Starts with an A
Granny Smith, Macintosh, and Red Delicious
What is an apple?
How many paragraphs should your character analysis essay have?
What is five?
A comparison of two different things or ideas using words such as "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
The country were the story "The Necklace" takes place
What is France?
The words or phrases a writer uses that appeal to the senses.
What is imagery?
A story that has a second meaning beneath the surface.
What is an allegory?
The first sentence of your essay that grabs your readers' attention and makes them eager to see what you will have to say next.
What is a hook?
Any object, person, place, or action that has both a meaning in itself and that stands for something larger than itself
What is a symbol?
The author of "Ransom of Red Chief"
Who is O. Henry?
What is verbal irony?
"The twisting trout twinkled below" is an example of this literary term.
What is alliteration?
The foundation of your essay; located at the very end of the introduction.
What is a thesis statement?
The central message of a literary work
What is theme?
The murderer of John Wright
Who is Minnie Wright?
When a situation turns out differently from what one would normally expect; often, the twist is oddly appropriate
What is situational irony?
A reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place or thing; IYKYK
What is an allusion?
The first sentence of a body paragraph.
What is a topic sentennce?
The writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject, character, or audience
What is tone?
The survivor of the battle between General Zaroff and Sanger Rainsford.
Who is Rainsford?
When a character or speaker says or does something that has a different meaning from what he or she thinks it means, though the audience and other characters understand the full implications
What is dramatic irony?
The repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of sentences or phrases within a sentence. An example would be "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness. . ."
What is anaphora?
The formatting style used at PEP and in most College English classes.
What is MLA?
The art of using words to persuade in writing or speaking
What is rhetoric?
French for Mrs.
What is Madame?
An accepted phrase or expression having a meaning different from the literal; for example, "to drive someone up the wall".
What is an idiom?