Literary Analysis
A sentence that states the paper's main idea...
What is a thesis statement?
The Latin word for collections..
What is to choose?
A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared using the words "like" or "as"...
What is a simile?
This is the first step in the writing process...
What is brainstorming?
The word that names people, places, things, and/or ideas..
What is a noun?
The narrator's position in relation to a story being told...
What is point of view?
The word distracted is derived from this Latin root meaning..
What is to draw or pull away?
A comparison without using "like" or "as"...
What is a metaphor?
Martin’s teacher asked her students to write about someone who could inspire others. Martin chose to write about Helen Thayer, an athlete and adventurer. As Martin begins his research, where should he start first?
What is his school's library?
The word that names actions or emotions..
What is a verb?
The key building blocks of an essay..
What are body paragraphs?
The word effected is derived from this Latin root meaning..
What is to make?
Giving humanlike traits to non-human nouns...
What is personification?
When writing an expository essay, it is probably best to include these in the body paragraphs...
What are explanations and examples?
The word that describes a noun or pronoun..
What is an adjective?
This aims to tie together the essay...
What is a conclusion paragraph?
The word volcano is derived from this Greek God...
What is Vulcan?
Using descriptive wording in literary writing...
What is imagery?
For the next 26 days, Helen and her dog, Charlie, walked, slid, and skied across 364 miles of ice. They withstood Arctic storms, crossed rugged terrain, and held off dangerous polar bears. Twenty-seven days later they climbed on board a plane ready to go home. Helen was exhausted but happy. She had successfully explored the magnetic North Pole and at last fulfilled her “polar” dream.
Which word should Martin substitute for happy in order to be more precise?
What is pleased?
This is written between a city and a state...
What is a comma?
This analysis demands a close reading of a work of literature followed by a written interpretation of meaning in that work...
What is a literary analysis?
What is fallacy?
The author hints at events that have yet to happened in the story...
What is foreshadowing?
Using specific descriptive words tells readers this about the essay..
What is the organizational pattern?
This is written at the end of an interrogative sentence..
What is a questions mark?