ESSAY WRITING
ESSAY 2
THE SCARLET LETTER
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
VOCABULARY 3
100
this is where your thesis statement goes in your introductory paragraph
What is the last sentence?
100
you should do this to a novel's title when you are writing about it.
What is italacize the title?
100
this is the main character of The Scarlet Letter
Who is Hester Prynne?
100
The author of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Who is Frederick Douglass?
100
These people wanted to get rid of slavery
Who are the abolitionists?
200
a statement that shows what you will prove in an essay
What is the thesis?
200
You should do this to a poem, a chapter, a short story or any shorter work when you write about them
What is place quotation marks around the title?
200
Hester's husband's "new" last name; a name that should give you a shiver because he is cold and cruel
What is Chillingworth?
200
this food was payment that Frederick gave to poor boys in the street that in return taught him how to read
What is bread?
200
this word means to harden or make insensitive; this word describes both body and spirit when a slave was whipped
What is callous?
300
The first line of your essay is called this
What is the hook?
300
This part of an essay begins with a general statement and then gets more specific as the paragraph continues
What is an introduction?
300
this is what the A stands for
What is adultery? What is able? What is Arthur?
300
According to Douglass, this is the pathway to freedom
What is education?
300
a tragedy
What is a calamity?
400
this is the first sentence of your body paragraph
What is the topic sentence?
400
This part of an essay begins very specifically and then ends with a general statement that leaves the reader thinking
What is a conclusion?
400
The setting of The Scarlet Letter
What is Boston, MA (Puritan era)?
400
Frederick thought this woman was practically a stranger when she died early in the book because he was taken from her at a young age
Who is his mother?
400
passion
What is fervor?
500
words such as therefore, meanwhile, furthermore, etc. are examples of these types of words that help with paragraph flow.
What are transition words?
500
This is the sentence that connects one paragraph to the next in order to flow together as a cohesive essay
What is a transition sentence?
500
the author of The Scarlet Letter
Who is Nathaniel Hawthorne?
500
Frederick Douglass' birthday
What is we don't know?
500
excited; bubbly
What is effervesce?
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