Essay Tips
It is important that writers do not spend a bulk of their essay explaining the plot of the text
What is summary.
"Don't let the bastards grind you down"
What is Handmaids Tale?
the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
What is diction?
the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of a clause
Ex: MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech
What is anaphora?
repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together
What is alliteration
An intro paragraph must always have a strong one of these in order to earn a point in the first row of the rubric
What is a thesis statement?
"Water, water, everywhere,
and all the boards did shrink;
water, water, everywhere,
nor any drop to drink."
What is Rime of the Ancient Mariner?
Author’s attitude or feeling about the subject that he/she has written about
What is tone?
"O, graduation! How I can't wait for you to arrive!" is an example of this
What is apostrophe?
repetition of a consonant sound within a word throughout a sentence
What is consonance?
Writers should avoid writing things like
"all that glitters is not gold" or "don't judge a book by it's cover"
What are cliches?
"Beware. For I am fearless and therefore powerful"
What is Frankenstein?
visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work
What is imagery?
a figure of speech in which a person, place, or thing, is referred to by something closely associated with it
EX: The crown - referring to the power the royal family has
What is metonymy?
repetition of a vowel sound
What is assonance?
In order to earn a 3 or a 4 in the evidence category of the rubric, writers need to explain how...
What is how it impacts the meaning of the work as a whole.
"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."
What is Hamlet?
the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
What is juxtaposition?
uses one word to refer to two or more different things in more than one way
Example: She broke his car and his heart.
What is zeugma?
a play on words, using multiple meanings or similar sounds to make a joke
What is a pun?
Because an essay reader is an English teacher, writers to not have to worry about doing this when utilizing a literary device
What is defining a literary device?
"All that you touch, you change. All that you change, changes you... God is change"
What is Parable of the Sower?
when the audience knows something the character does not
What is dramatic irony?
Figure of speech referring to when the part of something is used to describe the whole
Ex: I have four mouths to feed at home. (Mouth is the part of the four people that had to be fed)
What is a synecdoche?
the omission of a s sound or vowel when speaking - in poetry, this is done to help maintain meter and rhythm and is often identified with an apostrophe
What is elision?