The following sentence is an example of a what?
He was as big as a mountain.
What is a Simile
100
The following is an example of what?
“If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all,” my mother warned me throughout my childhood.
What is Dialogue
100
Most stories have (one / multiple) theme(s).
What is Multiple
100
According to the Writing Process, what is the first step you are supposed to take?
What is Prewriting
100
What person is the Personal Essay written in?
What is First Person
200
Each star on the American Flag stands for 1 of the 50 states in the U.S.
What type of literary device is that?
What is a Symbol
200
“When you are eighty years old, what will you regret that you didn’t do?” I asked myself.
This is an example of a what?
What is Rhetorical Question
200
A historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or sources.
What is a Memoir
200
What are two (2) Big Picture changes you have to make during the Revision Process
What is
-Add/remove ideas
-Consider tone: do you like how it sounds?
-Organization: re-order paragraphs or ideas
-Transitions: add words and sentences where needed
-Ask yourself: “Will my audience be able to follow and understand what I’m trying to say?”
200
Which form of personal writing focuses on an important event in your life?
What is Personal Narrative
300
What literary device is being used in the following example?
Time, you thief.
What is a Metaphor
300
A specific example of something from your life that ILLUSTRATES your belief is a what?
What is a Symbol
300
The term for the author's attitude towards the character, story, and the readers?
What is Tone
300
The second time that you Draft your paper, what two previous steps of the writing process do you need to include?
What is Revising and Editing
300
What are the three forms of Personal Writing?
What is Narrative, Memoir, and Essay
400
Wisconsin in the winter is beautiful, right?
You could say that again!
This is an example of what?
What is Verbal Irony
400
“At the age of only six and a half, my parents were told that I had only a 50 percent chance for survival.”
What Rhetorical Device is being used in this example?
What is a Statistic
400
The tone of the story is determined by the choice of words and ......
What is Setting
400
At which part of the Writing Process are you supposed to Improve individual sentences, cut excessive words, and clarify confusing sentences.
What is Editing
400
List five of the common themes that were on the board for the writing process.
What is romance, family, friends, growing up, nature, spirituality, home, war, death, and failure.
500
A reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature.
What is an Allusion
500
A short story that makes a point relevant to your essay is what?
What is Anecdote
500
The feeling the reader gets from the author's words.
What is Mood
500
What is the final step to the Writing Process
What is Proofreading
500
Which type of personal writing focuses on a relationship between you and a person, place, or object?