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Narration
Description
Exposition
Argument
Misc.
100
This is the turning point of a story, the "point of no return."
What is climax?
100
This figure of speech uses "like" or "as" to compare two things.
What is simile?
100
This is the purpose of expository writing.
What is conveying information?
100
This page goes at the end of an argument and lists the sources used.
What is works cited page?
100
This man wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
This is the part of the story where characters, plots, and themes are first introduced.
What is exposition?
200
This figure of speech references an existing work of literature.
What is allusion?
200
A recipe is an example of this type of process analysis.
What is directive?
200
"Ice cream sales and murder rates go up at the same time, so ice cream makes people kill" is an example of which fallacy.
What is post hoc (correlation != causation)?
200
This language is the origin of the word 'karaoke.'
What is Japanese?
300
This is the latest part of the narrative, when problems are taken care of.
What is resolution?
300
These are the five senses used to develop a description.
What are touch, sight, smell, taste, and sound?
300
This second person word should not be used in an explanatory process analysis.
What is "you"?
300
At the point in an essay where a quote is used or information is paraphrased, the information must be cited inside these punctuation marks.
What are parentheses?
300
This is the act of using someone else's words or ideas without crediting them.
What is plagiarism?
400
This is another word for a conversation between two characters in a story.
What is dialogue?
400
This figure of speech repeats the same sound over and over (e.g., "She sells seashells by the sea shore").
What is alliteration?
400
A cause that leads to an effect that leads to another cause is known as this.
What is causal chain?
400
This is the main point being argued in an essay.
What is thesis?
400
This character lives in a cave and drinks Bailey's Irish Cream from a shoe.
Who is Old Gregg?
500
This is the 'voice' telling the story.
What is narrator?
500
This figure of speech translates a sound into a word (e.g., SMACK, POP, CLANK, THWIP).
What is onomatopoeia?
500
The spelling of a word (effects/affects) its meaning.
What is "affects"?
500
"Gay marriage will eventually lead to people marrying their cars" is an example of which type of fallacy?
What is slippery slope?
500
This group performed the first concert your instructor ever attended.
What is Asia?