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Narrative
Response to Literature
Summary
Persuasive
Grab Bag
100
You must have at least TWO of these in any story that you write.
What are characters?
100
This anecdote, quote, description, or definition makes your reader want to read your essay.
What is the hook?
100
This is about how long a summary should be compared to the original article.
What is about 1/3 as long as the original article?
100
This is an interesting quote, description, statistics, question, or anecdote that a writer uses to grab a reader's attention.
What is the hook?
100
Starting your sentences in different ways creates this.
What is sentence variety?
200
The exposition of the story should set up the problem, also called this.
What is the conflict?
200
This opinion statement MUST be the last sentence of your introduction.
What is the thesis?
200
Your summary should focus on these ideas from the original article
What are main ideas?
200
These stories from your life can be used to support your argument.
What are anecdotes?
200
This type of writing is focused on convincing readers.
What is persuasive?
300
This stage of the plot should occur after the falling action.
What is the resolution?
300
This occurs after the hook but before the thesis and gives your reader the basic information about what you're writing about.
What is the TAG?
300
These words help writers flow from one idea to the next smoothly.
What are transitions?
300
This opposing point of view strengthens your argument and must be addressed before your end your essay.
What is the counterargument?
300
Your opinions must NOT appear in this type of expository essay.
What is a summary?
400
This part of the story is where the author establishes the story's setting, characters, and introduces the conflict.
What is the exposition?
400
This paragraph must feature a restatement of your thesis.
What is the conclusion?
400
If you do not do this in a summary, you risk plagiarism.
What is paraphrase and/or quote?
400
This type of evidence relies on statistics, expert opinions, and facts as support for an argument.
What is logical?
400
Analysis and interpretation is the most important part of this type of expository essay.
What is response to literature?
500
This is another word for the author's message in a narrative.
What is the theme?
500
Your response to literature essay MUST contain this, which is another word for interpretation.
What is analysis?
500
In a summary, this part of your essay just needs to follow the original article's.
What is organization and/or structure?
500
This type of evidence asks the reader to do the right thing.
What is moral?
500
In whatever essay you write, you must keep these readers in mind.
What is the audience?