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Vocabulary
Parts of Speech
Persuasive Appeals
Format
Elements of
Fiction
100
This word means "Furious; very angry." Choices - Curt Methodical Irate
What is Irate? [][][]Curt - rudely brief [][][]Methodical - orderly
100
This part of speech represents a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
100
The three persuasive appeals.
What are ethos, logos, and pathos?
100
The location of the heading (Last Name 1).
What is the top-right corner of the page?
100
This is where the story takes place.
What is the setting?
200
This word means "Not giving in; stubborn; firm." Choices - Adjacent Adamant Eccentric
What is Adamant? [][][]Adjacent - close; near (to something) [][][]Eccentric - odd; strange
200
These two parts of speech include descriptive words like "energetic" and "energetically."
What are adjectives and adverbs?
200
The emotional appeal.
What is pathos?
200
The standard MLA font size.
What is 12pt.?
200
The two types of major characters.
What are the protagonist (main character) and the antagonist (opposes or conflicts with main character)?
300
This word means "A situation requiring a difficult choice." Choices - Dilemma Encounter Sabotage
What is a Dilemma? [][][]Encounter - a meeting [][][]Sabotage - deliberately destroy or damage
300
Find the verb: "The gangster ninja bought an ice cream cone."
What is "bought?"
300
The logical appeal that cites evidence (facts and statistics).
What is logos?
300
Name two of the four pieces of required personal information (included in the top-left corner of the page).
What are Student's Full Name, Instructor's Name, Block #, and Assignment Due Date?
300
The central idea or message of a story.
What is theme?
400
The word that best completes this sentence: "To many, the __________ of cuteness is a furry, round-eyed puppy." Choices - Terminate Zeal Epitome
What is Epitome? [][][]Terminate - to stop; to end [][][]Zeal - passion; excitement
400
The FANBOYS are this part of speech.
What are conjunctions?
400
Find the ethos part of the following argument: "Bullying is a major issue in almost any public school system. Many administrators have made every effort to solve this issue via various social action plans. As a student in the public school system, I understand the importance of such social action plans and have benefited from the implementation of such plans at my school."
What is "As a student in the public school system...?"
400
Fill in the blank: "All paragraphs must be _________. Do this by hitting the "Tab" key."
What is "indented?"
400
Baptism is an example of this element of fiction.
What is a symbol? [][][]A person, place, thing, or event that stands for something beyond its own definition.
500
The best word that completes this sentence: "Flora is a bad-tempered child. Even the suggestion that she come to the dinner table is enough to ___________ a tantrum." Choices - Escalate Elicit Animosity
What is Elicit? [][][]Escalate - increase; intensify [][][]Animosity - strong dislike
500
Find each of the eight parts of speech: "Yuck! My homework fell on the ground, and now it's absolutely covered in black mud." Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Pronoun, Article, Conjunction, Interjection, and Preposition.
What are Noun - homework, ground, mud [][][]Verb - fell, covered [][][]Adjective - black [][][]Adverb - absolutely [][][]Pronoun - My [][][]Article - the [][][]Conjunction - and [][][]Interjection - Yuck! [][][]Preposition - on, in
500
The goal of persuasion.
What is "to convince or to persuade someone to believe what you believe?"
500
The location of your paper's title.
What is the center of the page just below the personal information section?
500
The Point of View of the following passage: "I got back in the truck and pulled out from under the overhand, and the snow blew softly against the window and melted. The sky was gray-blue, and the weather on the mountains made them look taller. With the city covered in snow, I felt like I was arriving along with my guests. I felt like we were about to explore my same old places in a way that might make them feel new."
What is First Person? [][][]Third person omniscient - Narrator knows everything (thoughts, feelings, actions, etc.) about all of the characters. [][][]Third person limited - Narrator knows everything (thoughts, feelings, actions, etc.) about one of the characters.