Texts
Ntozake (What is it we really harvestin' here?) was advised not to eat this fruit in public.
What is watermelon?
This essay describes a memory in vivid detail.
What is a memoir?
Finish the quote: "People learn to write by ____."
What is writing?
This is a structure—a word, a
phrase, or a dependent clause—that is
added to a sentence at the beginning,
where it paves the way for the
independent clause, or at the end, where it
elaborates on the clause.
What is a modifier?
What is my official title?
What is Instructor or Graduate Assistant?
From Jumping the Fence, fill in the quote: “The Bronx Zoo did have an escape in recent years. In a story
reminiscent of Harry Potter, an _______ got out of its case and
went missing”
What is an Egyptian cobra?
This essay uses strands to communicate its main idea.
What is a Braided Essay?
Finish the quote from Tell it Slant: “At the core of the essay is the supposition that
there is a certain ____ to human experience”
(113).--Lopare
What is unity?
An adjective or cluster of
adjectives that stands
outside the noun phrase
What is an adjectival phrase?
What is Wicked:Part 1?
This is the state that The Clan of One-Breasted Women live in.
What is Utah?
This essay relies on personal input as well as investigative reporting.
What is literary or new journalism?
Finish the quote: “On the other hand, ____, as in fiction, uses detail
and sensory information to recreate experience,
generally with location, action, a sense of movement
through time, and possible dialogue” (179-180).
What is scene?
This is either a misplaced comma or a missing comma.
What is a comma splice?
We talked about this famous sci-fi character when discussing passive voice.
Who is Jedi Master Yoda?
From On Touching Ground, fill in the quote:
“The images, ________, revealed for the first time that there is a
moment during a horse’s trot when all four hooves simultaneously leave
the ground.”
What is Horse in Motion?
This essay shares the name with a crustacean.
What is the hermit crab?
This is typically the first thing in an essay; it is meant to draw you in.
What is a hook?
A compound-complex sentence has the following: 2 _____ clauses and at least 1 _______ clause.
What is independent and complex?
We watched a video essay discussing this movie starring Ryan Gosling.
What is Blade Runner 2048?
In Sin Boldly, which major Christian historical figure does Henry Louis Gates Jr. cite?
Who is Martin Luther?
This essay conglomerates a lot of little and main ideas together in an organized manner.
What is a collage essay?
This is a helpful acronym for remembering how to structure a body paragraph.
What is PEEP?
This can connect two or more independent clauses, but it is not a conjunction or a comma.
What is a semicolon?
We watched this YouTuber on a day when not many people showed up for class. His name is something along the lines of: another word for father + a word describing a major protein group.
Who is Papa Meat?