Punctuation
Parts of Speech
Terms
Types of Appeals
Sentence or Fragment
100
This mark is used to end sentences with emphasis or excitement.
What is an exclamation point?
100
Words like a, an, and the.
What are articles?
100
This is the very first paragraph of the essay, which contains the thesis statement/main idea.
What is the introductions?
100
This type of appeal makes use of the author's authority or character.
What is an ethical appeal?
100
Finding himself in a new land.
What is a fragment?
200
Statements are ended by this punctuation mark.
What is a period?
200
These bring clauses together. They include, and, but, and so.
What are conjunctions?
200
This occurs when an author restates the same points without supporting evidence.
What is circular reasoning?
200
This type of appeal is used in commercials for humane societies and charities.
What is an emotional appeal?
200
"That chump doesn't know me at all," she thought.
What is a complete sentence?
300
These join two independent clauses with an obvious connection to create compound sentences without conjunctions.
What are semicolons?
300
These work with nouns or pronouns to place words in time, place, or direction.
What are prepositions?
300
These help readers cross from idea to idea.
What are transitional expressions?
300
These appeals play on the author and audience's capacity for reasoning and rationality.
What are logical appeals.
300
That's her over there.
What is a complete sentence?
400
These join clauses, indicate pauses, and are used to construct lists.
What are commas?
400
These modify, describe, or clarify nouns and pronouns.
What are adjectives?
400
This expresses the writer's attitude about the topic.
What is a controlling idea?
400
These appeals play on the sympathies of the audience.
What are emotional appeals?
400
But secretly hated roses.
What is a fragment?
500
These are used to introduce lists; these are not to be confused with their cousins, used to combine these very clauses.
What are colons?
500
Words that indicate action.
What are verbs?
500
This is made up of your intended readers.
What is audience?
500
The best of arguments make use of these appeals.
What are emotional, logical, and ethical appeals?
500
"That chump doesn't know me at all," she thought.
What is a complete sentence?
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