Figurative Language
The pavement was as slick as wet swans.
What is a simile?
One sentence that lets the reader know what your essay is about.
What is the thesis statement?
Rules are very important. They help keep things running smoothly. Rules let you know what you can and cannot do whether you are playing a game or explaining how to act in class. You should follow rules; they help people get along.
To _ is the purpose of this passage.
What is to pursuade?
The plot twist or “peak” of a story’s conflict.
What is The climax?
This type of writing gives information step by step.
What is sequence?
A statement that can be proven....
What is a fact?
An appeal to the writer's character or credibility?
What is ethos?
"Well, son, I'll tell you
Life for me ain't been no crystal stair"
("Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes)
Langston Hughes uses these to compare life to a set of crystal stairs.
What is a metaphor?
The thesis statement can found in this part of the paper.....
What is the introduction?
This punctuation mark is used to join two independent statements to create one sentence.
What is a comma?
When characters are struggling against someone, themselves, or something.
What is conflict?
This text structure is "how are things in the text similar or different."
What is a compare/contrast?
taken from the text and used to support an opinion...
What is evidence?
What is logos?
"Down in the street little eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper into spirals, and though the sun was shining and the sky a harsh blue, there seemed to be no colour in anything, except the posters that were plastered everywhere." (1984 by George Orwell)
George Orwell employs this literary device
What is imagery?
What are semi colons and three reasons?
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This clip explains details from prior events. This is an example of a _
What is a flashback?
Statements that reflect the main idea or "take away" from a literary work.
What is the theme?
This type of rhetoric appeals to a person‘s emotions.
What is pathos?
A set of parentheses at the end of a quote that tells the reader where the information came from.
What is a parenthetical citation?
Alliteration, pathos, hyperbole, euphemism, ethos, and logos.
What are types of rhetoric?
This is the reader's emotional response that reflects the author's purpose and attitude toward the subject.
What is tone?
This cannot be answered by your reader, and should not be used as your thesis statement.
What is a rhetorical question?
A sentence or word can connect your examples or make a change from one paragraph to another flow more easily.....
What is a transition word or transition sentence?
Poems, stories, and plays are these types of texts on the English II EOC.
What is literary or fictional?
Students who are frequently absent often have lower average grades than those who have good attendance. When they are out of the classroom, students do not get to see a teacher’s lessons. Even if they attend extra help, it’s usually much shorter and less detailed than the actual lesson. In addition, frequently absent students often miss tests or other assignments and don’t always make up the work.
_ is the text structure.
What is cause & effect?
Speeches, articles, letters, and biographies are examples of these....
What are non-fiction texts?
forms of communication and argument essential to public, political, and legal life.
What is rhetoric?
Not everything is said directly in the text. You may need to make an...
What is an inference?
This should be restated in the conclusion paragraph.
What is a thesis statement?
This statement serves as an argument to your original claim and briefly entertains the opposing viewpoint.
What is a counterclaim?
Created by combining the setting and words with specific connotations to make the reader feel something.
What is the mood of a story?
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_ is the rhetoric used in the commercial.
What is pathos?
This part of the writing focuses on correcting content errors.
What is revising?
A rhetorical device used over and over to help the reader remember the main points.
What is repetition?