Literary Devices
Grammar
Vocabulary
Ethos, Pathos, Logos
Writing Proficiency
100
"They wore jeans which made me stick out like a sore thumb."
What is a simile?
100
Halfway up the stairs. This is a ________.
What is a fragment?
100
Surpassing all others; definitive
What is ultimate?
100
Appeals to emotion
What is pathos?
100
The two types of essays on the writing proficiency test.
What are expository and persuasive?
200
An author's attitude towards a character or subject.
What is tone?
200
I told Jim the following true story. Story is a ______.
What is a direct object?
200
Original; dating from the beginning of existence
What is primal?
200
Appeals to logic
What is logos?
200
The sentence that tells the reader where your paper is going.
What is a thesis statement?
300
The way a reading makes you feel.
What is mood?
300
Ms. Dillons sister lives in Arizona.
What is a missing apostrophe before the 's'?
300
an inexperienced person; amateur
What is novice?
300
Appeals to the trustworthiness of the author.
What is ethos?
300
A thesis must have a subject and ________.
What is an opinion?
400
A type of narration that uses 1st person pronouns.
What is first person narration?
400
The governor granted the prisoner his freedom. What part of speech is freedom?
What is a direct object?
400
able to be grasped or perceived
What is tangible?
400
Making your audience feel bad about something that has happened.
What is pathos?
400
The number of sentences in an introductory paragraph.
What is three?
500
An insight into human nature or human experience provided by a piece of literature.
What is theme?
500
The governor granted the prisoner his freedom. What part of speech is the prisoner?
What is an indirect object?
500
to formally question
What is interrogate?
500
Using facts and statistics.
What is logos?
500
The purpose of a persuasive essay.
What is to have people agree with you or take some kind of action.