Vocabulary
What is a simile?
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox).
What makes a five paragraph essay?
An introduction, three body paragraphs and a conclusion.
Who did Athena turn into a spider?
Arachne
What is Tone?
Tone is the attitude of the author, choice of words, syntax, how it is describing the writing piece.
True or False?
OPTICS is the name of the number one top optometrist in city.
False
What is a metaphor?
Comparing two unlike things without "like" or "as".
What is the complete phrase for TAGS?
TAGS
T is for Title. A is for Author. G is for Genre. S is for summary.
Who did Phaethon claim was his father?
Apollo
True or False?
SOAPSTone is a soap made of stone.
False
What is Overview?
Overview is what you believe the article is about by a quick glance and skimming through the article.
What is characterization?
Developing characters.
What components does a good essay have in an introduction?
A hook, TAGS, thesis statement, and transition.
Zeus
What is a Occasion?
An Occasion is the purpose for whom or why the speaker is speaking. Who it is about or towards to.
True or False?
OPTICS also means for a visual perspective.
True
What is personification?
Giving a nonhuman, human characteristics.
What is an essay?
What happened to the Heliads when their brother, Phaethon died?
Their pitying father turned them into poplar trees.
SOAPSTone is used for _____?
Analyzing literary texts (finding if the article is credible or not).
What is OPTICS used for?
OPTICS is used to cut down an essay or writing pice to make it more understandable (Gordon Parks).
What is anthromorphism?
Making a nonhuman behave for appear as if it is a human being.
What essay did we focus on OPTICS mainly?
Gordon Parks
Who killed Phaethon and why?
Zeus killed Phaethon because he didn't recognize him and thought he was a bad guy destroying the Earth.
What is the complete SOAPSTone phrase?
SOAPSTone
S is for Speaker. O is for Occasion. A is for Audience. P is for Purpose. S is for Subject. T is for Tone.
What is the complete OPTICS phrase?
OPTICS
O is for Overview. P is for Parts. T is for Title and Texts. I is for Interrelationships. C is for Conclusion. S is for Source.