Essay Writing
What are the three parts of an introduction paragraph?
Hook, Background Info, Thesis
What are the different types of conflicts?
man vs. man/other
man vs. self
man vs. society
What is a symbol?
-meter
What is capital punishment?
death penalty
What's the purpose of reasoning?
explaining the evidence and connecting it back to the claim
What are the parts of a plot structure? Describe them.
exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
Ethos, logos, pathos
ethos focusing on the speaker's credibility, pathos appealing to emotions, and logos relying on logic and reason
circum-
around
What does DNA stand for?
deoxyribonucleic acid
Name three types of evidence
What is an extended metaphor?
an analogy that is developed and elaborated upon throughout a piece of writing, spanning multiple lines, paragraphs, or even the entire work
What is an oxymoron?
a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
anthro-
human
What is the main character's name in Just Mercy?
Bryan Stevenson
used to emphasize a break in the sentence, similar to a comma
What is allusion?
a figure of speech that makes a reference to someone or something by name
What is a resolution and contention?
resolution: opinion, contention: reason
ambi-
both
Describe how the electoral college works
In the United States, the Electoral College is the group of presidential electors that is formed every four years during the presidential election for the sole purpose of voting for the president and vice president.
introduce new information
Author's purpose is the reason an author writes, often to inform, persuade, or entertain, while tone is the author's attitude or feeling towards the subject, expressed through word choice and style.
Describe the three types of irony
Verbal irony is when a person says one thing but means the opposite;
Situational irony is when the opposite of what is expected happens; and.
Dramatic irony is when the audience knows something that characters do not.
mal-
bene-
bad
good
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