Argumentative Techniques
This is the main point or position that an argumentative essay tries to prove.
What is a claim?
This type of writing is meant to explain or inform.
What is expository writing?
This is the sequence of events in a story.
What is the Plot?
A comparison using 'like' or 'as' is called this.
What is a simile?
The reason an author writes a text, such as to inform, persuade, or entertain, is called this.
What is author's purpose?
Presenting the opposing viewpoint in an argument is called this.
What is a counterargument?
A short summary at the beginning of an article that tells what it will be about is called this
What is an introduction?
The person telling the story is called this.
What is the narrator?
This figure of speech gives human qualities to non-human things.
What is Personification?
The time and place in which a story occurs is known as this.
What is the setting?
This technique uses facts, statistics, and examples to support a claim.
What is Evidence ?
This organizational structure explains the cause of an event and its results.
What is cause and effect?
A struggle between opposing forces in a story is known as this.
What is the conflict?
Create me one Simile and One Metaphor
What is ?
This literary device is the use of hints to suggest what will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
This is when the author responds to the counterclaim and explains why their claim is stronger.
What is a rebuttal?
Using headings, bullet points, and diagrams are examples of these expository features.
Hints or clues about what will happen later in a story are called this.
A direct comparison that does not use 'like' or 'as' is this.
What is a metaphor?
Caffall tells the reader to "Try to imagine the black smoke from a diesel truck sitting above the sky". This instruction uses what technique to help the reader visualize the problem?
What is imagery?
This part of an argumentative essay restates the claim and leaves the reader with a final thought.
What is a conclusion?
This technique shows how two or more things are similar and different.
What is compare and contrast?
When a story is told from the perspective of 'I,' it is written in this point of view.
What is first person Point of view?
BONUS Questions Points are x2
“The classroom groaned as backpacks hit the floor and papers fluttered like tired birds.”
In your team, do ALL THREE:
Identify TWO literary devices used in the sentence.
Describe the mood the author creates.
Explain the author’s purpose for using these devices in this moment of the text.
What is
Literary devices: Personification (“classroom groaned”) and Simile (“like tired birds”)
Mood: Tired, overwhelmed, drained
Author’s purpose: To entertain and help readers vividly imagine how exhausted the students feel
An author writes to explain facts, ideas, or information about a topic.
What is to inform?