Essays
RACES (or RACEACES) is an acronym used to write this kind of paragraph.
What is a body paragraph?
This literary device refers to the comparison of two things using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
This word is an antonym for hate.
What is love? (Baby don't hurt me)
This type of rhetorical device appeals to the reader's sense of logic and reasoning.
What is logos?
This kind of sentence uses "and" two or more times.
What is a run-on sentence?
This is used to start an essay at the beginning of the introduction paragraph.
What is an attention getter? OR What is a hook?
"The sun smiled down upon her as she walked through the forest" is an example of this literary device.
What is personification?
This word refers to the lesson or the moral of a story.
What is theme?
"For just a dollar a day, you can help a puppy find a forever home" is an example of this rhetorical device.
What is pathos?
The use of details from the five senses to appeal to the reader.
What is sensory language?
This sentence, found at the end of the introduction paragraph, is the most important part of an essay because it states your claim.
What is a thesis statement?
"Caleb just called Chris because he's coming to California" is an example of this literary device.
What is alliteration?
This word refers to the author's attitude toward the story.
What is tone?
"#1 Dentist Recommended Toothpaste!" is an example of this rhetorical device.
What is ethos?
A grouping of lines in a poem set off by a space in the text.
What is a stanza?
In addition to an informative essay, you will also encounter this type of essay on the ELA II OST.
What is argumentative?
When the audience knows something that the characters don't, it's know as this type of irony.
What is dramatic irony?
This word refers to the arrangement of information in order of time.
What is chronological?
"9/10 patients reported reduced pain after undergoing this treatment" is an example of this rhetorical device.
What is logos?
This type of punctuation is used to join two independent clauses in a sentence without using a conjunction.
What is a semicolon? (;)
When using evidence from the text in your essay, you must credit the author/passage, using this.
What is an in-text citation?
What are onomatopoeias?
This word refers to the feeling that a word invokes along with its literal or primary meaning.
What is connotation?
This rhetorical device refers to when a writer or speaker expresses ideas that are related or equal in importance using similar grammatical constructions.
What is parallelism?
This form of writing criticizes a person, group, or society using indirect, often disguised, methods.
What is satire?