Rhetoric
A comparison of two things to a well-known idea
What is an analogy
Verifiable information, typically involving data
What are facts
The first thing that appears in a works cited citation
The author's last name
The moral message of a piece of media
What is theme
Not a word's dictionary definition, or it's denotation, but the positive or negative feeling the word carries
What is connotation
A list of things to support an idea (x, y, and z)
What is example
This part of a citation is italicized, or appears slanted.
What are books and whole website titles.
The theme of the below passage:
Tim hated his old baseball glove. He wanted to play with a new glove, but he didn't have any money, so he decided to steal it. But when Tim got caught stealing the glove, his parents said he couldn't play baseball all summer.
What is answer 3
The following sentence uses this rhetorical device:
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
What is parallelism
The main point of a piece of nonfiction writing. You can read the first and last sentence of each paragraph to help find this.
What is the central idea
A kind of dependent clause that informs, "Which one?" "What kind?" or "How many?"
What is a noun clause
True or False: Theme should be written as a statement and not just one word.
What is true
The following is an example of this rhetorical device:
The ugliest dirtbag to ever exist has got to be my ex-girlfriend.
What is charged language
The argument a person is making
What is a claim
The incorrect part of the following works cited:
Collins, Suzanne. "The Hunger Games." Scholastic Press, 2008.
What is quotation marks
The main difference between theme and central idea
What is the universal message versus what a story is about.
Making an appeal to someone's emotions or pity
What is pathos
An argument that goes against your own argument
What is a counterclaim
An MLA works cited that uses the following information
Author: William Golding
Title: The Lord of the Flies
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Date: 1954
What is Golding, William. The Lord of the Flies. Faber and Faber, 2016.
Theme statement for a story about a child who experiences loss at an early age but finds self-love and peace as they grow up.
(Several answers subject to review) Example answers:
Loss does not define us, how we respond to it does.
Invest in yourself and you'll feel fulfilled.
Time heals all wounds.