General topic 1
These type of text focus on giving facts, like a textbook or an encyclopedia.
Words such as explorer, sanctuary, and helpful are examples of.
What is positive connotation?
The use of words or phrases that have a similar structure or form. This is a definition for...
What is parallelism?
Authors create_______ when they want to propel a story forward and keep the reader wondering what will happen next.
What is tension?
This device uses descriptive words and phrases that create sensory experiences for the reader.
What is imagery?
Define diction
What is the choice of words used by a writer?
Word such as monsters, prisoners, abusers are examples of.
What is negative connotation?
“It’s difficult to know if survival is selfish.” in argument texts this is an example of...
What is a claim?
This literary device is used to manipulate time by insterting an earlier even into a present action.
What is flashback?
This device refers to the author’s attitude toward the subject.
What is tone?
Define author's perspective
What is a combination of ideas, values, feelings and beliefs that influence the way the writer looks as a topic?
The movie was amazing, almost too amazing, if I’m being honest. This is an example of which purpose of commas?
What is to signal a break in thought?
Presenting only two options when there are more. This is a definition of...
What is false dilemma?
This is an autobiographical account of a person’s experiences and observations of an event.
What is a memoir?
This is a kind of autobiographical writing in which the author shares his or her personal experiences and observations in a comic-strip format.
What is a graphic memoir?
These type of text give facts but they also tell real events, ideas or experiences.
What are literary nonfiction texts?
What is persuasive?
"Some people were crying, others were screaming, others were on their cell phones..." in argument texts this is an example of...
What is parallelism?
This type of clause can work as a noun, object or complement.
This type of text structure explores relationships between events or ideas.
What is a cause-effect?
To determine an _____________ you must look at background information, emotional language, suggestions how the author feels and statements of opinions.
What is author's perspective?
She didn’t go to the party, because she was feeling sick. Which type of commas is this an example of?
What is to divide independent and dependent clauses?
Perhaps it’s because we get very mixed messages about survival ethics. On the one hand, we’re told to put our own oxygen masks on first, and not to jump in the water with a drowning victim. But then the people who ignore those edicts and survive to tell the tale are lauded as heroes. This is an example of...
What is false dilemma?
What is an object?
When will she give the birthday present to him? This prepositional phrase works as...
What is an object of a preposition?