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This is the way it should be!
What is the "meaning" of this?
100
This is why someone writes what they write
What is Author's Purpose
100
When given something to read, you should read the _______ first.
What are the directions?
100
“Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of what literary device?
What is alliteration.
100
this is the point the author of a persuasive piece is trying to make.
What is the Claim
100
To act or look like; to imitate
What is simulate?
200
The reason a newspaper prints election results
What is to inform
200
When test writers ask you for to create a title for a passage, they are really wanting you to identify this.
What is the main idea.
200
"I am the loudest person in the entire world," is an example of what literary device?
What is hyperbole?
200
This is an argument based on facts, evidence and reason.
What is logos
200
steady, determined, careful in work
What is diligent?
300
An editorial stating that teenagers should not get their license until they are 18 has this as its purpose.
What is to persuade
300
This is is the AUTHOR’S attitude towards the audience, the subject, or the character.
What is tone?
300
"The flowers danced in the wind" is an example of what literary device?
What is personification
300
The writer or speaker presents him or herself to the audience as credible, trustworthy, honest and ethical form of persuasion.
What is Ethos
300
the main point or essential part of a matter; central idea
What is gist?
400
A short story about a boy who never cleans his room and the horrible mess that accumulates has this as its purpose
What is to entertain
400
Tone can be shown through one of these things?
What are dialogue or word choice (description)
400
Buzz, Pow, Bang.. Spell the literary device used here
What is O-n-o-m-a-t-o-p-o-e-i-a
400
This form of argument appeals to readers’ emotions and feelings.
What is pathos?
400
The root pop means
What is people
500
To entertain, to persuade, to inform
What are the three purposes an author may write?
500
This is is the feeling the reader gets from a story.
What is mood?
500
It is raining so hard, I think I see the animals lining up two by two uses what literary device?
What is allusion
500
A picture of a small hungry child would be which type of argument?
What is pathos?
500
the prefix contra means
What is against?