LEAP 1
What is the time and place of a story called?
Setting
What does it mean to compare in an essay?
Look for and state similarities with details from the passage/selection
What time should you go to bed Monday and Tuesday night the night before the LEAP?
9pm!
What is a plot?
The things that happen in a story; sequence of events like rising action, climax and resolution/ falling action
New Orleans is the largest city in Louisiana - Fact or Opinion?
Fact
What does it mean to contrast something in an essay?
Look for and state differences with details from the passage/selection
What is conversation between characters usually using "quotation marks" called?
Dialogue
what is a direct comparison that USES "like" or "as"?
Simile
What is a direct comparison that does NOT use "like" or "as"?
metaphor
New Orleans is the best city in the world - Fact or Opinion?
Opinion
What is the main idea?
what the selection "as a whole" is about
What is the next sentence after the evidence?
Put evidence into your own words and explain how it relates to the topic sentence.
What is something that stands for something else like a country's flag?
symbol
What are the clues and hints of events to come in a story?
foreshadowing
What does a Research Essay thesis need to include?
all three authors or titles, the topic of all three texts, and how the arguments in the texts are similar and how they differ.
What is a topic sentence/ what does it have?
Main idea of a paragraph in one sentence, also has the title and author of the text
What is the main point of a story or the lesson to be learned?
theme
What does a Literary Analysis thesis need to include?
both authors and titles, theme, author moves, how the author develops the theme or characters
What is the feeling of a story called?
mood
What are the first 6 steps you should do as soon as you open the LEAP?
1. find the essay prompt & read it
2. Set up your essay planner/ scratch paper for the type of essay
3. Read the passages
4. Answer the MC questions
5. Fill in your essay planner scratch paper
6. Write your essay
You have read excerpts from “1984” by George Orwell and “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley. Write an essay analyzing how each author uses an allegory to explore the idea of the importance of individuality versus conformity.
- What type of essay is this and what do you need to do? - What is the thesis?
Literary Analysis
In both "1984" by George Orwell and "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley, the authors use allegories to explore the theme of the importance of individuality versus conformity.
What does a Literary Analysis essay need to include to reach mastery?
turn prompt into thesis with added details from readings, 3-4 paragraphs, paragraphs start with topic sentences with the author and title, evidence from the reading, explain evidence
What does a Narrative Essay need to include to reach Mastery?
beginning (rising action), middle (climax), end (resolution)
-dialogue, inner monologue, imagery
What do you need to include in a Research Essay to reach Mastery?
thesis that addresses the topic and arguments in all 3 texts, how the authors build their arguments - the type of evidence they use, 4-5 paragraphs, paragraphs start with topic sentences with the author and title, evidence from the reading, explain evidence
You have read three texts about various approaches to climate change. Write an essay that analyzes how each author makes their argument about society’s role in climate change. Remember to use textual evidence to support your ideas.
-What type of essay is this? Start a possible thesis
Research
author, author and author write about climate change. author and author agree about societies role in combating climate change but author disagrees and thinks _____.