and tell us how the problem could be fixed. There may be one solution to fix the problem or several different solutions mentioned.
What is problem/solution
100
A resource that is worthy of confidence; reliable
What is credible
100
Your my best friend.
What is YOU'RE
100
a claim made to rebut a previous claim
What is counterclaim
200
a newspaper article written by or on behalf of an editor that gives an opinion on a topical issue
What is editorial
200
The author’s purpose is to tell you how two things are the same and how they are different
What is compare/contrast
200
This method involves placing relevant source information in parentheses after a quote or a paraphrase.
What is parenthetical documentation
200
I have five kitten's in my garage.
What is KITTENS Do not use commas to form plurals
200
the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques
What is rhetoric
300
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line
What is sonnet
300
Texts are written in an order or timeline format.
What is sequential order
300
a list of works that you referenced in the body of your paper
What is works cited
300
There going to the mall at 6pm.
What is THEY'RE
300
a collection of data that occurs outside of an experimental or lab setting
What is field study
400
a type of fiction in which a detective (or other professional) solves a crime or series of crimes
What is mystery
400
The author describessomething that has happened which has had an effect on or caused something else to happen.
What is cause/effect
400
is a list of all sources you used in your research
What is bibliography
400
The sun is high, put on some sunblock.
What is comma splice When two independent clauses are connected by only a comma, they constitute a run-on sentence that is called a comma-splice. The example just above (about the sunscreen) is a comma-splice. When you use a comma to connect two independent clauses, it must be accompanied by a little conjunction (and, but, for, nor, yet, or, so). The sun is high, so put on some sunscreen.
400
something (such as a situation) that is made up of two opposite things and that seems impossible but is actually true or possible
What is paradox
500
Long narrative poem recounting heroic deeds, although the term has also been loosely used to describe novels.
What is epic
500
how the information within a written text is organized
What is text structure
500
Modern Language Association for preparing scholarly manuscripts and student research papers
What is MLA format
500
In Japan, during the last war and just before the armistice.
What is sentence fragment This sentence accomplishes a great deal in terms of placing the reader in time and place, but there is no subject, no verb.
500
In literature, an _________ is a typical character, an action or a situation that seems to represent such universal patterns of human nature.
What is archetype
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