A state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately opposite to what someone expects and is often amusing as a result; the situation appears differently to the character than as it does to the reader.
What is irony?
100
This type of sentence consists of only a single independent clause.
What is, "a simple sentence?"
100
This type of text structure documents events on a timeline, listing when they happened in the correct order.
What is chronological structure?
100
Informational/Expository, Persuasive/Influential, and To Entertain/Amuse
What are the three types of author's purpose.
100
This is why something happens.
What is a cause?
200
This is when what someone says is different from what they mean.
What is verbal irony?
200
This is a phrase or set of words that on their own do not form a complete thought unless paired with another clause with both a subject and a predicate.
What is "a dependent clause/subordinate clause/sentence fragment?"
200
This type of text structure tells you in what order steps must be taken in order to accomplish a specific task. It does not specify an exact time at which any of these events happened.
What is sequential/step-by-step organizational structure?
200
A play, drama, narrative, poem, or other type of story is characteristic of what type of author's purpose?
What is wanting to entertain?
200
This is what happens because of something else happening first.
What is effect?
300
When the readers of a story/play are aware of things that the characters are not aware of.
What is dramatic irony?
300
In the sentence, "Rita visited the Grand Canyon last summer," the section "visited the Grand Canyon" is also known as...
What is the predicate?
300
This type of text organization is the name of another unit section.
What is "cause and effect?"
300
A political speech is written with this kind of purpose.
What is "to persuade?"
300
Words like "if," "then," "so," "because," and "since," are indications of this kind of text.
What is cause and effect? (I will also accept Clue Words).
400
The student in class who had the highest grades in middle school drops out of high school. This is an example of __________ irony.
What is situational irony?
400
This type of sentence is formed by two independent clauses being coupled together using "for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so." (FANBOYS)
What is a compound sentence?
400
This type of structure is very similar to cause and effect, but includes an opinion that addresses a part of the cause-effect relationship.
What is "problem and solution?"
400
A passage about who the richest person in the world is and how he got that way would be written with this kind of purpose.
What is "to inform?"
400
Tell me the effect of Emily adopting a cat in this short passage: "Emily moved into a new home and lived there happily for six months. Ever since she adopted a cat, however, she has been having sneezing attacks."
What is "Emily began having sneezing attacks?"
500
What are the two types of verbal irony?
What are overstatement and understatement? (Sarcasm is a type of both of these.)
500
This type of clause can stand on its own as a complete sentence.
What is an independent clause?
500
When there are two items being examined side-by-side to show their similarities and differences.
What is "Compare and Contrast?"
500
This is how many types of purpose a passage can be written with.
What is "one, two, or three?"
500
This is the order of cause and effect.
What is "in a sentence, it does not matter which one comes first; chronologically, though, cause always happens before effect."