Parts of Speech
a person, place, or thing
What is a Noun?
the way an author writes
What is Style?
In this type of text structure, the author describes something in great detail to give the reader a mental picture.
Example: A book may tell all about whales or describe what the geography is like in a particular region.
What is Description?
the use of objects to represent other ideas or qualities in a story
Example: A heart represents love
What is Symbolism?
the art of persuasive speaking
What is Rhetoric?
expresses action or being; what the subject does in the sentence
What is a Verb?
Often seen in longer writing samples, the purpose of this writing style is to tell a story. These stories should include characters, conflicts, and settings.
Examples: short stories, novels, poetry, historical accounts
What is a Narrative essay?
This structure presents the causal relationship between a specific event, idea, or concept and the events that follow after.
Example: Weather patterns could be described that explain why a big snowstorm occurred.
What is Cause and Effect?
visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work, to create pictures in the readers mine
Example: The cheese melted and dripped off the hot, greasy pepperoni pizza.
What is Imagery?
the author's reason or intent in writing
What is Author's Purpose?
modifies or describes a noun or pronoun
What is an Adjective?
For this writing style, the writer is trying to convince the reader of the validity of a certain position or argument
Examples: letters of recommendation, cover letters, advertisements
What is an Argumentative/Persuasive essay?
This type of text examines the similarities and differences between two or more people, events, concepts, ideas, etc.
Example: A book about ancient Greece may explain how the Spartan women were different from the Athenian women.
What is Compare and Contrast?
DAILY DOUBLE
when the author gives a warning or indication of a future event
Example: Edna warns Mr. Incredible capes are dangerous. Syndrome dies due to having a cape.
What is Foreshadowing?
the strategic use of logic, claims, and evidence to convince an audience of a certain point
What is a Logical Appeal/Logos?
modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or another word of the same part of speech
What is an Adverb?
This type of writing is used to explain a concept and share information to a broader audience. Writers provide evidence, statistics, or results and focus on the facts of a certain topic. This type is not meant to express opinions.
Examples: how-to articles, textbooks, news stories, business, technical, or scientific writing
What is an Expository/Informative essay?
This type of structure sets up a problem or problems, explains the solution, and then discusses the effects of the solution.
What is Problem and Solution?
refers to what the text is mainly about
Example: Romeo & Juliet features two star-crossed lovers that fell in love, only to end in tragedy due to the impulsiveness of the characters.
What is Central Idea?
the use of figures of speech, hyperbole, metaphors, similes, idioms, personification, and many others to create an association or effect in the mind of the reader that goes beyond the literal meaning or expected use of the words involved
What is Figurative Language?
joins words, phrases, or clauses
What is a Conjunction?
This type of writing is used to depict imagery to create a clear picture in the mind of the reader. This method helps the readers become more connected to the writing by appealing to their senses. This writing style employs literary techniques and figurative language such as similes, metaphors, allegory, etc to engage the audience by describing a person, place, or thing.
Examples: poetry, memoirs, first-hand accounts of events
What is Descriptive writing?
This text structure gives readers a chronological of events or a list of steps in a procedure.
Example: A book about the American revolution might list the events leading to the war. In another book, steps involved in harvesting blue crabs might be told.
What is Sequence?
a universal idea, lesson, or message explored throughout a work of literature
Example: Lilo & Stitch learn the importance of found family.
What is Theme?
used to establish the writer as fair, open-minded, honest, and knowledgeable about the subject matter to create a sense of him or herself as trustworthy and credible
What is an Ethical Appeal/Ethos?