MLA Format
This is what MLA stands for.
Modern Language Association
This outline is helpful for planning and pacing a good personal essay.
Story arc.
The emotional, cultural, or implied meanings associated with a word, extending beyond its literal definition (denotation).
Connotative
The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of closely connected words
Alliteration.
This is defined as the art of persuasion.
This information belongs in the header.
This can be thought of as a longer version of a personal essay.
Memoir.
A logical fallacy that restricts a complex issue to only two extreme, often opposing, choices, ignoring other viable alternatives.
False Dichotomy/Binary Thinking
This website address almost always assures that you are looking at a reliable source.
.edu
This language attempts to compare and contrast the opinions of various authors in similar discourse communities.
Synthesis.
What size should your margins be in MLA?
One inch.
True or False: a personal essay is a work of non-fiction.
True.
The use of words, phrases, and expressions that deviate from literal meanings to create vivid imagery, add creative flair, or explain complex ideas more vividly
Figurative Language
This brief overview of an academic article is placed at the beginning of longer works.
An Abstract
This is a sentence that states the topic and purpose of your paper.
Thesis Statement
Along with MLA, these other two formats make up the three most popular college writing formats.
APA and Chicago.
Most personal essays are written in this tense.
First.
This literary device is used to guide the reader to greater themes in your essay by use of repetition.
A Motif.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
This is the name of the librarian that helped us out the most during this semester.
Ben Richards
Along with audience, subject and author, this final term makes up the four sides of the Rhetorical Rhombus.
Four.
Which of these qualities do not apply to the traditional personal essay?
A. Interesting characters
B. Compelling hook
C. Fantastical settings
D. Meaningful theme
C. Fantastical setting
The "unraveling of knots" or the falling action in a narrative arc.
Denouement.
No, not a trendy clothing brand, this Ancient Greek philosopher coined the terms pathos, ethos and logos.
Aristotle
This is the act of breaking down the whole into pieces for the purpose of examination.
Analysis.