Texts and Authors
A story about a man who wakes up as a giant insect one day.
What is "The Metamorphosis"?
All sentences are made up of these two elements.
What are clauses and phrases?
To make a wave-like motion.
What is undulate?
The main idea of a text.
What is theme?
Mr. Fyffe owns this many cats.
What is three?
Ray Bradbury wrote this story about hunters who go back in time to shoot dinosaurs.
What is "A Sound of Thunder"?
The following is an example of this type of phrase:
inside the classroom
What is a prepositional phrase?
The ability to spread disease.
What is virulence?
The author implies a deeper meaning, but the reader does this. (aka Draw conclusions from evidence in the text.)
What is infer (or inference)?
Most academic papers cite their sources using this format.
What is MLA?
Early in the Trump presidency, this news outlet did in-depth reporting about the border.
What is USA Today?
The following is an example of this type of clause:
which was unfortunate
What is a relative clause?
Having bad intentions or a negative influence.
What is malevolent?
An object that represents an idea; for example, an apple with a bite taken out of it representing the idea of knowledge.
What is a symbol?
A good research question is neither too ________ nor too _________.
What is broad and narrow?
German poet Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of sonnets to this famous Greek mythological musician.
Who is Orpheus?
The following is an example of this type of phrase:
sitting at his desk
What is a present participial phrase?
The tracks or remainder of something that once existed in greater numbers.
What is vestige?
In an essay, each body paragraph should begin with one of these.
What is a topic sentence?
The major thematic topic of this unit.
What is change?
Mark Osborne became famous after directing Kung Fu Panda, but before that he made this Oscar-nominated short film about an inventor who makes a product called Bliss.
What is "More"?
A phrase separated by commas and which the sentence does not need in order to make sense is known as this.
What is a non-essential phrase?
Another word for setting or environment.
What is milieu?
All claims should be supported with this.
What is evidence?
Gregor Samsa was an invention of this famous author.
Who is Franz Kafka?