ARGUMENT
STORY ELEMENTS
THINGS WE'VE
READ
POETIC DEVICES
RANDOM FACTS about PJ & Ms. Z
100

Purpose of an argument paper

What is to persuade an audience?

100

Time, place, duration of the story--includes mood and sensory details

What is the setting?

100

"It was the beating of the old man's heart."

What is "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe?

100

Comparison using like or as

What is a simile?

100

PJ's twin sister's name

What is Pamela?

200
Emotional appeal

What is pathos?

200
The message/moral/life lesson of a story

What is the theme?

200

"The house was full of dead bodies, it seemed. It felt like a mechanical cemetery. So silent."

What is "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury?

200

An intentional exaggeration

What is a hyperbole?

200

PJ's favorite number

What is 44?

300

Logical appeal

What is logos?

300
The events in a story that surround the problem

What is the plot?

300

"I reach inside the window of Papi’s van and yank on the handle to open the passenger door. It’s my turn to ride in front. Roli sat there last time."

What is "Sol Painting, Inc." by Meg Medina?

300

Applying human characteristics to nonhuman things

What is personification?

300

High school PJ graduated from

What is West Salem High School?

400

Ethical/expert appeal

What is ethos?

400

The problem or goal of the story

What is the conflict?

400

"I shall begin with the whispering Mahican. His soft whisper was the first sound I heard that night. Small as it was, it broke the peace of St. Francis, our little Abenaki Indian mission village..." 

What is The Winter People by Joseph Bruchac?

400

A comparison not using like or as

What is a metaphor?

400

Ms. Z's cat's name

What is Blue?

500

Statement that tells your stance in an argument

What is a claim?

Also acceptable answer: thesis statement

500

Things that happen to a character that make it harder and harder for them to reach their goal

What are complications?

500

“The world isn't binary. Everything isn't a black or white, yes or no. Sometimes it's not a switch, it's a dial. And it's not even a dial you can get your hands on; it turns without your permission or approval.”

What is Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin?
500

"The car dared me to drive faster."

What is personification?

500

Ms. Z's coffee order

What is an iced vanilla latte with oat milk?