Fun bonus questions!
Who was the first Prime Minister of Canada?
John A. Macdonald
You can use a semi-colon to introduce a quotation.
True/False
False
“Just 0.00545 percent of the 550,000 boys playing high school basketball each year in the United States become a first-round draft pick."
What type of hook is this?
Statistic hook.
"let it snow, let it snow, let it snow."
What kind of technique is this?
Repetition
Can you use "I" in persuasive essays?
Yes, you can use "I" in persuasive essays.
What flightless bird went extinct in the 1660's and has a reputation for stupidity?
a) A dodo bird
b)The Labrador duck
c)The laughing owl
a) A dodo bird
If a quote is too long, and some parts are not important to be included. What can be used to skip those parts?
ellipses (.....)
"I used to love eating ice-cream, but when I realized that ice-cream had chemicals in it, I stopped eating it."
What type of hook is this?
Anecdote hook.
"This is the worst day of my life."
Hyperbole is the technique of persuasion used true/false.
True!
What are the three parts of a persuasive essay?
Introduction, body paragraph, and conclusion.
Name five of the seven dwarfs.
Identify the error in this poem quotation, and fix it.
"I love the spring For everyday There's something new."
"I love the spring / For everyday / There's something new."
What is the purpose of a hook?
The purpose of a hook is to engage a reader into your writing, as well as increase their curiosity for it.
A hook is supposed to be attention grabbing.
Bobby: I don't want to do my work.
Freddy: If you don't do your work, I will jump off a cliff, and then you'll be alone forever.
Name the technique being used.
Appeal to emotion.
What is something necessary that you have to do before writing a persuasive writing?
Do research on your topic.
According to the Big Bang Theory, how did the universe begin?
An explosion.
What would you do if you wanted to insert your own material into a quotation, or change words?
Add square brackets around what you have added into the quote.
"You see a man robbing a bank and then donating everything to an orphanage. You have the options of going to police and remaining silent."
What type of hook is this?
Dilemma
A traffic cop got his license suspended because of unpaid parking tickets.
Identify the technique.
Irony.
We should restate our ________ in the concluding paragraph to make an impact.
Thesis statement.
What is the capital city of Manitoba?
Winnipeg
Winnie the Pooh loved honey. "Without honey he wouldn't survive a day."
Use rule#2 and integrate this quotation into a sentence.
Winnie the Pooh loved honey:"Without honey he wouldn't survive a day."
"A continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition is perseverance."
What type of hook is this?
Definition hook.
Name at least five techniques of persuasion.
Hyperbole, appeal to emotion, irony, repetition and appeal to authority.
Define a thesis statement. And what is the purpose of it.
A thesis statement gives a summary of the essay and states the points that are going to be mentioned. A thesis statement should also organize the essay.