Essays
Literary Devices
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Sentence level
Misused and Abused
100

What does ECR stand for?

What is Extended Constructed Response?

100
The river, a long and blue snake, slithered through town.
What is a metaphor?
100
My dad and I were very intertained by the movie.
What is change "intertained" to "entertained"?
100
These are conjunctions used to combine two sentences.
What is FANBOYS?
100
This is a contraction for "it is".
What is "it's"?
200

What does SCR stand for?

What is Short Constructed Response?
200
The wind whispered in my ear as I walked home.
What is personification?
200
My friend Amanda who is really tall plays basketball.
What is put a comma after "Amanda" and after "tall"?
200
To be a complete sentence, you must have what 2 things?
What is a subject and a verb?
200
This is the possessive form for the word "it".
What is "its"?
300

What kind of essay do you need to write according to this prompt?

Read Erin Gruwell's diary entry in "The Freedom Writers Diary."  Based on the information in the selection, write a response to the following:


Explain how the characterizations of the writer, Erin Gruwell, and her students contribute to the entry's conflict.


Write a well-organized informational essay that uses specific evidence from the selection to support your answer.

Informational Essay

300
He laughed like a donkey.
What is simile?
300
You need to use the dichtionary.
What is correct "dichtionary" to "dictionary"?
300
What is missing from the sentence below?


Why do you have to fight with me at Cheescake Factory, ______ I wont take you in the future?

What is FANBOYS and a comma, recombine/re-word

, so

300
This word is a pronoun used to refer to a place.
What is "there"?
400

What kind of essay needs to be written according to the prompt below?


Read the article “Back in Time: The National Road.” Based on the information in the selection, write a response to the following:


Should travelers enjoy using the National Road today? Why or why not?


Write a well-organized argumentative essay that uses specific evidence from the selection to support your answer.

Argumentative Essay

400
What we call clues or hints that something is going to happen.
What is foreshadowing?
400
My dog and cat was getting along yesterday for the first time.
What is change "was" to "were"?
400
You must use commas to separate items in a list of ________ or more.
What is three?
400
This word is the possessive form for the word "them" or "they". The toy was _______.
What is theirs?
500

What kind of essay?



Read the article “Back in Time: The National Road.” Based on the information in the article, write a response to the following:


Write a letter to National Explorer magazine explaining why travelers enjoy using the National Road today.


Write a well-organized letter that uses specific evidence from the article to support your answer.

Informational Correspondence(letter)

500
The overall feeling of a piece of writing.
What is a mood?
500
Where did you put them books for my class?
What is change "them" to "those"?
500

What does FANBOYS stand for?

For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So

500
This is a contraction for the words "they are".
What is "they're"?
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