Let's Write an Essay
I Could Use Convincing
Just the Facts, Ma'am
Plagiarism is bad, m'kay
It's Not What You Said. It Was How You Said It.
100
This should be the first line of your essay. It can be a quote, fact, or anecdote.
What is a hook?
100
These are the three parts of the rhetorical triangle.
What are ethos, pathos, and logos?
100
When you mark the text it is also known as this.
What is annotation?
100
In order to avoid plagiarism, one must do this to their sources.
What is cite?
100
This is used to show how the main character views the world.
What is voice?
200
A solid essay has these three types of paragraphs.
What are introduction, body, and conclusion?
200
This is a logical appeal.
What is logos?
200
In To Kill a Mockingbird, the children's interaction with each other and their fascination with Boo Radley would be considered part of this part of the story.
What is the subplot?
200
MLA is the citation style most used in the writing of English essays. This is what it stands for.
What is Modern Language Association?
200
Tone is this.
What is the attitude that the writer has toward a subject or an audience?
300
This is a thesis.
What is what you are trying to prove in an essay?
300
This is an emotion appeal.
What is pathos.
300
DAILY DOUBLE: To Kill a Mockingbird has two historical contexts, which are these.
What are the Great Depression and the Civil Rights Movement?
300
This is a list of your sources used for research.
What is a bibliography?
300
It's important to know the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea. This is otherwise known as.
What is context?
400
DAILY DOUBLE: When writing a conclusion make sure to have these two things.
What are a restated thesis & a literal, interpretive, or universal statement?
400
The following is an example of this part of the rhetorical triangle: As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the best results.
What is ethos?
400
The character of Boo Radley and the image of a mockingbird are both examples of this, meaning that they are unifying elements of the novel.
What is a motif?
400
A good embedded quote uses the acronym TLQC, which stands for this.
What are transition, lead-in, quote, and commentary?
400
Rather than use happy, one may choose jubilant, joyous, or delighted. This is an example of ___________.
What is diction?
500
The following statement is an example of this part of an essay: High school graduates should be required to take a year off to pursue community service projects before entering college in order to increase their maturity and global awareness.
What is a thesis?
500
The following is an example of this part of the rhetorical triangle: The algorithms have been run in a thousand different ways, and the math continues to check out.
What is logos?
500
the denotative definition of chick is a young chicken. It's connotative meaning however means this.
What is a girl?
500
in the following excerpt, this is the lead-in: The reader is stunned by Harrison’s dramatic death scene, yet Harrison’s parents hardly react. When George realizes Hazel has been crying, he simply says, “‘Forget sad things’” (Vonnegut 6).
What is "he simply says"?
500
Yoda has his own this. Instead of saying, "We are going to the movies," he says, "To the movies we are going."
What is syntax?
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