Essays
Most common types of high school essays.
What are Expository, narrative, descriptive, argumentative, and persuasive?
Four categories of figurative language.
What are comparisons, sound devices, exaggeration, and contradiction?
These eight parts of speech categorize words by their grammatical function in a sentence.
What are noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction, and interjection?
Symbols used in writing to clarify meaning, separate sentences and phrases, and indicate pause or inflections.
What are punctuation marks?
Rhetoric is used when the goal is achieving this.
What is trying to convince another person to see things from your point of view?
Explains a topic in a clear and objective manner, defines a concept, or outlines a process.
What is expository/explanatory/informational essay?
Direct comparison between two unlike things, stating that one thing is another.
What is a metaphor?
In the sentence “They play soccer every weekend”, play is a…
What is a verb?
Five types of common punctuation marks can include…
What are periods, commas, question marks, exclamation points, colons, semicolons, apostrophes, quotation marks, dashes, hyphens, parenthesis, brackets, braces, and ellipses?
Three good examples of rhetoric in action.
What are political speeches, advertisements, and everyday conversations??
Appeals to all senses, using figurative language, and employing a “show, don’t tell” approach.
What is descriptive essay?
“Sweet sorrow” or “jumbo shrimp” are examples of this type of figurative language.
What is oxymoron?
In the sentence “Paul was an avid reader”, avid is…
What is an adjective?
Used to indicate a sudden break in thought or to set off a parenthetical remark.
What is a dash?
“Father” of rhetoric.
Who was Aristotle?
Recounting a performance or sporting event, learning a new skill, or a time of overcoming a challenge.
What is narrative essay?
A phrase that cannot be understood from the literal meaning of its words.
What is an idiom?
A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another _____, often indicating manner, time, or place.
What is an adverb?
Used to enclose added words or phrases to clarify or correct a statement.
What is a bracket?
Three common types of rhetoric.
What are ethos, pathos, and logos?
States a clear opinion, supports it with evidence and examples, and anticipates potential counterarguments.
What is persuasive essay?
“All hands on deck”.
What is a synecdoche?
Word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in the sentence, often indicating location or time.
What is a preposition?
The enclosed items in the sentence “She chose her favorite flavors {chocolate, vanilla, strawberry} for the ice cream social” represent an example of…
What is braces?
Launching a marketing campaign around a seasonal event.
What is kairos?