Narrative Essay
Argument/Explanatory Essay
Figurative Language
Literary Devices
MCAS Miscelaneous
100

These are the three main parts of a narrative.

Beginning, middle, end

100

What do you call the 3 paragraphs in the middle of the essay?

Body paragraphs

100

Eyes like glass

Simile

100

The use of figurative language in poetry to represent objects, actions and ideas in a way that appeals to our five senses.  


Imagery OR Sensory language

100

How many essays will you write per day?

2

200

What do you call the perspective from which a story is written?

Point of view
200

What do you call the last sentence of your introduction, where you directly respond to the prompt?

Thesis statement

200

The forest called to me

Personification

200

A brief reference to a specific person, event, place, or work of art.

Allusion

200

What percentage of your score do the essays represent?

50%

300

This is the turning point or the highest point of interest in a story

Climax

300

What are the three main parts of each body paragraph?

Claim - evidence - reasoning

300

The city was a hive of activity

Metaphor

300

The author’s specific word choice.  

Diction

300

The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader.


Theme

400

This is the ending of the story, where the problem is fixed

Resolution

400

What are the first two parts of the introduction paragraph?

Hook & background

400

The bell clanged, and we knew dinner was ready

Onomatopoeia 

400

The feeling the reader gets from a piece of writing.

Mood

400

How many open responses are on MCAS?

0

500

Name the two main purposes of narrative writing

To tell a story and to entertain

500

What two questions should be answered in your conclusion?

What? So what?

500

I waited years for the bus to arrive

Hyperbole

500

The positive and negative associations we make with words.

Connotation

500

What is common symbolism of the 4 seasons?

Spring - Birth - Morning - Meeting somebody new

Summer - Youth - Afternoon - Young love

Fall - Middle age - Evening - Arguing

Winter - Old age / death - Night - Breaking up