Argumentative
The number of paragraphs that make up a formal argumentative essay?
With are 5 Paragraphs?
The purpose of narrative writing.
What is to entertain?
The purpose of informational/expository writing.
What is to inform?
Phrase/Clause
She's upset.
What is a clause?
True/False
Dramatic Irony is when the author uses sarcasm.
What is False?
Challenging the argument by addressing the position of someone who may not agree with you.
What is counter- argument?
Define 3rd person Limited POV.
What is when the reader only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character in the story opposed to all of the characters?
The number of supporting paragraphs that are included in a formal informational essay.
What are 3 supporting paragraphs?
Identify the following sentence as either active or passive voice.
The ball was thrown.
What is passive voice?
Identify the type of conflict.
Abby and her best friend Megan are working together on a group project. Abby did not do any work, leaving it all for Megan to do. When the girls get together to do the project, Megan finds out Abby did not do any work. She becomes angry, yells at Abby, and storms out of the room.
What is Man vs. Man?
The difference between an argumentative writing and a persuasive writing.
Note: Both fall under the argumentative umbrella
What are supporting details?
(argumentative writing is based on EVIDENCE and LOGIC/ persuasive writing is based on FEELINGS and EMOTIONS)
Identify the 5 elements of the plot structure.
What are exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
These elements make up the introduction paragraph.
What are hook, background information, and thesis/claim?
Identify the correct sentence structure.
If we climb the mountain, I might fall and hurt myself, so that may not be a good thing for us to engage in.
What is compound-complex?
Define Indirect Characterization.
What is when an author describes a character through the character's thoughts, feelings, action, speech, and dialogue?
Demonstrating why the opposition to the argument is wrong.
What is turn-back?
Identify the type of conflict:
Abby needs to go to the library to begin working on her project. When she arrives, she finds out that juveniles under the age of eighteen cannot enter the library without a parent. Her mom is at work. Abby is mad about this thing, totally out of her control. She writes a letter to the library, expressing her disgust.
What is Man Vs. Society?
Two examples of informational writing.
What are magazines, newspapers, instructional manuals, biographies, reports, articles, textbooks, etc.?
Identify the following modifier as either misplaced or dangling.
We enjoyed the fried shrimp served on paper plates which were spicy and crisp.
What is a misplaced modifier?
Identify the type of irony.
Two friends went to a party in the same dress after promising each other not to wear that dress.
What is situational irony?
The significance of a bridge in argumentative writing.
What is it explains how your evidence supports your initial claim/position for your essay?
Describe sensory imagery in narrative writing.
What is when the author describes what they see, feel, taste, smell, and hear to help bring the reader into the story?
Identify the 5 types of informational text structures.
What are DESCRIPTION, SEQUENCE, COMPARE/CONTRAST, CAUSE/EFFECT, and PROBLEM/ SOLUTION?
Identify the following modifier as either misplaced or dangling.
Working a minimum-wage job on the weekends, the expensive gifts that his girlfriend Gloria required could not be purchased with Caesar’s limited funds.
What is a misplaced modifier?
Identify the 3 elements that make up the conclusion paragraph in both argumentative writing and informational/expository writing.
What are restate thesis, summarize main points from the supporting paragraphs, and a concluding sentence?