Grammar
An action word.
What is a verb?
The most important sentence of any essay.
What is the thesis?
This person had to overcome the challenges of being deaf and blind.
Who is Helen Keller?
"Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world’s estimation."
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
A comparison that uses the words "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
The type of word that describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
An essay that praises a specific person or thing.
What is encomium?
This man was the first person to reach the South Pole.
Who is Roald Amundsen?
“Though I have been trained as a soldier, and participated in many battles, there never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.”
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
A comparison that does NOT use the words "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
A sentence that lacks proper punctuation and should really be divided into separate sentences, either with punctuation or a conjunction.
What is a run-on sentence?
This paragraph includes a hook, thesis, and transition sentence.
What is an introduction?
This man assassinated President Abraham Lincoln.
“We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience and character.”
Who is David Henry Thoreau?
Deliberate exaggeration for the sake of emphasizing an idea or appealing to the emotions.
What is hyperbole?
What is a subordinate clause?
The name of the citation style which uses in-text citations and a Works Cited list.
What is MLA?
Affectionately known as "Hatchet Granny", this woman spent her life fighting against alcohol in saloons.
Who is Carry A. Nation?
“Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.”
Who is Thomas Paine?
Repeating a word, phrase, or idea to make a stronger point.
What is repetition?
A noun or a noun phrase that adds extra information about the main noun.
What is an appositive/appositive phrase?
Name the four body paragraphs in an encomium/vituperation essay.
What are background, qualities, career, and contrast?
Though born into slavery, this man taught himself to read, eventually escaped slavery, and started an abolitionist newspaper.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.”
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
A question that needs no answer; a question with an obvious answer.
What is a rhetorical question?