Name that Appeal
Vocab
Essays?
Testing Strategies
Punch-uation
100

appeal to emotion

pathos

100

this type of irony occurs when the reader knows something the characters don't

dramatic irony

100

this sentence establishes the main point or purpose of your essay, along with your 3 supporting topics

thesis

100

should you answer every question on a test?

heck yeah

100

what do you do when you name a poem or short story in your essay?

put the title in quotation marks 

200

appeal to logic

logos

200

a narrative device in which a storyteller gives a hint of what is to come later in the story.

foreshadowing

200

what does a topic sentence do

establishes what the body paragraph is about and how it connects to your thesis 

200

what are the things you should carefully read when taking a test?

-instructions

-questions
-answers

200

describe a comma splice

when a comma is used between two complete sentences

300
appeal to credibility

ethos

300

when one thing is said, while another thing is meant

irony / verbal irony

300

what are the 3 things you do when using evidence?

1 - introduce

2 - cite

3 - explain

300
describe process of elimination

ruling out answers that are wrong

300

is this citation formatted correctly:

Gaiman uses subtle hints to foreshadow the boy being a Click Clack, like when the boy says "They look like what you aren't expecting" (4). 

Yes

400

Caleb writes an essay convincing me to watch Star Wars. In his essay, he uses polls to show how popular the series is. 

Logos

400

this word means unusually advanced or mature

precocious 

400

how do you end a body paragraph

closing sentence that wraps it up-- no new info!

400

if a question mentions a specific word or line from the passage, what do you do?

look for it in the passage and reread that part

400

what's going on here:

Ashley was really hungry, she asked all the teachers for food. 

comma splice

500

Elijah tells me that if I buy candy, I will prevent the Beta Club from going broke.

pathos

500

what term refers to the audience's excited anticipation about the plot or conflict 

suspense 

500

how is your introduction structured?

1 - hook

2 - background info

3 - thesis

500

what is it called when you make notes on a passage, like underlining or highlighting parts of it

annotating 

500

when do you use a semicolon

to connect two complete sentences

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