Analytical Writing
Revising and Editing
Terms You Should Know
Use
It Could Be Anything!
100
Where does your thesis need to go? (Be very specific)
Very end of the first paragraph.
100
You shoulda studied for you're test.
You should have studied for your test.
100
A figure of speech that is an exaggeration
Hyperbole
100
Singular personal pronoun
He, She, I.
100
The layer of molten rock between Earth's outer core and crust is?
The Mantle
200
Though a large chunk of your essay is your analysis, ______ is also important to help the reader understand the context.
Summary.
200
There's two precedents meeting in the oval office.
There are two presidents meeting in the oval office.
200
The person or entity telling the story
Narrator
200
Use a reflexive pronoun
Subject of the sentence using self.
200
What is the capitol of Mississippi?
Jackson
300
Name one of the four hooks to start an essay
Startling statement, Brief Anecdote, Interesting question, Captivating quotation.
300
Here at Gainesville high school we are different from every other High School cause of are spirit and community.
Here at Gainesville High School we are different from every other high school because of our spirit and community.
300
A literary reference to a familiar thing
Allusion
300
Use an Interrogative Pronoun
Which, who, whom, what, whose etc.
300
Before their move to Nashville, the Tennessee Titans were originally what NFL team?
Houston Oilers
400
Name one of the stories we have analyzed so far this year.
The Lottery, Nicholas Was, The Secret Lion, etc...
400
They're are to many reasons too not own a motorcycle for example, head injuries.
There are too many reasons not to own a motorcycle, for example: head injuries.
400
Satire
Literary device used to make fun of human weakness. or An attack on or criticism of any stupidity or vice in the form of scathing humor, or a critique of what the author sees as dangerous religious, political, moral, or social standards
400
Correctly use the word whom in a non-interrogatory sentence.
Good luck
400
Other than Trump and Clinton, name two presidential candidates from the 2016 Election
Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders, Marco Rubio, John Kaisch,
500
What does the word "analysis" mean?
To take apart and explain.
500
What your currently doing in life dosen't define who you are, its instead the culmination of creeds and character and action that testyfies to the quality of your being and the constitoution of you're personhood.
What you're currently doing life doesn't define who you are; it is instead the culmination of creeds, character, and action that testifies to the quality of your being and the constitution of your person.
500
What is Malapropism?
Humorous play on words resulting from two similar words being misused.
500
Indefinite, Interrogative, and Demonstrative in one sentence.
Good Job
500
Name one of Jupiter's major moons
Io, Ganymede, Callisto, Europa
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