Essays
When should the introduction paragraph be written?
The introduction paragraph should be written after all of the body paragraphs have been written.
When do you need to provide a citation in your writing?
You need to provide a citation when you paraphrase or when you use a direct quotation.
What is narrative writing?
Narrative writing is a story, either that happened or could have happened.
What is dialog?
Dialog is conversation between characters or speeches made by characters in a narrative.
What is personification?
Personification is giving human characteristics to things or ideas.
When writing an essay, what is the job of a hook and where will you find it?
A hook is something that will grab the reader's attention. It is found in the introduction paragraph.
What is a paraphrase?
A paraphrase is when you write someone else's idea but you use your own vocabulary and sentence structures.
What is a flashback?
A flashback interrupts the story to insert events that happened earlier in time to help provide backstory or motive.
What type of punctuation should be placed around dialog?
Quotation marks should be placed around dialog.
What type of information does not require a citation?
Common knowledge does not require a citation.
A body paragraph should begin with what type of sentence and end with what type of sentence?
A body paragraph should begin with a topic sentence and end with a clincher sentence.
What is a direct quotation?
A direct quotation is when you write the exact same words that were spoken or written by someone else.
What is third person omniscient point of view mean?
It means that the narrator knows what every character is thinking and can explain this to the reader.
What are dialog tags?
They are words used to denote speech is occurring such as: said, asked, replied, yelled, etc.
What is foreshadowing?
Foreshadowing is an author's use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story.
What do you call the sentence found in the introduction paragraph that expresses the main idea of the essay?
It is a thesis sentence.
What is the job of the parenthetical citation?
The parenthetical citation is like a sign pointing you to the entry on the works cited page that contains the rest of the source's information.
What is an inciting incident?
An inciting incident is a moment near the beginning of a story where something goes wrong. Suddenly things are not normal anymore.
Where do periods and commas go when ending dialog?
Periods and commas always go inside the quotation marks.
What are the three types of irony?
They are situational, verbal, and dramatic irony.
What should the conclusion paragraph include?
List five of the nine pieces of information should to be included (when available) in an entry on the works cited page.
An entry should include: author, title of source, title of container, other contributors, version, number, publisher, date of publication, and location.
List the steps in the V approach to story structure.
When using the V approach, the story begins with "old normal" moves to bad, worse, really awful, then hits rock bottom. After that, something occurs causing things to improve and become much better, arriving at a "new normal."
What are beats?
Beats are character actions used to express emotion or move the plot forward.
What are the six questions that should be answered by a news story?
The six questions are: What? Why? When? How? When? and Who?