Essay Structure
What is the most important sentence in your essay that you would find in the introduction?
Thesis Statement
A comparison of two things using "like" or "as"
Simile
1. The last line of the poem "What I wished you before, but harder" implies that
A. the speaker loves his daughter more than at the beginning of the poem
B. the speaker realizes the intensity of life's challenges
C. the speaker cannot be as creative as she
D. the speaker feels he has failed her
B. the speaker realized the intensity of life's challenges
What kind of sentence is the following sentence?
The dog ran away.
Simple Sentence
What is pathos?
A rhetorical appeal to the emotions
What are the three elements that must be in your thesis statement?
Subject, opinion, and reasons to support your claim.
Comparison not using "like" or "as"
Metaphor
2. Which of the following is used to develop the poem?
A. cause and effect
B. argument
C. definition
D. parallel analogy
D. parallel analogy
What is a sentence with two independent clauses connected with a FANBOY?
Compound Sentence
An appeal to a person's credibility or ethics.
Ethos
What is a topic sentence?
The first sentence of each body paragraph that states the main idea of your paragraph.
Language used to "create a picture" for the reader in a literary work
Imagery
10. According to the poem, the daughter, as young as she is, has
A. endured hardships
B. published her writing
C. fought for her independence
D. saved a starling
A. endured hardships
What is a sentence with one dependent and two independent clauses connected with a FANBOY?
Compound-Complex Sentence
The following is an example of which rhetorical appeal?
According to research done at Stanford University, 98% of farts stink.
Logos
What is the acronym that we use to brainstorm specific evidence for our paragraphs?
EACH
Entertainment
Anecdotes
Current Events
History
Giving human traits to non-human things
Personification
The father's tone is one of...
Compassion and understanding
What kind of sentence is the following sentence?
Kate doesn’t like cartoons because they are loud.
Complex Sentence
The following is an example of which rhetorical appeal?
Don't be the last person on the block to have their lawn treated - you don't want to be the laughing stock of your community!
Pathos
How many paragraphs should your essay include?
Four
Introduction, Body Paragraph 1, Body Paragraph 2, Conclusion
An exaggerated statement
Hyperbole
5. The poem breaks after line
A. 3
B. 6
C. 8
D. 15
D. 15
What kind of sentence is the following sentence?
The dog started barking so the cat ran away and I couldn’t keep up, so I stopped.
Compound-Complex Sentence
"The state has not produced one iota of medical evidence to the effect that the crime Tom Robinson is charged with ever took place. It has relied instead upon the testimony of two witnesses whose evidence has not only been called into serious question on cross-examination, but has been flatly contradicted by the defendant. The defendant is not guilty, but somebody in this courtroom is." ---To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Logos