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The moral or lesson of a story
What is theme?
100
The way a text is written or organized
What is text structure?
100
The technique used by an author to create pictures in the reader's mind
What is imagery?
100
Another word for author's claim
What is the author's argument?
100
An author making a claim will use these to convince the reader before presenting evidence 
What are reasons?
200
The problem in a story
What is the conflict?
200
Sidebars, captions, graphs, charts, tables, footnotes, subheadings, bolded words, etc. are all examples of what
What are text features?
200
When an author uses abstract language to convey an idea without explicitly stating it
What is figurative language?
200

When an essay asks you to do this, you will need to determine if the evidence provided supports the author's claim

What is evaluate the evidence?
200
Another word for the opposing side of an author's claim
What is the counterargument/conflicting viewpoint?
300
When one character makes a speech to the other characters
What is a monologue?
300
When a text is structured like this, it explains why something happened and then describes the impact of it
What is cause and effect?
300
A poem with 14 lines, with 10-12 syllables per line
What is a sonnet?
300
When writing an evaluation essay, you need to use the T.E.E format for the first and second half of each body paragraph. The acronym T.E.E. stands for what?
T-Topic Sentence

E-Evidence

E-Evaluate

300
When a character makes a speech but only the audience can hear
What is a soliloquy?
400
The feeling of anxious uncertainty about what may happen next 
What is suspense?
400
When an author is making an argument and addresses people who do not agree with him, what is he doing?
What is acknowledging the conflicting viewpoint?
400
In literature, when an object represents an idea (i.e. an olive branch)
What is symbolism?
400
Write at least 3 sentence starters that you can use to evaluate evidence 
This evidence is valid because

This evidence is relevant because

This evidence is sufficient because

This evidence is accurate because

This evidence is strong because

 

400
Write down at least 3 types of evidence an author can use to support a claim

What are statistics?

What are anecdotes?

What are historical documents?

What are expert opinions?

What are observations?

What are studies?

What are surveys?


500
When the reader/audience knows something the characters do not
What is dramatic irony?
500
Write down at least 2 sentence starters an author may use to acknowledge the conflicting viewpoint
Some people may argue...

Opponents of this claim contend that...

A common counterpoint is...


500

Find the rhyme scheme of this poem and identify the type of poem:

It was all a dream, I used to read Word Up! magazine

Salt-n-Pepa and Heavy D up in the limousine 

Hangin' pictures on my wall

Every Saturday Rap Attack, Mr. Magic, Marley Marl

I let my tape rock 'til my tape popped

Eatin' food in Bambu, sippin' on Private Stock

Way back, when I had the red and black lumberjack

With the hat to match

What is aabbccdd?


What is a lyric poem?

500
Complete the planning map for an essay that asks the following:


Identify the shared theme in each passage

Describe how the author develops the theme in each passage

Thesis: (Include shared theme)


BP1: Theme for Passage 1

Q1, Q2

BP2: Theme for Passage 2

Q3,Q4

500
Plan the essay that asks the following:


Identify and describe the claim made by each author

Evaluate the evidence to determine if it is sound and relevant 

Identify where both authors disagree on the topic and explain why


Thesis: (State each author's claim and what they disagree on)


BP1: First author's argument

Second author's argument

Q1, Q2

BP2: Evaluate 1st author's evidence

Evaluate 2nd author's evidence

Q3, Q4

BP3: Disagreement paragraph 

Q5, Q6