Argumentative Writing
One sentence that encapsulates the main idea of your entire essay
What is a thesis?
It is very important to do this with all evidence you use
What is cite it?
ANYTHING surrounding the background of a text that might be helpful to know
What is the context?
Point of view that uses pronouns I, we, us
What is first person?
What is modernism?
Critical to any argument because you must show you understand other points of view
What is a counterclaim?
What paragraph does an argumentative essay have that an informative essay does not?
A question that is not meant to be answered
What is a rhetorical question?
Point of view that uses pronouns he, she, and they and shows what all characters are thinking
Third-person omniscient
Which American lit period produced essays about how God can be found in nature?
What is Transcendentalism?
The two things you can do with a counterclaim
Your tone in an informative essay should be
What is neutral or informative?
The word choices an author makes according to connotation; pivotal to tone
What is diction?
This occurs when someone says one thing but means something distinctly different
What is verbal irony?
Which American lit period consisted of primarily political documents, speeches, and letters?
What is rationalism?
What are the hook and conclusion?
A sentence that clarifies what the paragraph is going to be about
What is a topic sentence?
This means to understand something the text does not directly state
What is to infer?
This should be stated as a sentence and conveys the underlying meaning of a literary work
What is the theme?
Which literary period occurred around the same time period as the American Civil War?
A conclusion in an argumentative essay should do this
What are the three most essential things to have in an informative essay?
Narrative writing that tells a story
What is literary nonfiction?
The four most common types of conflict
What are man vs self, man vs man, man vs nature, and man vs society?
Which is the full order of the six major American Literary Periods?
What is Puritanism, Rationalism, Romanticism, Realism, Modernism, Contemporary?
Alternate answer places Transcendentalism between Romanticism and Realism