Poetry
"And for the rest of my life
Is like having been
Sentenced to a torture chamber
Without having committed a crime" demonstrates this poetic device.
What is a simile?
This ongoing event saw Indigenous children removed from their homes.
What is the Sixties Scoop?
This punctuation mark is used to join two complete and similar thoughts together into a sentence.
What is a semicolon?
This technique appeals to the writer's character or credibility.
What is Ethos?
This should be included along with the quoted passage so that the idea flows nicely with the rest of the paragraph.
What is a signal phrase?
The voice represented in the poem "I Love This Land."
What is an Indigenous soldier?
This was established in direct response to the atrocities of residential schools.
What is the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (or TRC)?
This punctuation mark should go after an in-text citation.
What is a period?
This technique allows the reader to feel.
What is Pathos?
This should accompany a quoted passage to show credibility.
What is an in-text citation?
"Oh, I got one!" is from this poem.
What is "If Our Bodies Could Rust, We Would Be Falling Apart?"
JJ Neepin appears in this short documentary to highlight the importance of appreciating Indigenous culture and traditions.
What is "Headdress?"
This type of sentence continues with more than one complete thought without proper punctuation.
What is a run-on sentence?
This technique appeals to reason.
What is Logos?
This is what opens an essay and establishes the overall topic.
What is the hook?
This poem by Jesse Thistle discusses the troubling past of a drug addict.
What is "Fighting the Darkness?"
This was adopted by the Canadian Parliament to break up Indigenous Nations into bands, setting Indian reserves apart, and implementing assimilation.
What is the Indian Act?
This punctuation mark should not be used to join two complete thoughts.
What is a comma?
This essay read by the class appeals to the audience using all three persuasive techniques.
What is "Pretty Like a White Boy?"
This is what helps bring the supportive evidence together to prove the essay's thesis.
What is analysis?
This poem reflected the topic Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.
What is "Helen Betty Osbourne?"
This term is an ongoing practice and also the name of a podcast episode we listened to as a class.
What is "Reconciliation?"
This type of word is helpful to go from one idea to the next in a seamless manner.
What is a transition?
This chapter read by the class made use of many examples that appealed to the readers' emotions.
What is "Seven Fallen Feathers?"
These words using apostrophes should be avoided in a formal essay.
What are contractions?