"S" ELEMENTS
THE ESSAY
EUPHEMISMS
SOFT RAINS
FAIRY TALES AUTHORS
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What is: Shorter than a novel, this piece of literature can usually be read in one sitting. Because of its le ngth, it has only a few characters and focuses on one problem or conflict?
What is: the short story?
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What is: The introductory paragraph should [a]be shorter than the body paragraphs. [b]always contain a question. [c]contain many details and examples. [d]be longer than the body paragraphs?
What is [a] shorter than the body?
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What is downsizing?
Meaning: being fired or laid off from work?
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Who is the author of the short story?
Who is Ray Bradbury?
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Who was the Dutch writer who wrote stories such as: "Thumbelina", "The Snow Queen", "The Little Match Girl", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Little Mermaid", and "The Emperor's New Clothes"?
Who is Hans Christian Anderson?
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What is: A feeling of excitement, curiosity, or expectation about what will happen?
What is: suspense?
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All essays should have: [a]multiple paragraphs. [b]the same number of paragraphs. [c]four paragraphs. [d]five paragraphs?
All essays should have: [a]multiple paragraphs? Yes, and some have seven, some have five, some have four . . . .
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What is the meaning of friendly fire?:
What is: mistakenly shooting your own men?
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Who cleaned the house?
What is robot mice?
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Who are these best known German brothers and story tellers of European folk tales who wrote such stories as: "Cinderella", "The Frog Prince", "Hansel and Gretel", "Rapunzel", "Rumpelstiltskin", "Sleeping Beauty, and "Snow White"?
Who are the Grimm Brothers?
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What is: The distinctive way that a writer uses language including such factors as word choice, sentence length, arrangement, and complexity, and the use of figurative language and imagery?
What is: style?
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The most important sentence in any essay is the: [a]thesis sentence in the introduction. [b]first topic sentence in body paragraph one. [c]first sentence of the introduction. [d]final sentence of the conclusion?
The most important sentence in any essay is: [a]the thesis sentence - as this sentence controls the whole essay. It is one sentence worth revising many times until it is clear and correct.
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What is economically disadvantaged?
Meaning: to be poor?
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What is this an example of: At eight-thirty the eggs were shriveled and the toast was like stone. An aluminum wedge scraped them down a metal throat which digested and flushed them away to the distant sea?
What is personification - metal throat which digested them? What is simile - toast was like stone.
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Who was this writer? His real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson but he used a different pseudonym to write "Alice in Wonderland"?
Who is Lewis Carrol?
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What is: Person, place, or thing that represents something beyond itself, most often something concrete or tangible that represents an abstract idea?
What is: symbol?
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The concluding paragraph should: [a] restate all your main ideas again. [b] always end with the restated thesis. [c] begin with a restated thesis. [d] be your longest paragraph?
The concluding paragraph should: [c] begin with restated thesis. Good idea, and make sure you restate it carefully.
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What is it to be folically challenged?
What is bald?
400
Whose anniversary is announced on August 4, 2026?
Who is Tilita?
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His existence remains uncertain and no writings by him survive, but numerous fables appearing under his name were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day. In many of these tales animals speak and have human characteristics. For example: "The Boy who Cried Wolf" Who is he?
Who is Aesop?
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What is: Writing that comments humorously on human flaws, ideas, social customs, or institutions in order to change them?
What is: satire?
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A body paragraph should always be: [a] five to seven sentences. [b] only three or four sentences. [c] ten or more sentences. [d] well developed, with adequate examples?
A body paragraph should always be: [d] well developed! Yes, and if well developed and adequate to explain, the paragraph will be a good one!
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What does it mean 'to put on the wooden overcoat'?
Meaning: to be dead - in a coffin?
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Whose birthday does the house announce at the beginning of the story?
Who is Mr. Featherstone?
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Who was the French author who laid foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, and whose best known tales, derived from pre-existing folk tales, include Le Petit Chaperon rouge (Little Red Riding Hood), La Belle au bois dormant (Sleeping Beauty), Le Maître chat ou le Chat botté (Puss in Boots)?
Who is Charles Perrault?
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