Vocabulary
This word describes the emotional response you have to a word. For example, "confident" is much more positive than "stuck up."
Connotation
What punctuation mark goes in the blank?
Today is our last day before finals_ so we studied.
A comma
A universal message a text develops
Theme
Which part of your essay should summarize the points you've made and reflect on the larger importance of the topic?
Conclusion
You might go to a penitentiary as a form of this- the act of making up for something you did wrong.
What is penance?
What is wrong with this sentence?
He left without a word slamming the door in her face.
Missing a comma after "word"
Word choice
Where should your thesis statement go?
End of your introduction
What is jargon?
Specialized words used by professionals that most people do not know.
What is wrong with this sentence?
Although I knew it was wrong I did it anyway.
What is one way authors can build tension in a text?
Use imagery, raise the stakes, manipulate time/pace
This method of using quotes involves taking a short piece of a quote and incorporating as part of your sentence.
Embedding
What do loathsome and odious both mean?
Hateful, repulsive, terrible
List 3 AAAWWUBBIS words
After Although As When While Until Because Before If Since
What does the figurative language suggest about Sheila and Brad's relationship?
Sheila smiled shyly, her doe eyes taking in the picnic her boyfriend Brad had prepared. Brad grinned like a wolf.They have a predator-prey relationship- Brad is described as a wolf, while Sheila is described as a doe.
What is the general structure of a body paragraph?
Claim, evidence, analysis
Things that are the top priority can be described as these two words.
Imperative and incumbent
What 5 words can NOT go after a semicolon?
and, but, or, so, yet
How does the mood shift?
"And then, neutralizing gravity with love and pure will, they remained suspended in air inches below the ceiling, and they kissed each other for a long, long time. It was then that Diana Moon Glampers, the Handicapper General, came into the studio with a double-barreled ten-gauge shotgun. She fired twice, and the Emperor and the Empress were dead before they hit the floor."
The mood shifts from romantic and magical to brutal and violent
What punctuation mark goes in the blank?
Harrison is God-like_ "He flung away his rubber-ball nose, revealed a man that would have awed Thor, the god of thunder."
colon :