Poetry
An author's attitude towards a subject, usually explained in 2 words
Tone
An individual who is part of a literary story
Character
Your argument, placed in the introduction, that outlines what the rest of your paper will be about.
Thesis Statement
A personal belief or judgement that cannot be proven.
Opinion
The attack is crushed by our artilerie.
What is the correct spelling of the italicized word?
artillery
The words and phrases used specifically to help the reader to imagine each of the senses: smell, touch, sight, hearing, and taste.
Imagery
The universal message of a work, what the author is trying to teach you
Theme
What kind of essay are you writing for the ENG II STAAR test? In this type of writing, what do you have to do?
Persuasion, take a position
The reason that an author writes a piece. What types are there?
author's purpose: to entertain, to explain, to persuade
Elias saw a snake sliding in his backyard.
What word can be used to BEST replace the word "sliding?"
A. skidding
B. slithering
C. running
D. moving
B. Slithering
The person the reader is supposed to imagine is talking -- the voice in the poem (NOT NECESSARILY THE POET/AUTHOR).
Speaker
Name the 5 parts of a plot in order
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
EOC II- There are four things writers must provide readers in a PERSUASIVE essay. What are those 4 things?
Quote
Restating of your main reasons
Reasons for support
Counter-argument
The person/people a piece of writing is written for
Intended Audience
Jason bot his girlfriend the gold earrings from her Christmas list.
Which word is incorrectly spelled?
A. earrings should be ear rings
B. Christmas should be Chrismas
C. bot should be bought
D. girlfriend should be girlfreind
C. bot should be bought
A figure of speech that compares two or more things that have something in common. Implies the comparison instead of directly stating it--does not use like or as. Example: Love is a Journey
Metaphor
Written conversations in a literary work; words spoken by the characters.
Dialogue
What type of sentence is the following: The students should pay attention in class since the test is coming up in a few days.
Complex
A brief description of the text in it's entirety and what it is about.
Summary
Where should the comma be inserted:
Everyone should vote and they need to support their friends and families to do the same.
Everyone should vote, and they need to support their friends and families to do the same.
A type of poem that does not have any end rhyme.
Free verse poetry
Another word for drawing conclusions, looking for what "isn't there" in a text
inference, inferencing
What type of the sentence is the following:
Aaron stood there texting and holding his basketball underneath the pavilion.
simple
The type of essay to write in English 1 EOC
expository
The following sentence is missing punctuation. Where should the commas be placed?
After the children played all day on the branches of the oak tree their parents called them inside to eat dinner for they must have been really hungry.
HINT: There are two missing commas.
After the children played all day on the branches of the oak tree, their parents called them inside to eat dinner, for they must have been really hungry.