Text Analysis
How many writing strategies are needed to write a Text Analysis Response?
One
What is the most important part of the introduction paragraph?
Your thesis statement or claim.
When the author references something well known.
Allusion
Subtleties given by the author that are meant to be an indication of a future event.
Foreshadowing
Showing similarities between different things using helping words like or as.
Simile
How many examples of the writing strategy do you need to write a sufficient Text Analysis?
Three
How many body paragraphs do you need for a sufficiently written Argument Paper?
Four
(Three in support, One counter)
A question asked to make a point, rather than be answered.
Rhetorical Question
An interruption of the chronological sequence of an event to account for earlier circumstances.
Flashback
Extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole
The message that the author is trying to convey about society is known as the...
Central Idea
In what two ways do you need to explain your support evidence?
1)Explain what the quote says
2)Explain how it proves your claim
Making comments that urge the audience not to be left behind by whatever argument the speaker is making.
Bandwagon
A recurring image, idea, or symbol that develops a theme and is related to the overall message of the text.
Motif
A figure of speech in which an idea, thing, or animal is given human attributes.
Personification
In what two ways do you need to explain your evidence?
1)How it is the writing strategy
2)How it proves the central idea
What is the most important part of a counter paragraph?
Refuting the evidence
Something that is directly stated as a fact.
Explicitly Stated Facts
The meaning of a word that is implied
Connotation
Example:
Sally sold seashells by the seashore
Alliteration
What is wrong with the following Central Idea?
The central idea of the play is that Romeo and Juliet were destined for tragedy due to societal standards at the time.
It is too specific. Uses character names.
How do you cite when dealing with multiple articles on the Regents?
By text and line number
Ex: (Text 1, Line 33)
Words that are used in vague ways to persuade people because they are positive concepts that almost everyone can support.
Generalities
When a story is written within another story, often with a prologue and epilogue, it is called a...
Framed Story
A word or phrase that does not have its literal meaning and is its purpose is to be more effective, persuasive, or impactful.
Figurative Language