Identifying Key Elements
Essay Writing
Mix It Up
Poetry
Organizational Patterns
100

Combining ideas from multiple sources into a new understanding is called this.

What is synthesis?

100
What is the term used to define that attention getting beginning of an essay?
What is a hook?
100
"Appasionato" contains a Latin root that tells you music is played how? How would appasionato music be played?
What is soft and quietly?
100
What is the term given to the element when the initial sounds of a word, beginning either with a consonant or a vowel, are repeated in close succession?
What is alliteration?
100

A step-by-step recipe is written in this organizational pattern.

What is sequential?

200

This skill involves restating key points from a single text without adding interpretation.

What is summary?

200
What is the name given to this universal idea statement that addresses the main focus you want to emphasize in your paper?
What is a thesis statement?
200
"Begin now by taking advantage of this phenomenal offer." What does phenomenal mean?
What is extraordinary?
200
What is the name of the literary device that is something in itself, and it also suggests something deeper?
What is a symbol?
200

An essay that shows how two things are alike and different uses this structure.

What is compare and contrast?

300

This term describes when an author writes to make the audience think differently, even without directly asking for action.

What is to persuade? 

300
What is the first step in the writing process?
What is prewriting?
300
Lines from "My Fingers" read: "Frail of an eggshell/Pull of a string" suggests the speaker does what?
What is appreciates life's little details.
300
What is the literary device often found in poetry, when you mean literally, exactly what you say?
What is denotation?
300

A news article about an event written in time order uses this pattern.

What is chronological?

400

“I” and “we” signal that the narrator is using this point of view.

What is First Person?

400

What is the part of the writing process where a student will make additions or deletions of content ideas to make the paper flow better and have better voice?

What is revision/editing?

400
"When the shepherd's whistle releases her, she's off like an arrow running east." What literary device is used in this sentence?
What is simile?
400
What is the literary device when the idea created means something else, something that might be initially hidden, and not to be taken literally?
What is connotation?
400

An essay about the negative effects of pollution fits this pattern ?

What is cause and effect?

500

This perspective knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters.

What is Third Person Omniscient?

500
What is the part of writing traits where one's personal style or flavor is expressed?
What is voice?
500
His words were a dagger stabbing at my heart. What literary device is used here?
What is metaphor? or, What is personification?
500
What is a reference, within a literary work, to another work of fiction, a film, a piece of art, or even a real event?
What is an allusion?
500

This pattern presents a particular issue, then offers one or more ways to reach a resolution.

What is problem and solution?

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