Perfect Paragraph
Character Elements
"I Have A Dream"
MLA Format
100

The following statement is an example of what element of the perfect paragraph:

(Collier par. 6)

Citation

100

The type of conflict that a character is presented with within themselves (for example, anger, guilt, and shame).

Internal conflict

100

This rhetorical appeal is used to appeal to an audience's emotions.

Pathos

100

True or false: Any time you are writing a constructed response about a text, you must include and cite textual evidence.

True

200

The following statement is an example of what element of the perfect paragraph:

"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".

Direct Quotation

200

What does Jabeen Akhtar decide to do at the end of the story, regarding the yearbook article?

Do the interview

200

What rhetorical appeal is used when an author wants to develop the audience’s sense of trust and credibility?

Ethos

200

What is the correct format for an in-text citation when quoting a page number from a story?

(Authors last name page number)

300

The following statement is an example of what element of the perfect paragraph:

When reflecting on the past, Martin Luther King states that

Signal phrase

300

The type of conflict a person has with something on the outside (for example, society, nature, and technology)

External conflict

300

What literary device is used when someone refers to well-known documents or information in a speech?

Allusion

300

What is the correct format for an in-text citation when quoting a paragraph from a story?

(Authors last name par. paragraph number)

400

The following statement is an example of what element of the perfect paragraph:

In Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech, Dr. King utilizes multiple rhetorical devices to deliver his message about equality and justice.

Topic sentence

400

What overarching lesson can be learned from “Why I Lied to Everyone in High School About Knowing Karate” by Jabeen Akhtar?

How wanting to be popular can lead people to make bad decisions.

400

What literary device does Dr. King use in the line “...the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity”?

Metaphor

400

Do you have to include a citation when you paraphrase parts of a text?

Yes

500

The following statement is an example of what element of the perfect paragraph:

This shows that although she can remember what happened, what really sticks with her are the emotions those events connect with. Lizabeth talks about “joy and rage and wild animal gladness and shame” when referring to her memory of the summer she destroyed Miss Lottie’s flowers (Collier par. 2).

Analysis

500

BONUS QUESTION:

Who visited Jabeen's father when he was a child?

A Jinn

500

What literary device is Dr. King using when he states, "...we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, go to jail together..."

Parallel Structure

500

What needs to be included around a direct quotation? (The beginning and the end of the quotation)

Quotation marks

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