Critical Essay
Literary Devices
Commas
Potpourri
Comma Splices
100
In a critical essay, THIS is the primary source of evidence for one's argument.
What is TEXT?
100
Where a story takes place
What is setting?
100
THIS is a complete thought with a subject and a verb
What is an INDEPENDENT CLAUSE?
100
A THIS statement is the primary argument of an academic paper.
What is a THESIS STATEMENT?
100
THIS method of fixing a comma splice: We are living in a material world, and I am a material girl.
What is ADDING A COORDINATE CONJUNCTION AND A COMMA BETWEEN TWO INDEPENDENT CLAUSES?
200
True or False: critical essays are organized around the writer's ideas about a text
What is TRUE?
200
The people in a story.
What are CHARACTERS?
200
THIS is an incomplete thought or a word group that depends on more information.
What is a DEPENDENT CLAUSE?
200
THIS method of fixing a comma splice: The dog was not pleased at the sight: the cat had stolen his dog bed.
What is ADDING A COLON IN BETWEEN TWO INDEPENDENT CLAUSES?
300
THIS method is used to record significant excerpts from a text on one column, and interpretations, connections, and ideas from another column
What is the DOUBLE-ENTRY JOURNAL?
300
Recurring meaning in the form of symbols, characters, or events
What are THEMES?
300
Two independent clauses separated by a comma.
What is a COMMA SPLICE?
300
THESE 3 words are examples from Bill O'Reilly's report on gun-control
What is....
300
THIS method for fixing a comma splice: The dog would not stand for it; he smacked the cat upside her head.
What is adding a SEMICOLON IN BETWEEN TWO INDEPENDENT CLAUSES?
400
One valuable question to ask when preparing to write a critical essay is "SO THIS?"
What is "SO WHAT?"
400
THIS describes the perspective a character or narrator takes
What is POINT OF VIEW?
400
The acronym "AAAWWUBBIS" helps you remember the most common of THIS KIND OF WORD
What is SUBORDINATE CONJUNCTION?
400
THIS is a complete definition of terministic screens
What is USING LANGUAGE TO DRAW THE AUDIENCE'S ATTENTION TO SOME ASPECTS OF REALITY AND AWAY FROM OTHERS?
400
THIS method for solving a comma splice: The cat sat stunned after being hit by the dog. She began plotting her revenge.
What is SEPARATING TWO INDEPENDENT CLAUSES WITH A PERIOD?
500
Name and discuss a significant symbol that you recognized in the "American Beauty" movie clips.
What is shears matching gloves, closing the blinds, monotone voice, hitting herself?
500
THIS is what happens in the story to move it forward.
What is PLOT OR SIGNIFICANT EVENT?
500
A subordinate conjunction begins THIS kind of clause.
What is a DEPENDENT CLAUSE?
500
THESE are the 2 tools you can use to help you write the critical essay (you must describe each tool)
What are DOUBLE-ENTRY JOURNAL and ANNOTATION?
500
THIS method for fixing a comma splice: I stood for nothing, so I fell for everything
What is ADDING A SUBORDINATE CONJUNCTION BEFORE THE SECOND INDEPENDENT CLAUSE?
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