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Response to Literature
Summary
Narrative
Persuasive
Grab-Bag
100
This is an interesting anecdote, quote, or description that can interest your reader in your essay.
What is a hook
100
This is the acronym for how you should start off a summary
What is a TAG (Title, author, genre)
100
You must have at least two of these in any story you write.
What are characters?
100
This is where the thesis should go in the introduction.
What is the last sentence of the introduction?
100
This describes the way you use different types of sentences to create lively reading.
What is sentence variety?
200
This is an opinion statement that must appear in your introduction.
What is a thesis
200
In addition to the TAG, this is the other information that needs to be included in a summary introduction.
What is the author's purpose/overall meaning of the text?
200
Every story must have a problem. Another word for it is....
What is conflict?
200
An argument for or against an issue is made stronger by this.
What is evidence?
200
This rubric category describes your ability to follow and answer the prompt.
What is focus?
300
This is an example from the text that supports your ideas
What is evidence
300
These are words that help ideas flow from one to the next.
What are transitions?
300
This occurs when the problem in the story is worked out.
What is the resolution?
300
These three types of evidence are great support for persuasive essays.
What are logical, anecdotal, and moral?
300
Your opinions should not appear in this type of essay.
What is summary?
400
In this, you must include a restatement of your thesis.
What is the conclusion
400
You must do these three things in a summary or risk plagiarism.
What is take notes, paraphrase, and use quotes?
400
It's a little elementary, but every story needs to have these three main parts.
What is a beginning, a middle, and an end?
400
This is when you acknowledge your opponent's position and should be done before you end your essay.
What is the counterargument?
400
This element gives your writing a distinct style that makes it different from another writer's.
What is voice?
500
This is the most important part of a response to literature essay.
What is analysis
500
These are the two categories of ideas that you must restate in a summary.
What are main ideas and important details?
500
The author's purpose in writing a narrative is usually to write about one of these.
What is a theme?
500
This is the best way to end a persuasive essay.
What is a call to action?
500
You need to keep these readers in mind whenever you write an essay.
What is audience?