Figurative Language
What type of figurative language is this?
She has a heart of gold.
Metaphor
The last sentence in the introduction paragraph. This is the paper's focus.
Thesis
The sequence of events in a story
(Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution)
Plot
After reading the essay prompt, what should be your next step?
Write an outline
What type of figurative language is this?
Each night, my pillow welcomes me to bed.
Personification
When making a claim, what comes next in the paragraph?
Evidence from the text
A character that only has one or two outstanding traits or features.
What is a flat character?
What is it called when you credit someone's work (to quote)
What is cite?
A suspenseful story about a puzzling event that is not solved until the end of the story.
Mystery
What is the following an example of?
A man who is a traffic cop gets his license suspended for unpaid parking tickets.
Irony
How many body paragraphs should you have in your essay?
Three
Writers use animals, elements, colors, pictures, or places to represent other things.
Ex- American Flag
Olympic Rings
Symbolism
Where should you look for evidence and facts?
In the text
The story of a real person's life written by another person.
Biography
"I've told you a million times to clean your room!"
Hyperbole
What is it called when you give an author credit for their work so you're not plagiarizing?
"Quote" (Author's Last Name & Page Number)
Citation
What are the small numbers, letters, or asterisks next to an unknown word called?
Footnotes
After you make a claim and give text evidence. What do you do next?
C
E
R
Give Reasons (in your own words)
A type of fiction that can really happen, but it didn't.
Realistic
Boing! A giant green grasshopper jumped gingerly on the grass.
hint: there are two
Onomatopoeia (sound word)
Alliteration (repeated sounds)
What is the correct citation from "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A- "I married him because I thought he was a gentleman." (Scott 34)
B- "I married him because I thought he was a gentleman." (Fitzgerald page 34)
C- "I married him because I thought he was a gentleman." (Fitzgerald 34)
D- "I married him because I thought he was a gentleman." (Fitzgerald p 34)
C
Point of View-
The author writes a story using the word "I"
1st Person Point of View
What type of thesis is the following:
"Students should be assigned homework to receive extra practice, to make sure they understand the material, and to practice for tests."
Closed Thesis
When a person writes a true story about their own life
Autobiography