This is usually the item that immediately engages the reader in the text.
What is the hook/attention grabber?
100
This is the minimum number of sentences in a body paragraph.
What is 7?
100
This is the opposing view.
What is the concession?
100
"If my age doesn’t convince you that my opinion matters, at least consider that I am your grandfather and I love you dearly."
What is ethos?
100
He is a beast on the basketball court.
What is a metaphor?
200
This is the person/group who is intended to read the text/essay.
What is the audience?
200
This is one's response to the opposing view?
What is the rebuttal?
200
"You will never be satisfied in life if you don’t seize this opportunity. Do you want to live the rest of your years yearning to know what would have happened if you just jumped when you had the chance?"
What is pathos?
200
Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're going to get.
What is simile?
300
This is the author's stance on an issue (what he believes and why).
What is thesis?
300
This is what the body paragraph should include.
What are the points from the thesis?
300
This is when one challenges the intended audience to take their advice.
What is a call to action?
300
The data is perfectly clear: this investment has consistently turned a profit year-over-year, even in spite of market declines in other areas."
What is logos?
300
My dad was kicked out of my graduation for yelling after being asked not to.
What is an anecdote?
400
This is the minimum number of points that must be made in order to have a working thesis.
What is two?
400
This is the way to make the body paragraphs more complete.
What is the use of examples and details?
400
This is the question that is asked but does not necessarily require a response.
What is by asking a rhetorical question?
400
Don’t be the last person on the block to have their lawn treated – you don’t want to be the laughing stock of your community!"
What is pathos?
400
One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
What is antithesis?
500
This is one way to write a hook?
What is ask a question? or
What is give a statistic? or
What is an exclamatory phrase?
500
This is the way to organize one's thoughts in order to write better paragraphs.
What is a graphic organizer? or
What is a bubble map?
500
This is the minimum amount of sentences to be contained in the concluding paragraph.
What is 3?
500
"History has shown time and again that absolute power corrupts absolutely."