ESSAY
APPEALS
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
CLAUSES, RUN-ONS
LITERARY DEVICES
100
What type of essay will you need to write when you take the English 2 STAAR?
Persuasive
100
What are the three types of rhetorical appeals used to create a good argument?
Ethos, Pathos, Logos?
100
It felt as if the sky was falling down on me.
Hyperbole
100
a group of words that contains a subject and verb but DOES NOT express a complete thought, so it cannot stand alone as a sentence
DEPENDENT CLAUSE
100
What literary device is being described?
the writer's attitude toward the subject matter or audience of a literary work.
TONE
200
What is the most important sentence in the introduction?
Thesis Statement
200
Which appeal focuses on emotion?
PATHOS
200
I'd catch a grenade for ya,
Throw my hand on a blade for ya,
I'd jump in front of a train for ya,
You know I'd do anything for ya
--Bruno Mars, Grenade
HYPERBOLE
200
a group of words that contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought (a sentence)
INDEPENDENT CLAUSE
200
The writer's reason for writing
AUTHOR'S PURPOSE
300
What is the first sentence in a body paragraph called?
A topic sentence
300
Which appeal relies on data and logic?
LOGOS
300
"Cause baby you’re a firework
Come on show them what you’re worth"
--Katy Perry, Firework
METAPHOR
300
Because she left her money at home.
DEPENDENT, INDEPENDENT, COMMA SPLICE, RUN-ON?
DEPENDENT CLAUSE
300
She sells seashells on the sea shore.
ALLITERATION
400
What does TEDDD stand for?
TOPIC SENTENCE, EXAMPLE, DETAILS, DETAILS, DETAILS
400
What appeal is being used here :
Ethos
400
"You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes
You’re paralyzed"
--Michael Jackson, Thriller
PERSONIFICATION
400
The man runs fast.
DEPENDENT, INDEPENDENT, COMMA SPLICE, RUN-ON?
INDEPENDENT CLAUSE
400
“Boing! Boing! Squeak!
Boing! Boing! Squeak!
A bouncing mouse is in my house,
it’s been here for a week…
onomatopoeia
500
What are the 3 best examples types to use in a body paragraph?
literature, history, current events
500
What appeal is being used here?
Pathos
500
The way everyone talks about Jenny, you’d think she could walk on water.
ALLUSION (Biblical)
500
I am so hungry but I don't have any money so I will need to wait until I get home and then I will make a sandwich.
DEPENDENT, INDEPENDENT, COMMA SPLICE, RUN-ON?
RUN-ON
500
a tool used by writers that interrupts a story in order to take audiences back in time to examine past events.
FLASHBACK