Literary
Expository
Open-Ended
Non-fiction
Poetry
100
The "incident" that launches your protagonist's quest to get something.
What is the inciting incident?
100
The sentence in your introduction paragraph that acts as a transition between your hook and your thesis statement.
What is a lead-in?
100
The word I encourage you to use in the first sentence of your open-ended responses.
What is "infer"?
100
The term used when you assess or analyze what you read.
What is a critique?
100
The term for the paragraphs in a poem.
What are stanzas?
200
The thing that your protagonist wants to get or achieve.
What do I mean when I ask "what is your character's objective?"
200
The sentence that tells exactly what your essay will be about.
What is a thesis statement?
200
The proof needed for your second sentence.
What is a blended quote?
200
The term used when you restate the main point and important details of what you read without judgment.
What is a summary?
200
A comparison between different things without using "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
300
Another term for the obstacle in the way of your protagonist getting what he or she wants.
What is the external conflict?
300
The formula we use for our body paragraph(s).
What is APES?
300
The purpose of the third sentence in the formula (in which you make a big world connection).
What is to "explain"?
300
The three devices writers use to persuade you.
What are logos, pathos, and ethos?
300
A figure of speech involving exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
400
The struggle occurring within your hero's mind.
What is the internal conflict?
400
The first thing you do when writing your conclusion paragraph
What is restate the thesis?
400
The purpose of the last sentence (in which you restate your answer).
What is to summarize?
400
The dictionary meaning of a word.
What is denotation?
400
When you give inanimate objects or abstract concepts animate or living qualities?
What is personification?
500
The thing you do as a writer every time a new person speaks in your story.
What is "start a new paragraph"?
500
The last sentence of your conclusion paragraph designed to make your reader think and leave an impression.
What is the clincher?
500
The number of blended quotes you use when asked to compare and contrast two texts.
What is at least one from each text?
500
The associations that a word provides that go beyond its dictionary definition.
What is connotation?
500
The use of vivid and descriptive language that engages your senses.
What is imagery?
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