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Essays
Parts of Speech
Vocabulary
Rhetorical Situation
Literary Devices
100
You use this paragraph to present your position to the reader
What is an introduction paragraph
100
A person, place, thing or idea
What is a noun
100
A narrow- minded, prejudiced person (Donald Trump is an example of this)
What is a bigot
100
This is how we use language effectively to persuade, educate or entertain
What is rhetoric
100
An authors choice of words
What is diction
200
Your paragraph should never start with this
What is a question
200
A word used in place of a noun
What is pronoun
200
If one is going off the main subject, they are going off on a
What is a tangent
200
This is referred to as the type of essay, book or poem
What is genre
200
Figure of speech that compares two different things by using "like" or "as"
What is simile
300
These are the middle paragraphs of an essay; also known as..?
What are body paragraphs
300
This modifies/describes an adjective or a verb
What is an adverb
300
Not a maze but a ...
What is a labryrinth
300
This is an explanation of why and not a summary of what
What is analysis
300
This gives a thing, an idea, or an animal human qualities
What is personification
400
This one sentence focuses your ideas for an essay; your argument
What is a thesis
400
You use this to express emotion
What is an interjection
400
If you are delayed, slow, or late, you are...
What is tardy
400
"What's up" is particular language to Americans
What is an idiom
400
Figurative langue in which a statement is made that say that one thing something else but literally is not
What is a methaphor
500
You use this to address and refute opposing views
What is a counterargument
500
This is placed before a noun or pronoun to form a phrase modifying another word in the sentence
What is a preposition
500
If someone is stubborn and willful
What is headstrong
500
This is how you think about writing
What is theory of writing
500
Figure of speech that makes a reference to a place, person, or event to help broaden the readers understanding
What is an allusion