All About Essays
The end or finish of an event or process
What is a conclusion?
The message or moral the author wants you to learn.
What is theme?
He is as innocent as a newborn baby.
This is a metaphor.
False
Stories that are made up or imginary.
What is fiction?
Poems are written in these
What are stanzas?
Every paragraph must have one of these
What is a topic sentence/main idea/thesis statement?
Describes characters on the inside
What are character traits?
Verbs tell what something is doing.
True or false
True
Writing based on facts, real events, or real people.
What is non-fiction?
The use of the same sound, word, or phrase multiple times.
What is repetition?
A format where you can organize your thoughts before writing an essay.
What is a graphic organizer?
The main problem in a story
What is conflict?
Similes compare two things using the words like or as.
True or false
True
A period in history that took place from 1920-1935 during which black Americans became involved in the arts.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
Writing that allows you to vividly see, hear, feel, smell, or taste.
What is imagery?
Steps you should take before turning in your final draft
What is proofreading/revising? (one or both of these are correct)
The way you feel after reading something
What is mood?
I have never liked hot dogs.
This is a simile.
False
A short piece of writing that is about a specific moment in time - "a snapshot of your life"
What is a memoir?
She is a ticking timebomb today.
What two types of figurative language are seen here.
metaphor and alliteration
An analytical or informational essay must include this in each body paragraph
What is evidence/quotations/analyzing? (must include one of the three)
How the writer says something
What is tone?
The feeling a word conveys.
This is denotation.
True or false
False
Consists of an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
What is an essay?
The beautiful bee buzzed busily around the beach.
What two types of figurative language are being used here?
alliteration and onomotapoiea