The sentence that captures the attention of the audience in an essay.
What is the hook
100
Dictionary Definition
What is denotation
100
What is an account of a person's life written by that person?
What is an autobiography
200
The sun played hide and seek with the clouds.
What is personification
200
The river, reflecting the clear blue of the sky, glistened and sparkled as it flowed noiselessly on.” - Charles Dickens
The mood of the passage is...
What is peaceful, serene, calm, etc.
200
The sentence that presents the writer's claim.
What is the thesis
200
A second meaning or feeling associated with a word
What is connotation
200
A conversation between two or more characters.
What is dialogue
300
She is so dumb, she thinks Taco Bell is a Mexican phone company.
What is a hyperbole
300
I feel like I can scream or die!
The tone is...
What is anxious and desperate
300
Essay writers must include ____ to help make better essays.
What is text evidence (quotes)
300
What is the connotative meaning of the word "babe"
What is someone you're attracted to
300
When a passage is written using words like I, me, and my.
What is first person
400
That guy really just rubs me the wrong way.
What is an idiom?
400
“They take away your shoelaces and your belt so you can’t kill yourself no matter how bad it is. I guess making you live is part of the punishment."
The tone is...
What is concerned, cruel, depressing, etc.
400
A type of writing that makes an argument and tries to convince the audience to agree
What is argumentative/persuasive
400
What is the denotation of the word "snake"
What is a reptile
400
Articles
Textbooks
Newspaper articles
What is nonfiction
500
Miss Vincent heard the last piece of cake calling her name.
What is personification
500
My heart it was a white, white rose
That bloomed upon a broken bough
He did but wear it for an hour,
And it is withered now.
The tone of the poem can best be described as...
What is despairing, mournful, depressed
500
The number of paragraphs you SHOULD write for a 4pt. written response.
What is 5?
500
An essay in which you have to explain the similarities and differences.