Essay Writing
Essay Writing 2
Figurative Language
ELA Terms
Greek/Latin RPS
100

Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain

What is RACE?

100
Intro phrase, beginning quotation mark, word for word quote, end quotation mark, parenthetical citation.

What is quoted evidence?

100

The rose smelled sweet as candy.

What is a simile?

100

When something hints at what is coming up in the story.

foreshadowing

100

This means "word."

What is -logue-?

200

Evidence is used to support this.

What is claim or text evidence?

200

This wraps up the paper and leave the reader with a cause to action, an idea to think about, or cause to believe in.

What is an overall concluding statement or mic drop statement?

200

That was the last straw (said in anger).

What is a hyperbole?
200

Making an educated guess based on the text.

What is inferencing?

200

This means "follow."

What is -sequ-?

300

This is the other side's reasoning.

What is a counterclaim?

300

This is used to grab the reader's attention.

What is a hook?

300

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

What is alliteration?

300

An item in the story represents a bigger picture.

What is symbolism?

300

This means "look."

What is -spec-?
400

A writer's specific position or opinion on a topic.

What is a claim?

400

The person or group you are trying to convince or persuade.

What is the audience?
400

Examples are: jumbo shrimp, almost completely

What is oxymoron?

400

When the opposite of what you expect to happen happens.

What is irony?

400
This has the meaning "speak."

What is -dict-?

500

This is considered a "road map" for your essay. 

What is a thesis?

500

Taking someone else's work and passing it off as your own or not citing it correctley.

What is plagiarism?

500

He lost his job.

What is a euphemism?

500

Two words with similar meanings.

What are synonyms?

500

This prefix has the meaning "badly."

What is mis-?

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