Essays/SARs
Literary Devices
Things we've read
Sentence level
Misused and Abused
100
What are the 3 parts every short answer MUST contain?
What is Answer, Proof and Explanation?
100
The attitude or approach the author takes toward the central them or subject is.... A. Mood B. Tone C. Style
B. Tone
100
The author of the story "The Masque of the Red Death".
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
100
When I go to the mall I like to look at the clothes. Fix the sentence above.
What is a comma after "mall"?
100
This word means something belongs to "them." MUST spell it.
What is "their"?
200
An essay should never start with....
(Answers will vary)
200
The feeling the work produces in an audience or reader.
What is mood?
200
The author of "Still I Rise" and "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings".
Who is Maya Angelou?
200
To be a complete sentence, you must have what 2 things?
What is a subject and a verb?
200
This is the possessive form for the word "it". MUST spell it.
What is "its"?
300
A type of essay in which the writer gives their opinion on a topic or explains something.
What is expository?
300
This is comparing two unlike things using the words like or as.
What is simile?
300
The leader of the Harlem Renaissance and the author of the poem "Dream Deferred."
Who is Langston Hughes?
300
Name three examples of conjunctions.
What is for, and, nor, but so, because, etc?
300
This word is a pronoun used to refer to a place. MUST spell it.
What is "there"?
400
Provide an example on how to introduce your proof within a SAR?
(Answers will vary)
400
This is when the audience knows something that one or more of the characters do not know.
What is dramatic irony?
400
The title of the short story we read by Nathaniel Hawthorne about a man who loves the idea of perfection.
What is "The Birthmark"?
400
An independent clause, (comma), independent clause is an error called __________.
What is a comma splice?
400
What contraction should be in the blank? Must spell it. ____________ my best friend.
What is "you're"?
500
Name an example of a hook.
What is a mosaic, flat statement, quotation? (answers may vary)
500
This is comparing two unlike things using is, was, are or were.
What is a metaphor?
500
Short story written by Kate Chopin about a woman who begins to feel free when she is given the news about the death of her husband, and later dies when she realizes he is still alive.
What is "The Story of an Hour"?
500
We use commas before conjunctions Which is NOT the correct way to use a comma before a conjunction? A. We were hungry, so we grabbed a burger. B. He wanted to buy the new game, but he didn't have enough money. C. Do you want to ride your bike, or your scooter? D. I love to sing yet, I am not very good at it.
What is D? I love to sing yet, I am not very good at it.
500
This is a contraction for the words "they are". Must spell it.
What is "they're"?
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