How does main goal in a persuasive essay relate to a main idea?
They are the same thing= Author's purpose for writing the selection
100
What must the best summary include?
Who, what, why, and the conclusion or end result
(beginning, middle, end)
100
"She is a beautiful women with a diamond face and she is the sunshine of my life."
- Metaphor, simile, or exaggeration?
Metaphor.
100
What does foreshadowing mean? Why is it used?
It means to predict, and it is used to make you think about a future event that will happen
200
How do you identify a poet's theme?
By considering the "whole poem"
200
Where do you claim in a persuasive essay?
In the first paragraph of the essay
200
How do you determine a character's personality?
What do, think, feel, and say or "Dialogue"
200
Juliet is the sun.
Metaphor
200
Why is adding your side notes to stanzas/paragraphs important?
To make sure you understood what you read, and it makes it easier to go back to find your answers
300
What are stanzas?
The group of lines arranged in a paragraph form.
300
What is reasoning?
Explains the reason for the problem which the author is trying to find a solution for
300
She is like a cloud, she glides by as she walks.
Simile
300
What are synonyms? Where do you find them?
In the thesaurus section of the dictionary under the word you looked up. (inside grey box)
400
When you read a paired selection (such as poem and expository) they will often times have a common....?
Theme
400
How do you appeal to your audience?
1) With an Attention getter
2) Explaining your position on an argument clearly
400
She is so athletic she could run a 1000 miles.
Exaggeration
400
How do you make side notes?
At each stanza/paragraph, and make sure to write the purpose for that stanza/paragraph and not just repeat what was already said.
In other words, answer the question: Why did the other write this stanza/paragraph? What big picture did they want to tell you?
500
What is a strategy for understanding a poem when it is paired with an expository text?
Read the expository first, so the poem will make more sense.
500
Why is connecting to your audience important?
Otherwise the message or purpose for the essay will be ignored.
500
"She abandons me as if I was a sinking ship."
- What message might an author be trying to say, using this figurative language?
Exaggerating how quickly the girlfriend left him
500
"In paragraph 9, the word expulsion, which is based on a Latin root, means"
- Find definition and one synonym
An expelling being expelled; banishment
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