Paragraph Writing
Lit Terms
Genres of Writing
MLA
Non Fiction Reading and Writing
100
TAG stands for
What is Title, Author and Genre
100
A comparison of two unlike things using like or as is known as a ____________________; a comparison of two unlike things without the use of like or as is known as ____________________.
What is simile and metaphor
100
Name the three genres of writing
What is narrative, argumentative, and explanatory
100
What does NICE stand for?
What is Name, Instructor, Course, European Date
100
What are the three genres of non-fiction
What is Literary, Essay and Informational
200
Never forget to attach a ________________ to your quote. You don't want to drop your babies in the forest!
What is a Signal Phrase
200
Inanimate objects that are given human like qualities is known as _________________
What is personification
200
An opposing viewpoint can be found in this genre of writing
What is argumentative
200
Properly format the following information using a parenthetical citation: Author: Ray Bradbury Signal Phrase: Fahrenheit 451 opens with the ominous phrase, Quote: "It was a pleasure to burn." Page Number 1
What is Fahrenheit 451 opens with the ominous phrase, "It was a pleasure to burn" (Bradbury 1).
200
Memoirs and Autobiographies are considered this type of non-fiction
What is Literary
300
This is also known as "claim"
What is a thesis
300
The way a reader perceives a piece is known as ________________; whereas how the author perceives the subject of a piece is known as _______________.
What is the mood and tone
300
Explaining what a term means to you is known as this mode of writing
What is definition
300
Which of the following does MLA NOT require: one inch margins, size 12 Times New Roman Font, author's listed alphabetically by first name in the works cited, and double spacing
What is "author's listed alphabetically by first name in the works cited"
300
SOAPSToneS stands for
What is Subject, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Tone and So What
400
Use one of these when moving from one idea to the next
What is a transitional phrase
400
Similar grammar structure (syntax) repeated over successive phrases or clauses
What is parallelism
400
Which genres of writing use a claim or thesis statement?
What is Argumentative and Explanatory
400
Shorter works should be ____________________ while longer works should be __________________.
What is in quotation marks and underlined
400
Which of the following is not a synonym for claim: thesis, thesis statement, argument, quotation, assertion
What is a proposal
500
List the four types of evidence you may use in writing
What is Analogical, Statistical, Anecdotal or Testimonial
500
Name the three types of irony with an example of each
What is Verbal, Situation, and Dramatic
500
Persuasive essays are a unique type of argumentative writing because they include
What is a call to action, strong diction, an emotional appeal
500
What goes in an MLA Header and where is it located?
What is authors last name, page number and upper right hand corner
500
Define the four types of evidence using the following sentence frames: ___________ evidence relies on ______________
What is Statistical evidence relies on numbers Anecdotal evidence relies on short accounts/stories Testimonial evidence relies on experts Analogical evidence relies on comparisons