Text Structure
When the author discusses similarities and difference.
What is Compare & Contrast?
Historical fiction portrays events from the __________. (Hint: This is a time period).
What is the past?
This is a literary device that refers to the use of symbols in a literary work.
What is Symbolism?
A coordinating conjunction or a semi-colon (;) can join two of these types of clauses.
What are independent clauses?
The purpose of an explanatory essay is to ___________________ something.
What is explain?
When the author provides several details.
What is descriptive text structure?
What is false?
A symbol represents something beyond the ________________ meaning.
What is the actual or literal meaning?
This type of clause cannot stand alone as a sentence and begins with a subordinating conjunction (A WHITE BUS) word.
What is a dependent clause?
This "statement" tells the reader what the essay is about.
What is the "thesis" statement?
When the author provides readers with a list of steps in a procedure.
What is Order & Sequence?
In order to write Historical Fiction, the author must do an extensive amount of this to gather information.
What is research?
What is love or romance?
What is the sentence structure of this sentence?
When the cake is brown, remove it from the oven.
What is COMPLEX?
True or False: I should keep opinions OUT of explanatory writing.
When an author presents a problem and explains one or more solutions.
What is Problem & Solution?
True or False: Actual people from history can be in a historical fiction story.
What is true?
This is the problem in a story.
What is conflict?
Sentence Type?
I kicked the ball, and it hit Emma.
The thesis statement should appear twice in your explanatory essay. Where are the two places it should appear? Be specific, which paragraph AND where in each paragraph? This is a DAILY DOUBLE...YOU GET AN EXTRA 400 if you get this right.
The last sentence in the introduction (first) paragraph, and the first sentence in the conclusion (last) paragraph.
When the author describes an event and the events (results) that follow.
What is Cause & Effect
Historical fiction is an artistic mix of fiction and ________________.
What is fact?
These are the 5 elements of plot.
What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
While Manuel reads novels, Weston reads comics, but Riley reads only magazines.
Compound Complex
When you are writing an explanatory essay, you should always prove what you say by doing this. Yes, put the words in quotation marks, but what is that called?
What is citing evidence?