Essay Analysis Test Back Up Info

Question 1

Personal/Reflective
Purpose of an Essay

Answer 1

• informal which includes:
  ** first person, colloquial language, subjective,
• personal experiences,
• reflective of an aspect of the author,
• the thesis proves something about the author

Question 2

Persuasive/Argumentative
Purpose of an Essay

Answer 2

Persuasion: emotional appeals
Argumentation: logical appeals

Question 3

Narrative MOD Purpose

Answer 3

• Purpose: Tells a story or recounts an experience and has a moral or lesson to prove a point
  ** Answers “What happened” type of question? The thesis answers it

Question 4

Narrative MOD Pattern

Answer 4

Pattern: chronological (beginning, middle, and end)

Question 5

Narrative MOD Key Features

Answer 5

• Plot, climax, character, setting
• First-person (i, me, my) and informal tone (colloquial language, subjective)
• Transition words are “time signals” (ie. then, after that, soon)

Question 6

Narrative MOD Thesis

Answer 6

The thesis is Implicit

Question 7

Narrative MOD Literary Devices

Answer 7

Figurative Devices (ie. metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole)

Question 8

Cause and Effect MOD Purpose

Answer 8

Purpose: Gives reasons why something happened OR Shows the results of some event or action
* Answers “Why…?” OR “What are the consequences/results…?”

Question 9

Cause and Effect MOD Pattern

Answer 9

• Focus on Causes (Cause #1, #2, #3 = Effect)
• Focus on Effects (Cause = Effect #1, #2, #3)
• Causal Chain (Cause, Effect, Cause, Effect)

Question 10

Cause and Effect MOD Key Features:

Answer 10

• Transitional words (If/then, Because, As a result, Thus, Therefore, Cause, Effect)
• Logical cause and effect relation between ideas

Question 11

Cause and Effect MOD Thesis

Answer 11

The thesis is implicit or explicit

Question 12

Cause and Effect MOD Literary Devices

Answer 12

Parallelism (climatic)
Opposite/Contrast
Chiasmus
Periodic sentence

Question 13

Descriptive MOD Purpose

Answer 13

Purpose: Describes a person, place, event, feeling, or thing
* The thesis answers a “What is it like?” kind of question
* Tries to give the reader a clear impression of the person, place, thing, feeling, or situation it is describing.

Question 14

Descriptive MOD Pattern

Answer 14

Pattern: spatial/directional (ex: inside to outside, upstairs to downstairs, left to right, etc…)

Question 15

Descriptive MOD Key Features

Answer 15

• Appeals to the senses; considers how something looks, smells, tastes, feels, and sounds
• Uses dominant impression
• figurative language
• Uses adjectives and adverbs

Question 16

Descriptive MOD Thesis

Answer 16

The thesis is implicit or explicit

Question 17

Descriptive MOD Literary Device

Answer 17

Literary device - Imagery

Question 18

Compare and Contrast MOD Purpose

Answer 18

Purpose: To show similarities or differences to prove the thesis
asks “What is similar and what is different”

Question 19

Compare and Contrast MOD Pattern

Answer 19

Block Method
Point by Point

Question 20

Compare and Contrast MOD Key Features

Answer 20

Transitional Words (Key Transitional Words: Like/Unlike, On the contrary, Similar/ Dissimilar, Although, However, On the other hand, But, In contrast)

Question 21

Compare and Contrast MOD Thesis

Answer 21

The thesis is explicit

Question 22

Compare and Contrast MOD Literary Devices

Answer 22

Literary devices are structural (parallelism, opposite/contrast, periodic sentence)

Question 23

Example/Illustration MOD Purpose

Answer 23

Purpose: Uses examples to support the main point the author is making about their topic (the thesis)
Answers “What are examples? To prove point

Question 24

Example/Illustration MOD Pattern

Answer 24

usually, a minimum of 50% of supporting evidence is examples

Question 25

Example/Illustration MOD Key Features

Answer 25

* An illustration is an anecdote, analogy, or an example used to help explain or make something clear * Examples can include statistics, secondary sources, literary devices * Key Transitional Words: for example, for instance, for one thing, as an illustration, illustrated with, as an example, in this case

Question 26

Example/Illustration MOD Thesis

Answer 26

The thesis is implicit

Question 27

Example/Illustration MOD Literary Devices

Answer 27

Literary devices - analogy

Question 28

How to find Thesis

Answer 28

Look for what sentence in the essay answers the question asked by the method of development

Question 29

Hyperbole

Answer 29

A figure of speech that greatly exaggerates the truth for dramatic effect.

