Writing
This sentence in your essay should state your specific position on a topic or answer the prompt directly if given one.
What is a thesis statement?
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Read this short tale and write a theme with your group members:
The Mockingbird in To Kill a Mockingbird is not just a bird but represents something else, which makes it a recurring _____ in the book.
What is a symbol?
"A moment passed and then a ballerina arose, swaying like a willow" is an example of this.
What is Simile?
"The bar snapped like celery" is an example of what literary term
What is Simile?
____ within a body paragraph is used to explain why the evidence supports your claims and thesis statement.
What is analysis?
The five parts to the elements of plot.
What is Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution?
"The sun was sinking slow"
What is alliteration?
Vonnegut's dystopian short story is told from this point of view.
What is 3rd person?
"Her voice was a warm, luminous, timeless melody"
What is metaphor?
"Furthermore" "Additionally" "Also" "In conclusion" "To elaborate" "Similarly"
What are transitions?
If you were to ask yourself, "Does the work suggest a solution to society’s class conflicts?" when reading a text, you would be analyzing from this perspective.
What is marxist perspective?
When the readers know that Scout, Jem, and Dill are in the courtroom listening to the trial, but the other characters do not. This is considered _____ irony.
What is dramatic irony?
The part of the story when Harrison and his Empress are shot and killed is this part of the plot.
What is the climax?
"clanking, clownish"
What is alliteration?
Every well-developed paragraph has these four components.
Topic sentence, Lead in (optional), Evidence, Analysis, Closing Sentence/Transition Sentence.
Universal messages such as "Forcing uniformity on people doesn't result in equality, but rather causes conflict and unhappiness" , "Having dreams is an essential part of life" , and "Those with great strengths will always be successful" are examples of well-developed _____.
What are themes?
In Scout's narration of events, she often references historical and biblical events and popular literary characters.
What is Allusion?
George, Harrison's father is described as "white and trembling, and tears stood on the rims of his red eyes" which is _____ characterization, portraying him as melancholy and sad.
What is indirect characterization?
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Write an example of an ANALOGY
This part of the essay ties all main ideas together with the thesis. This part of the essay provides readers with a purpose and often answers why your interpretation or analysis is important.
What is the conclusion?
If you were to ask yourself "What types of roles do women have in the text?" about a text, you would be analyzing from this critical perspective.
What is gender/feminist?
A common cultural phrase or an expression that has a figurative meaning and isn't meant to be taken literally. For example, "She fought him tooth and nail" (Lee 242) in To Kill a Mockingbird means that Mayella fought with all of her strength.
What is an idiom?
"He flung away his rubber-ball nose, revealed a man that would have awed Thor, the god of thunder"
What is allusion?
"The photograph of Harrison Bergeron on the screen jumped again and again as though DANCING to the tune of an earthquake"
What is personification?