How does main goal in a persuasive essay relate to a main idea?
They are the same thing= Author's purpose for writing the selection
100
What must the best summary include?
Who, what, why, and the conclusion or end result
(beginning, middle, end)
100
"She is a beautiful women with a diamond face and she is the sunshine of my life."
- What message might an author be trying to say, using this figurative language?
Conveys why the author likes the girl so much and is eager to see her.
100
What does foreshadowing mean? Why is it used?
It means to predict, and it is used to make you think about a future event that will happen
200
How do you identify a poet's theme?
By looking through side notes for each stanza. (Through the overall poem)
200
Where do you find main goal in a persuasive essay?
In the first paragraph of the essay
200
How do you determine a character's personality?
What do, think, feel, and say or "Dialogue"
200
"If my mother had it her way, she would lock me up in the basement all my life, keeping me from ever meeting a girl."
- What message might an author be trying to say, using this figurative language?
Exaggerating how protective the boy's mother is.
200
Why is adding your side notes to stanzas/paragraphs important?
To make sure you understood what you read, and it makes it easier to go back to find your answers
300
What are stanzas?
The groups of lines or "paragraphs" within a poem
300
What is reasoning?
Explains the reason for the problem which the author is trying to find a solution for
300
"Her beauty was unrivaled, people would walk a thousand miles to view her face."
- What message might an author be trying to say, using this figurative language?
Convey how beautiful the women is
300
What are synonyms? Where do you find them?
In the thesaurus section of the dictionary under the word you looked up. (inside grey box)
400
When you read a paired selection (such as poem and expository) they will often times have a common....?
Theme/Main Idea/ Purpose for writing
400
How do you appeal to your audience?
You say what they want to hear and grab their attention
400
The bully establishes his power as if he was the emperor of the world so that everyone would envy him.
- What message might an author be trying to say, using this figurative language?
To convey how much the bully values power
400
How do you make side notes?
At each stanza/paragraph, and make sure to write the purpose for that stanza/paragraph and not just repeat what was already said.
In other words, answer the question: Why did the other write this stanza/paragraph? What big picture did they want to tell you?
500
What is a strategy for understanding a poem when it is paired with an expository text?
Read the expository first, so the poem will make more sense.
500
Why is connecting to your audience important?
Otherwise the message or purpose for the essay will be ignored.
500
"She abandons me as if I was a sinking ship."
- What message might an author be trying to say, using this figurative language?
Exaggerating how quickly the girlfriend left him
500
"In paragraph 9, the word expulsion, which is based on a Latin root, means"
- Find definition and one synonym
An expelling being expelled; banishment
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