Writing Terms
This is the main idea of one's essay
What is the thesis?
This is the literary time period we are living in now
What is contemporary or post-modern?
This is the term for indicating what will happen in the future
What is foreshadowing?
This is a comparison that uses like or as
What is a simile?
This is how many days your American Lit EOC lasts.
What is two?
This paragraph only belongs in an argumentative essay
What is a counterclaim?
What is the puritanical period?
This comes in first person and various forms of third person
What is point of view?
This occurs when the audience knows something that a character doesn't know.
What is dramatic irony?
You will do answer these THREE types of writing questions on your EOC.
Hint: You will write either informational or argumentative essay, not both.
What is SCR, Narrative, and Essay
This is what it's called to give credit to the original writer when you quote something.
What is to cite evidence?
This literary period emphasized the everyday struggles of real people.
What is realism?
This is a comparison between two things extended throughout a long period of time
What is an extended metaphor?
This is language that appeals to the five senses.
What is imagery?
There are this many items on the American Lit EOC.
What is 51?
This is a type of writing that tells a story
What is a narrative?
This period of time occurs after World War I but before the 1950's
What is modernism?
This refers to the author's attitude toward their subject
What is tone?
This is a reference to something from another text/work of art/history.
What is an allusion?
Questions about author's style are asking you to discuss this.
HINT: This can be summarized in two words.
What are diction and syntax choices?
It is important for a writer to establish this. This is essential to establishing ethos
What is credibility?
What is romanticsm?
This refers to the word choices a writer uses
What is diction?
This refers to the manner in which sentences are composed.
What is syntax?
What is a one grade boost?