Figurative Language
A tangible thing that represents another thing, person, or idea.
What is symbolism?
The emotional response that the writer wants the reader to feel.
What is mood?
A type of sequential order in which events are organized by the time in which they occured.
What is chronological order?
The paragraph in which a writer will identify the main idea of his or her essay.
What is the introduction paragraph?
An element that will typically be found in the first two paragraphs of any type of literature.
What is the main idea?
A type of irony that occurs when the audience knows something important that a character does not know.
What is dramatic irony?
Details the author uses to teach us about a character.
What is characterization?
When an author explains a problem, then provides a potential solution.
What is problem and solution?
The reinforcing text an author would use to support his or her perspective upon a certain topic.
What is textual evidence?
The process of removing incorrect answers from your selection.
What is process of elimination?
a brief but purposeful reference to a person, place, or event that once can relate to.
The plan or evolution of a story.
What is a plot?
An author shows a relationship between two events where one directly impacts the other.
What is cause and effect?
A writer will typically find the title of the text, the author's name, as well as the overall main idea of the text in this part of the prompt.
What is the first sentence?
This is considered to be a writers first task when he or she receives an essay prompt.
What is analyze the prompt?
An example would be: "She is hit or miss when it comes to her effort on her assignments".
What is a juxtaposition?
The rebuilding after the climax of a story that leads us to the resolution.
What is falling action?
An example would be an itinerary for a road trip.
What is sequential order?
What is the name of the acronym used to construct an efficient informative body paragraph?
What is T.E.P.A?
During this type of pacing an author will spend an extended amount of time building ____________ by vividly describing a person, place, or event.
What is tension?
What is situational irony?
What is man vs. self conflict?
An author would use this text structure to explain how he or she overcame an adverse problem.
What is problem and solution?
The type of essay in which an author would have to defend his or her perspective on a topic.
What is an argumentative essay?
Considered to be a great place to look first to identify the overall central idea of a text.
What is the title and/or headings.