Essays
Expository Essays
Parts of Speech
Literary Devices
Tenses
100

This kind of essay is used to give information

Expository Essay

100

Expository essays usually have this many paragraphs in the body

Three

100

This part of speech describes verbs

Adverbs

100

Uses "like" or "as ____ as"

Simile

100

He _____ (go) there last Thursday.

went (simple past)

200

Narrative essays do this

Tells a story that can be both fiction or non-fiction

200

There are usually this many kind of expository essays

Six

200

"a" and "the" are this

Articles

200

"Life is a box of chocolates" is an example of this

Metaphor

200

"I have been waiting for over an hour for a table" is in this tense

present perfect

(started in the past and continues into the present)

300

All essays start with this

Introduction

300

This term refers to sentence that states the main point of an expository essay

Thesis (Statement)

300

Give three examples of prepositions

at, of, from, by, into, across, about, beyond, between, next to, under, above, adjacent to, until, beneath, beside, off, on, in, out, behind, towards, in front of, before, after, against, etc.

300

"The sun smiled down on the children in the park" is an example of this

Personification

300

"She had been waiting there for twenty minutes when I finally arrived" is an example of which tense

past perfect continuous

(shows something that started in the past and continued up until another time in the past)

400

This term is used to describe the main situation or situations in a narrative.

Plot

400

"Electric Cars and Our Environment" can be an example of what kind of essay

Cause and Effect

400

Name three synonyms of the adjective "beautiful"

pretty, stunning, gorgeous, lovely, handsome, attractive, alluring, pleasing, charming, arresting, etc.

400

"The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain" is an example of this

Assonance


(refers to the repetition of a vowel sound in a line of text or poetry.  The words have to be close enough together for the repetition to be noticeable.)

400

"After Sofie ______ (finish) her work, she ____ (go) to lunch. (past perfect)

"had finished" and "went"

500

This kind of essay can paint a picture

Descriptive

500

Topic sentences do this

Thy help to support the thesis by including the most important details of the paragraph within it.

500

"I feel badly for her": Correct or Incorrect

Incorrect

"to feel" is a linking verb that is describing the subject.  Therefore, we say, "I feel bad for her".

500

"Onomatopoeia" is this

words that represent the actual sound of the thing they refer to or describe, such as "boom", "whack", "boing"

500

"By 6pm, they ________ (leave) for Japan." (future perfect)

"will have left"