Question 30

Metaphor

Answer 30

A figurative comparison without using like or as.

Question 31

Extended Metaphor

Answer 31

A figurative comparison without using like or as that continues through multiple sentences or paragraphs.

Question 32

Synecdoche

Answer 32

A figure of speech in which a term or a part of something is used to represent the whole or vice versa.

Question 33

Metonymy

Answer 33

The use of the name of one thing for that of another.

Question 34

Simile

Answer 34

A figurative comparison using the words “like” or “as”.

Question 35

Personification

Answer 35

Figure of speech using human characteristics towards an inanimate object.

Question 36

Parallelism

Answer 36

Sections of the sentence are the same grammatically or similar to the way it is constructed.

Question 37

Climatic Parallelism

Answer 37

When sections of the sentence are the same grammatically or similar in the way it's constructed but they also help the text build to a "climax" or main point.

Question 38

Repetition

Answer 38

An instance of repeating or being repeated.

Question 39

Anaphora

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The repeated use of a phrase at the beginning of a sentence to reinforce the importance of a subject.

Question 40

Periodic Sentence

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the use of the sentence's main clause at the end of the sentence.

Question 41

Rhetorical Question

Answer 41

A question not expected to be answered.

Question 42

Pun

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a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings.

Question 43

Analogy

Answer 43

A comparison between something you have minimal understanding of to something you have lots of understanding, in order to understand something better.

Question 44

Unusual Word Order

Answer 44

To add emphasis and variation in a sentence by having a verb before the subject.

Question 45

Sentence Fragment

Answer 45

A sentence fragment is an incomplete sentence that is either missing a subject or a verb.

Question 46

Chiasmus

Answer 46

A rhetorical device that states 2 ideas, then repeats it in reverse order. This device is purely cosmetic. However, when used effectively, the device can be powerful.

Question 47

Opposite/Contrast

Answer 47

Words with reverse meaning

Question 48

Antithesis

Answer 48

Opposing ideas in close proximity

Question 49

Allusion

Answer 49

A reference to something from history, pop culture, literature, etc.

Question 50

Litotes

Answer 50

An understatement where you claim something to be less than it actually is, while sometimes using a double negative to state a positive.

Question 51

Verbal Irony

Answer 51

A figure of speech that says one thing but means another. The tone is important.

Question 52

Consonance

Answer 52

Sounds (Consonants) used in close proximity to one another

Question 53

Assonance

Answer 53

Repeating sounds (vowels) which are close to each other, often leaving a poetic impact.

Question 54

ask a question to which the answer is implied:

Answer 54

rhetorical question

Question 55

give emphasis:

Answer 55

sentence fragment

Question 56

give rhythm:

Answer 56

assonance and consonance

Question 57

play with words:

Answer 57

pun

Question 58

present ideas in order of importance going from least to most:

Answer 58

climatic parallelism

Question 59

contrast opposing ideas:

Answer 59

antithesis

Question 60

make a statement more memorable:

Answer 60

rhetorical devices

Question 61

save yourself a lot of words:

Answer 61

synecdoche

Question 62

draw attention to a string of words:

Answer 62

anaphora

Question 63

compare:

Answer 63

metaphor and simile

Question 64

explain:

Answer 64

analogy

Question 65

Informal

Answer 65

*1st Person Point of View and pronouns *Biased/subjective *Based on the experiences and knowledge of the writer *Implicit thesis *Colloquial style and use of figurative language

Question 66

Formal

Answer 66

*3rd Person *Unbiased/objective *Based on research *Explicit thesis *Academic style and use of stylistic devices