Figurative Language / Literary Elements
A struggle or problem between two or more opposing forces.
What is conflict?
The format for citing evidence
What is Text #, line #?
(Text #, line #) also accepted.
The citation format
What is (line #)?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: The third planet from the sun.
What is Earth?
The punctuation mark used when asking a question.
What is a question mark?
A person, place, or object that has a meaning in itself, but also stands for / represents something else.
What is symbolism?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: An arguable statement that can be supported with evidence.
What is a claim statement?
The number of paragraphs a Text-Analysis Response should be.
What are 2-3 paragraphs?
When the author provides hints / clues that lead to future events.
What is foreshadowing?
This symbol is used to create a pause in a sentence.
What is a comma?
Descriptive language appealing to the five human senses to convey an experience.
What is imagery?
The number of paragraphs in an argument essay.
What is six?
A universal message; moral of the story; one complete thought.
What is a central idea?
The general feeling, emotion, or atmosphere that a piece of writing creates for the reader.
What is the mood?
These symbols are used at the beginning and end of a quote / piece of evidence.
What are quotation marks?
Opposite of the literal meaning
What is irony?
The paragraph where the writer acknowledges an opposing claim and refutes it with valid evidence.
What is the rebuttal?
In this paragraph, the writer explains the context of a quote and how it supports the development of the central idea.
What is the body paragraph?
*Acceptable answers: paragraph two
The attitude of a writer or speaker toward a subject or audience conveyed through their choice of words.
This part of speech modifies (qualifies or limits the meaning of) a noun or pronoun; provides information about a noun, like size, number, color, material, emotions, or condition.
What is an adjective?
A message or moral of a text; often explore timeless and universal ideas and are almost always implied rather than stated explicitly.
What is central idea?
*Theme also accepted.
The minimum number of sources/ texts required to cite in the essay.
What is at least 3 out of the 4?
In this paragraph, the writer states information about the story (genre, title, author, quick plot summary), the central idea, and the literary element used to develop the central idea.
What is the introduction?
Acceptable answer: Paragraph One
The second of the eight parts of speech, is a word that takes the place of a noun.
What is a pronoun?
*Personal pronoun also acceptable.
The fourth of the eight parts of speech, and it’s an action word.
What is a verb?