Unit 1: Essay
This is the question or task that a writer must answer when constructing their essay.
What is the prompt?
This asks for in-depth answers that avoid simply saying “yes” or “no”.
What is an open-ended question?
This is a word group that could stand alone as a separate sentence.
What is an independent clause?
This is a tool used to analyze/evaluate the persuasive techniques of a speech and stands for Speaker, Purpose, Audience, Context, Exigence, Choices, Appeals, and Tone.
What is “SPACECAT”?
Beatrice and Benedick & Claudio and Hero
Who are the two main couples from the play “Much Ado About Nothing”?
This is the strategy students should implement when constructing their story so that the audience feels part of the scene.
What is SHOW versus tell?
This is the style guideline for much academic writing that dictates how a paper and its sources should be formatted.
What is MLA?
The acronym for the list of coordinating conjunctions.
What is “FANBOYS”?
The attitude of a speaker toward his or her own subject matter, conveyed through word choice and delivery.
What is tone?
A character that learns a lesson, changing or evolving throughout the course of a play or literary work.
What is a dynamic character?
This is the last sentence of the introduction and it prefaces the paper so the audience has a guideline for reading.
What is the thesis statement?
This is a compiled list of sources with identifying information that includes the author, title, publication, and URL.
What is the Works Cited?
This is a phrase or clause at the beginning of a sentence that often functions as an adverb.
What is an introductory word group or “opener”?
A persuasive device that uses logic and reason to support a claim, argument, or opinion.
What is logos?
A complex, multi-faceted, and well-developed character that is layered and nuanced and often easy for an audience to connect with.
What is a round character?
The emotional or cultural ties to a word, as opposed to the dictionary definition, which can be used as a strategy to add voice and build a connection to the reader/audience.
What is a word's connotation?
This is the marker that signifies that information from the paper has been gathered from an outside source.
What are in-text citations?
This is when two or more adjectives each modify a noun separately.
What are coordinate adjectives?
A persuasive device that uses emotion and feeling to support a claim, argument, or opinion.
What is pathos?
A character tasked with providing the reader with a well-timed break from the story’s drama.
What is a comic relief character?
Sentence structure and word choice, respectively.
What are syntax and diction?
First, one must use the last name of the author only. If there is no author, then the full title should be written in quotation marks.
What is the order of information one must use in the in-text citation?
This is when two or more adjectives work together to modify a noun.
What are cumulative adjectives?
A persuasive device that leans on the speaker’s expertise, trustworthiness, or experience to support a claim, argument, or opinion.
What is ethos?
A character in a story who has contrasting traits to another character, usually the protagonist, which serves to highlight and emphasize specific qualities of the other character by comparison
What is a dramatic foil character?