Greek Roots
Rhetorical devices and appeals
Signal Words & Essays
Sentence types
character traits and motivation
100
-bio- "Biology" "Biopsy"
What is life.
100
What is repetition

 the use of any element of language-a sound, a word, a phrase, a clause, or a sentence-more than once within a passage of text.

100
Because, Nevertheless, in order too, are signal words for this kind of essay.
What is Cause and Effect.
100

What sentence contains only a independent clause

Simple sentences

100

What is a character trait

A characteristic or quality of a character

200
-chron- "Chronological" "Chronic" "Synchronize"
What is Time.
200

What is parallelism

 is the repetition of related ideas in the same grammatical structure.

200
First, then, lastly are signal words for this kind of essay.
What is Chronological.
200

What is a declarative sentence

A sentence to inform or tell something.

200

What is motivation?

A reason to act or behave in a certain way

300
Ped- "Pediatrician"
What is Child, Children.
300

What is Anaphora

parallelism where a word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of successive clauses for emphasis

300
Type of writing where the purpose is to inform, describe, explain, or define.
What is expository.
300

What are subordinating conjunctions

A sentence that has a independent and dependent clause

300

What character traits did Oedipus have

Highly intelligent, ignorant, easily frustrated

400
-path- "Pathology" "Empathy" "Sympathy"
What is feelings, sufferings.
400

two strongly contrasting ideas, expressed using parallel structure, are placed side by side.

Antithesis

400
"Timmy dropped the soda, and his computer shorted out" is anexample of this.
What is Cause and Effect.
400

What is am imperative sentence

A sentence that informs and gives instructions or a request to the reader

400

What character traits did Tiresias have

Honest, content, unsuprised

500
Acro- "Acrophobia" "Acrobatics"
What is Height.
500

the repeating of the last word of a phrase or clause to start the consecutive phrase or clause

Anadiplosis

500
Bubble Map and Venn Diagrams are used in this style of essay.
What is Compare and Contrast.
500

What is a noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, and adjective

Noun:person place or thing

Pronoun: An way to refer to a noun he/him/she/her/it/tim

Verb: an action word

adverb: A way to describe an adjective

Adjective: A way to describe a noun

500

What character traits would Jocasta have

Intelligent, capable, non adventurous

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