Relates a series of events, whether real such as histories, biographies, or news stories, or imaginary as in short stories and novels.
What is a Narrative?
100
One small segment of a subject.
What is a Topic
100
A comparison of two dissimilar things.
What is a Metaphor
100
Shows the relationship between objects in space; for example, you might move systematically from top to bottom, left to right, front to back, nearby or far away when describing a person, place, or an event.
What is Spatial Arrangement?
100
Pronouns such as I, me, mine, we, and ours identify the storyteller.
What is First Person Point-of-View?
200
Gives your views on an essay, indicating where you agree and disagree with the author’s position.
What is a Critique
200
Conversation
What is Dialogue
200
Why you write.
What is Purpose?
200
Writing in the order that the events occurred.
What is Time Sequence/Chronological Order?
200
The narrator remains unmentioned and the characters are identified by nouns and such pronouns as he, she, him and her.
What is Third Person Point-of-View?
300
A comparison of two dissimilar things using the words like or as
What is a Simile
300
The overall mood or feeling of a story or essay.
What is Dominant Impression
300
The person or group you want to reach.
What is an Audience?
300
First presents all the points of comparison for one idem and then all the points of comparison for the other.
What is Block Pattern (One-Side-at-a-Time)?
300
The observer remains in one place and reports only what can be perceived from there.
What is a Fixed Vantage Point?
400
Taking material from sources without using the proper documentation (even if it is in your own words).
What is Plagiarism
400
A specific community with members who share similar interests, goals, values, concerns, background information, and expectations.
What is Discourse Community
400
States the main points of an essay in your own words.
What is a Summary
400
Presents a point about one idem, then follows immediately with a corresponding point about the other.
What is Alternating Pattern (Point-by-Point)?
400
The observer views things from a number of positions.
What is a Moving Vantage Point?
500
Creates a sense of the person or thing being described by drawing on the five senses.
What is Sensory Impressions
500
Calls attention to one or more similarities underlying two kinds of an item that seem to have nothing in common.
What is an Analogy
500
Presents the main idea of a piece of writing, usually in one sentence.
What is a Thesis Statement?
500
Presents the main idea of a piece of writing, usually in one sentence.
What is a Sentence Outline?
500
Makes full statements that can often be used in your paper.