FIGURES OF SPEECH
These are exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
What is a hyperbole?
Reference pages (within the APA system/style/format) should have the sources LISTED in a particular order. This is the name of that order.
What is alphabetical order?
This is a series of related sentences developing a central idea, within the body of an essay.
What is a paragraph?
A seven letter word which serves the purpose of establishing a comparison between one thing and another, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
Analogy
This type of writing, utilizes characters, dialogue, a plot, a climax, falling action etc.
What is Narrative Writing ?
This is a style of intext citation whereby the writer places only the YEAR of the source in parenthesis
What is the Narrative order
Reasons, examples, facts, steps, or other kinds of evidence that explain the main idea in a paragraph are called?
What are supporting details?
An alliteration is the repetition of of consonants for the purpose of appealing the sound for example "She sells sea shells on the sea shore". However, thus is the name of the device whereby vowels are repeated.
What is an assonance?
This type of writing, employs the use of Gibbs' model, to guide the writers in how they detail and construct their essays.
What is Reflective Writing?
"Creativity is the bane of my existence. This is not for me at all" (Angelo, 2019).
The previous example, is a form of what type of APA in-text citation.
What is the parenthetical style?
A style of organizing an expository essay, whereby; a relationship between events or things is established, where one is the result of the other or others.
What is Cause and Effect?
The process of creating a word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes. SPELL IT.
WHAT IS AN
O-N-O-M-A-T-O-P-O-E-I-A?
This type of writing ensures that there is a picture painted with words. There is no plot or dialogue, but there is heavy use of olfactory, gustatory, auditory and visual appeal.
What is Descriptive Writing?
When an online or print article does not contain a date of publication, the APA format uses this abbreviation
What is "n.d"
This usually appears at the conclusion of the introductory paragraph of a paper. It offers a concise summary of the main point or claim of the essay, research paper, etc.
What is the Thesis statement.
This devise refers to the repetition of letter sounds that have a hushing or hissing quality. Think of the “s” sound that recurs in “uncertain rustling,” or the “sh” in “luscious shores.” Comes from the Latin “sibilare,” meaning “to hiss” or “to whistle,
Sibilance
This type of writing is similar to Persuasive writing, however there is a difference. In this type of writing, the writer goes to the extent of including rebuttals and counterclaims in order to solidify his points of view.
What is Argumentative Writing?
This is a latin phrase, used in citation for APA papers, meaning “and others.”
What is et. al or et al.
A 9 letter word used in paragraph/essay writing, which speaks to the extent to which all parts (sentences/phrases etc.) flow logically and effectively/efficiently contribute to the 'whole' essay/paragraph.
What is coherence?