Essay Strats
"Take a position" signals this type of essay.
What is argumentative?
"I'm referring to the bite-your-nails, terrified-before-a-big-test anxiety many teens are experiencing. As we spend more time online, as we measure our worth by Likes and Followers, our young people are developing a distorted view of life."
What is pathos?
"To make those rainbows in my mind When I think of you sometime And I wanna spend some time with you."
What is metaphor?
Looking at her son's messy room, Mom says, "Wow, you could win an award for cleanliness!"
What is verbal irony?
Michael Scott is the world's best boss on this 2010s Sitcom.
What is the Office?
A full-bodied essay always should include these.
What are thesis statements, body paragraphs, intro and conclusion paragraphs.
"Anxiety is now the most common mental-health disorder in the U.S., affecting nearly one-third of adolescents and adults. It's also the most common reason students seek counseling in college."
What is logos?
“You try to scream, but terror takes the sound before you make it. You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes.”
What is personification?
In Macbeth, King Duncan says that he trusts Macbeth ("he was a gentleman on whom I built an absolute trust), but the audience knows that Macbeth is plotting to kill Duncan.
What is dramatic irony?
The highest mountain in Africa.
What is Mt. Kilimanjaro?
H-I-T strategy stands for this.
What is HOOK, INTRO/INFO, THESIS?
"For a long time, I agreed with the widely held belief that today's teens were too protected, too fragile, and too scheduled. They lacked the resiliency of my generation. I blamed overprotective parents, but now I realize this was too simple."
What is ethos?
"When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be."
A man who owns a lawn maintenance business cannot get grass to grow in his own backyard.
What is situational irony?
This artist painted the Mona Lisa.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci ?
Although some may think, While it's true that, Some might argue.
What are counterclaim transitions?
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."- Martin Luther King
What is alliteration?
"Say, yeah (Yeah)
Let's be alone together (Yeah)
We could stay young forever (Yeah)"
What is oxymoron or hyperbole?
When the character of a play speaks directly to the audience it is called.
The official name of the crime busting teens that include and snack crazy dog.
What is Mystery Incorporated?
However, On the other hand, Conversely
What are contrasting transitions?
"“By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yea! we wept when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. " Frederick Douglass
What is an allusion?
“Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood/ Clean from my hand? No. This my hand will rather/ The multitudinous seas incarnadine, / Making the green one red”
What is allusion?
The act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play:
What is a soliloquy?
The oldest city in America.