IT'S RAINING CATS AND DOGS
NUANCES AND COMPLEXITIES
EXPLAIN AND PERSUADE
YOU WROTE WHAT?
STUFF YOU BETTER REMEMBER
100
His feet were as smelly as a wet dog.
What is a simile?
100
The narrating voice of a novel or poem
What is persona?
100
An type of essay that explains or gives information
What is expository?
100
A great way to remember coordinating conjunctions.
What is FANBOYS?
100
The amount of paragraphs you WILL write in your CAHSEE essay.
What is 5 paragraphs?
200
Pow! Kablam! Vroom!
What is an onomatopoeia?
200
The style of writing -- you can hear the voice of the writer.
What is the Writer's Voice?
200
Ethos, Logos and Pathos are all part of this.
What is Rhetoric or Argument?
200
"She didn't do nothing wrong" is an example of this grammatically incorrect phrase.
What is a double negative?
200
The question you will ask yourself when explaining an example, quote or idea in your essay.
What is "What do I mean by that?"
300
"Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary…" is an example of this.
What is alliteration?
300
The setting, the description of the 5 Ws.
What is the exposition?
300
Decoding figurative language in a poem, analyzing it and explaining it will make this type of essay.
What is response to literature?
300
When you have two independent clauses you may use this type of punctuation.
What is a semi-colon?
300
Step by step instructions are also called this.
What are functional documents?
400
"His loneliness became a sea of grief." is an example of this.
What is a metaphor?
400
"…and they lived happily ever after." is an example of this.
What is the denouement?
400
In this form of writing, if you are making a request, you must use "please" and other polite words.
What is a business letter?
400
"______and I went to the mall to buy shoes."
What is "he" or "she"?
400
Before you read a passage, you need to do this first.
What is read the question!
500
Intellectual, Spiritual, Emotional, Physical
What are character attributes or characteristics?
500
The way the story unfolds or the sequence of events.
What is the plot?
500
Using all of the five senses will help when writing this type of essay.
What is a narrative or descriptive narrative?
500
If you write in the past tense in the first paragraph you should write in this tense in the second paragraph.
What is past tense?
500
What you should use if you don't know the meaning of a word in a sentence.
What are context clues?
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