One useful aspect of this literary device is that allows us to view non-human things in a way that is more familiar to our experiences, characteristics, and motivations.
Personification
100
Identify the grammar mistake:
After the devastation of the siege of Leningrad the Soviets were left with the task of rebuilding their population as well as their city
Missing comma after intro phrase.
100
Verb tense should be ______ throughout an essay.
Consistent/ The same
100
In a textual analysis essay, this is the central idea that the writer is trying to prove.
Thesis Statement
100
What is the acronym we base our paragraph structure on? What does each letter stand for?
P.I.E. Point/Illustration/Explanation
200
“A reader must assimilate the features of the work into his own mental structures and, when those structures are inadequate revise them to accommodate the complexity he finds in the text”. This refers to an effect cause by what literary device?
Cognitive Dissonance
200
Identify the grammar mistake:
The boy and his father knew that he was in trouble.
Pronoun Ambiguity
200
What makes the following sentence un-academic:
Then the wife was so annoying, acting so messed up to her super nice husband.
Tone is too casual/informal.
200
The thesis statement is usually one to two sentences long and can be found in the __________ paragraph.
Introductory paragraph
200
A direct quote usually satisfies what part of the P.I.E.
The illustration
300
“They stepped all over him” is an example of what type of metaphor?
Conceptual metaphor
300
Identify the grammar mistake:
My brother in the red shirt likes ice-cream.
(said by someone with only one brother)
Missing commas around nonrestrictive relative clause
300
What makes the following sentence un-academic:
Every French poet has always remained loyal to his school or literary movement.
Gender biased pronoun.
300
According to the assignment sheet, your thesis must be a claim; it cannot be a
A statement of fact
300
The explanation (E) part of the paragraph serves to connect what THREE things?
The (1) illustration to the (2) main point of the paragraph and the (3) thesis
400
“They shot down my argument” refers to what broader conceptual metaphor?
Argument is war
400
Identify the grammar mistake:
The city court got to know Richard and I very well over the years.
“I” pronoun has wrong case.
400
What makes the following sentence un-academic:
It may have been that perhaps Mishima was embodying an anti-Western sentiment through this character’s actions.
Drawn out intro: ‘Mishima may have been…’
400
In order to support your thesis, you need to integrate textual _______
evidence
400
True or false: your paragraph can have 2 main points (or ideas) as long as they are well supported
False
500
Explain how Arizona governor Jan Brewer is taking advantage of Lakoff’s ‘nation as a family’ metaphor to her advantage. (1:23)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yvdJdS-1kQ
Liberals’ adherence for a ‘nurturing parent’ family structure results in a ‘overbearing and arrogant’ government.
500
What is the main clause’s verb in the following sentence:
It seems that the character who returned from the war late forgot his place in the town where he grew up.
"Forgot".
500
What makes the following sentence un-academic:
All readers find Joseph Conrad’s prose overwhelmingly dense at first.
Overgeneralization.
500
The main idea and the organization of paragraphs is part of the ________ structure of the essay.
Global structure
500
True or false: essays must be five paragraphs long.