The Expository Essay
Comprehension
Vocabulary
Literary Devices
Grammar
100
A sentence in an essay, report, research paper, or speech that identifies the main idea and/or central purpose of the text.
What is a Thesis Statement
100
otherwise known as the level of analysis
What is "Go Beyond it"
100
This word means well known for something bad
What is Infamous or Notorious
100
a figure of speech involving exaggeration.
What is a hyoerbole'
100
This makes the following sentence grammatically incorrect: There isn’t nothing there.
What is a double negative
200
These help to build one's paragraph and may include examples, illustrations and statistics.
What is Supporting Details
200
The set of questions where the answers are right in the passage or extract.
What is Literal Level questions, or "Find It questions"
200
A 12 letter word meaning stopping and starting at the intervals
What is Intermittent
200
putting two contradictory words together. i.e. bittersweet, jumbo shrimp, and act naturally
What is Oxymoron
200
The term given for the mistake in this sentence : I likes to eat cereal for breakfast.
What is subject verb disagreement
300
The aim of this type of essay, is to explore the reasons and results of an event, situation or phenomenon.
What is the Cause and effect essay
300
This is the way that one uses past experience or prior knowledge to answer the questions.
What is the Synthesis Level questions or "Connect it" Questions
300
a four letter word starting with W - Another word for cautious
What is Wary
300
hints of what is to come in the action of a play or a story
What is Foreshadowing
300
This sentence is an example of this common error made by high school students: "I am going to ask a question"
What is a redundant statement
400
This portion of the teacher's rubric relates to the use of language, grammar and sentence construction.
What is Expression
400
a question that asks you to comment on the effectiveness of a literary device
What is go beyond it/ connect it
400
to sweet-talk someone into doing something. A form of persuasion.
What is Cajole
400
A word is used which has two meanings at the same time, which results in humor.
What is a PUN
400
In order to prevent this error, one should follow the rule "place the adjective as close as is possible to the noun"
What is a misplaced modifier
500
this device is used to solicit an opinion from your reader, without having them directly answer. often used in the introduction.
What is a Rhetorical Question
500
The name of a line in a poem
What is a stanza
500
This word means to be greedy
Avaricious
500
the repetition of the initial consonant. There should be at least two repetitions in a row. i.e. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
What is an alliteration.
500
This makes the following sentence grammatically incorrect: I think your going to be happy.
What is you're
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