Writing Process
What is a thesis statement?
It is the essay topic plus the opinion/position.
What POV is a personal descriptive narrative essay?
First Person
Your essay is about yourself and the characters within your plot. Your plot is your story.
What are the four types of sentences?
Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound-Complex.
What is a spelling error?
A speeling error is a misspelling of a word by an additional, removal, or changing of letters with the word.
Ex. Wensday, Tomorow, Definately, Recieve, Seperate
What are the three main essay formats?
MLA: For English, Literature, and Speech.
APA: For Science and Math.
Chicago: For History and Arts.
What is revising and editing?
Revising: Rewriting the plot or main ideas of an essay.
Editing: Fixing the grammar, spelling, and formatting of an essay.
What is dialogue?
Spoken words between characters in an essay. Uses quotes in order to write what the character is saying.
What is the difference between Compound and Complex Sentences?
Compound Sentences have two independent clauses that are connected together with a coordinating conjunction.
Complex Sentences have one independent and one dependent clause that is connected together by a subordinating conjunction.
What is a comma splice?
When you join two independent clauses with a comma and no conjunction, it's called a comma splice.
Ex. Koala bears are not actually bears, they are marsupials.
What font, point, and spacing are required for MLA?
Times New Roman, 12 Point Format, Double Spaced
What are all 5 steps of the writing process in order?
Prewriting, Drafting, Revising, Editing, Publishing.
What is imagery?
The use of the senses such as hearing, tasting, sight, smell, touch to describe things.
What is subject-verb agreement?
Subjects and verbs must AGREE with one another in number (singular or plural). Thus, if a subject is singular, its verb must also be singular; if a subject is plural, its verb must also be plural.
What is a sentence fragment?
An incomplete sentence that lacks either a subject or a verb.
Ex. Clothes and shoes scattered around the room.
Ex. Discovered the cure for the disease.
What do you need at the end of an MLA Essay if you have sources?
Works Cited Page
What are the types of prewriting?
Brainstorming, mapping, listing, freewriting, and questioning.
What is setting?
The setting is the time, location, and scenery that the story and plot takes place in.
How do you conjoin compound sentences?
Coordinating conjunctions combine two independent clauses together in a compound sentence. The conjunctions are:
FANBOYS (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So)
What is a run on?
A run-on sentence occurs when two or more independent clauses are connected improperly.
Ex. I love to write papers I would write one every day if I had the time.
What are citations?
Giving sources within the actual essay by stating the last name of the author and the page number either in paratheses or in text.
Needed to prevent plagiarism.
What is the format of an essay and each paragraph?
Introduction: Hook, Thesis, Main Ideas
Body Paragraphs: Topic sentences, Reasoning, Examples, Explanation, and Transitions.
Conclusion: Thesis, Main Ideas, and Reflection/Prediction.
What are the types of figurative language?
Metaphor: Comparing two things without like or as
Simile: Comparing two things using like or ask
Hyperbole: An exaggeration beyond belief
Onomatopoeia: Using words to describe sounds
Personification: Giving humanlike qualities to inanimate objects or things
Idiom: A phrase that has a meaning other than literal
How do you conjoin complex sentences?
Subordinating conjunctions combine an independent clause with a dependent clause.
Ex. Once, Until, Although, Provided that, When, As, Rather than, Whenever, Because, Since, Where, Before, So that
How do you use punctuation in quotes?
You must start off the quote with a capital first word if it is the beginning of the quote. If the whole sentence continues after the quote, you must use a comma to replace the period within the quote. However, a comma does not replace a question mark or an exclamation point within the quote.
What do you need for an MLA heading?
Last Name, Page Number
Full Name
Professor's Name
Course Number
Date (Day, Month, Year)