Essays
An essay meant to inform the reader
Informative essay
The thunder grumbled and the wind howled all night.
personification
This text structure gives events in order as they happened or are a list of instructions
What is Sequence/Chronological?
Name the only continent in which spiders and snakes don't exist?
Antarctica
This famous robot from Star Wars speaks in beeps and helps fix ships.
R2-D2
An essay meant to get the reader to believe the author's claim
Argumentative essay
Her backpack weighed a ton after practice.
hyperbole
This text structure share differences and similarities of 2 things
What is compare and contrast?
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
This piece of tech lets you see a computer‑made world through a headset.
Virtual Reality
The first line of an essay meant to grab the reader's attention
What is a hook?
He was a lighthouse in the storm, guiding his friends.
Metaphor
What is Description?
Trivia:
The Coloseum is found in which city?
Rome
This red planet is a popular setting for sci‑fi colonies and rover missions.
Mars
A clear statement that shows the author's claim and guides the rest of an essay
What is a thesis statement?
The soda fizzed and popped as I opened it.
onomatopoeia
A manual for how to build a desk would be this text structure
What is Sequence?
Who is the new coach of the Cleveland Browns
Todd Monken
What would an alien living on mars be called?
A martian
Where should text evidence or exact quotes be in an essay? (Which paragraphs)
Body paragraphs
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Alliteration
An article explaining why littering is a problem and what you can do to help
What is problem and solution?
Where did democracy originate?
Ancient Greece (Athens)
This ship in Star Wars was shaped like a sphere and could destroy planets
What is the death star