Tone
This tone expresses happiness or joy.
What is cheerful?
"The stars winked in the night sky" is an example of this.
What is personification?
This sense helps you detect the aroma of cookies baking.
*What is smell?*
This is the main idea of an informative essay.
*What is the thesis statement?*
This punctuation mark ends a sentence.
What is a period
A serious and respectful tone often used in formal writing.
What is solemn?
A comparison using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
When you describe something as "coarse" or "smooth", you're using this sense.
*What is touch?*
These help organize information in an informative essay.
*What are subheadings?*
This part of speech describes a noun.
*What is an adjective?*
This tone shows the author is making fun of something.
What is sarcastic?
"The thunder roared" is an example of this sound-related figure of speech.
What is onomatopoeia?
The bells jingled merrily" appeals to this sense.
*What is hearing?*
This type of information supports the main ideas in an informative essay.
*What are facts or evidence?*
A sentence that expresses strong emotion ends with this punctuation mark.
What is an exclamation point?
When a writer seems worried or nervous, the tone is...
What is anxious?
A comparison that doesn't use "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
Describing a lemon as "tart" or "sour" uses this sense.
*What is taste?*
This comes at the end of an informative essay and restates the main points.
*What is the conclusion?*
What is the conclusion?
This is a word that replaces a noun in a sentence.
*What is a pronoun?*
This tone expresses strong disapproval or criticism.
*What is condemning?*
The white snow blanket covered the ground" is an example of this.
What is imagery?
When you write "The sunset painted the sky in shades of orange and pink", you're appealing to this sense.
*What is sight?*
These are used to show where you got your information in an informative essay.
*What are citations or sources?*
This is a group of words that contains a subject and a predicate.
What is a clause?