Essays
The three types of essays that you can get on the state EOC
What is narrative, informational, and argumentative?
A reference to history or literature
What is an allusion?
She had never been so ready for Thanksgiving in her life, because all of her friends would be there!
(Correct this sentence by telling me what to add/remove/move/etc.)
What is remove the comma?
The feeling the reader gets when reading a story is called this.
What is mood?
What comes after the quote
What is commentary?
“In every cry of every Man,
In every infant's cry of fear,
In every voice, in every ban”
- "London," William Blake
. . . is an example of this rhetorical device.
What is an anaphora?
There were two things for which she was most excited stuffing and cranberry salad.
What is add a colon after excited?
The feelings we associate with words is called this.
What is connotation?
You may only use pronouns such as "I,"we," or "us," if in this type of essay
(You must have a very specific answers to get this right)
What is a first-person narrative?
This particular rhetorical device really encompasses two types of figurative language.
What is analogy?
Parallelism's definition is this.
Be specific.
What is the balance of the sentence, often using similar verb structure and prepositional phrases to show this balance?
The feeling the author portrays through word choice is this.
What is tone?
The most important part of your essay (according to Mrs. Sweeney)
What is the thesis statement?
I need to purchase: cranberries, potatoes, and ham for Thanksigving.
(Fix this sentence, stating where the puncutation should go)
What is "I need to purchase the following groceries for Thanksgiving: cranberries, potatoes, and ham."
When the tone changes within a particular stanza of poem, it is called this.
What is a shift (or volta)?
These three things should be present in the introduction of both an informational AND argumentative essay.
What is a hook, background information, and a thesis statement?
"She purred when opening the lavish gift" is an example of this.
What is an indirect metaphor?
Diagram the following sentence
She ate all of the snacks at Thanksgiving.
PAPER!
The different between central idea and theme is this.
What is a central idea is more like a summary of the text in a sentence while theme is the moral of the story in a sentence?