The Essay
What is a thesis statement?
The thesis statement is the claim you make as a writer (it is the point/purpose of your essay).
What are the differences between ethos, logos and pathos?
Ethos (ethics and credibility), logos (logic: facts/stats), pathos (feelings and emotion).
Describe the elements of a plot outline.
Introduction, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action and denouement/resolution (descriptions will vary).
What makes a thought a complete sentence?
It must include a subject and a predicate (verb).
What is dramatic irony?
When everyone in the audience is aware of what will happen to a character on stage, but this character is not.
What is the five paragraph essay format. Describe each paragraph.
Introduction (hook, thesis and division of ideas), 3 body paragraphs (topic sentence with argument, evidence, explanation and linking sentence), conclusion (summarize thesis, 3 arguments and leave the reader with a thought).
What is : bandwagon?
Using the argument that because everyone is doing it, you should too.
What is the difference between an internal and an external conflict? Give an example.
Internal (character vs self); External (character vs character, vs nature or vs society.
Correct the following fragment:
Because of the rain.
What is an aside?
A remark or passage in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play.
Should your essay writing style be formal or informal, and what does this mean (give an example)?
Formal (no contractions, no "I", no "we", no "you").
What is a rhetorical question?
A question that is asked to engage the reader in deeper thought, but is NOT answered.
What is a symbol? Use an example from Indian Horse to support your answer.
Symbol is an action or object that represents something other than itself. (ex. braid)
What is the name for the word in italics used in a line of dialogue:
"I am so sorry," said Janet.
A tag.
What is a soliloquy?
An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.
What is the difference between a direct quote and paraphrasing?
Direct quote (words are exactly as seen in the source and should be in between quotation marks); paraphrasing is explaining information from a source in your own words.
What is hypophora?
Asking a question and offering an answer.
What is a theme? Identify a theme in Indian Horse to support your answer.
Theme is the overall message in the story (ex. trauma, family, perseverance)...
Correct the following line of dialogue:
"are you going out tonight"? asked Kim.
"Are you going out tonight?" asked Kim.
What is a tragedy?
A play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character.
What is MLA? Give examples of what this format looks like in an essay.
Title page info (top left), page numbering with last name (top right), references (author's last name and page number), Works Cited.
What is imagery?
Describing in great detail to create a vivid image in a person's mind.
What are the different types of narration?
1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person (omniscient, limited omniscient, objective)
Correct the following line of dialogue:
"I can't wait," said Bruce because I love vacations!"
"I can't wait," said Bruce, "because I love vacations!"
What is the difference between foreshadowing and flashback?
Foreshadowing: giving clues to the audience/reader to determine future events; flashback: return to events that happened in the past.