Essay writing
Literary Elements
Testing words
Essay prompts
100

The last sentence in the introduction.  It answers the prompt in one sentence.

What is the thesis statement?
100

Evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions.

What is mood?
100

Tells the important idea of the story.  The main idea of the story.

What is the central idea?

100

Write a letter to your congressman arguing whether the members of our military should earn more money.  Use details in the passages provided to prove your argument.

What is the task?

What is write a letter?

200

The first sentence in an essay.

What is the hook?

200

The author's overall message

What is the theme?

200

Provides information to clarify, prove or explain the main idea

What are supporting ideas?

200

Write a letter to your congressman arguing whether the members of our military should earn more money.  Use details in the passages provided to prove your argument.

Who is the audience?

What is Congressman?

300

The part of a paragraph where the author cites their source.

What is the introduction

300

The author's attitude toward his/her subject.

What is tone?

300

A small section  that is taken from a larger story

What is an excerpt?

300

Write a letter to your congressman arguing whether the members of our military should earn more money.  Use details in the passages provided to prove your argument.

What is your purpose?

What is to argue?

400

Educates the reader on a topic.

What is an informational essay?

400

The main events in a story

The plot

400

Putting together what we read in the story with what we know in life.

What is inference?
400

Write a letter to your congressman arguing whether the members of our military should earn more money.  Use details in the passages provided to prove your argument.

What evidence do you need to gather?

What is why the military should earn more money or not?

500

The three parts of a conclusion paragraph

What are restatement of the thesis, mention article, and hook?

500

When an author refers to another work or event in history

What is an allusion?

500

The opposing argument is otherwise known as this.

What is the counterclaim

500

The acronym RACE stands for this

What is 

R = Race

A = Answer

C = Cite Evidence

E= Explain