Freshmen Final Quiz

The ideas or feelings a word invokes

An appeal to logic and/or common sense

a writing or speaking technique that helps to make arguments more persuasive

Which of the following is NOT apart of the plot diagram?

a coherent series of reasons, statements, or facts intended to support or establish a point of view

a related situation or logical connection that shows that further demonstrates a claim or point

a narrative stage that provides background information about the characters, setting, or conflict

the writer’s or speaker’s position on a debatable issue or problem

Using facts, examples and statistics to prove a point is an example of

facts, statistics, numerical data, quotations, specific examples, and expert opinions that support a claim

the point in the plot with the highest interest, conflict, or suspense

an idea formed by combining textual evidence and one’s own reasoning, logic and background knowledge

Which of the following would be a pertinent example for an essay about thriller movies?

Unfamiliar

Which of the following is an example of an argument?

the central idea or message of a work of literature, often expressed as a general statement about life

Shoping

a state involving beliefs and feelings that causes a person to think or act in a certain way

Believe

the first event in which the conflict becomes apparent

An appeal to authority, credibility or character

a way of expressing something in writing or speech that is developed using various techniques

the writer’s or speaker’s position on a debatable issue or problem

Shippment

the author’s, speaker’s, or narrator’s attitude toward a subject, evident through diction and other style elements

the main problem or struggle in a work of literature

the order or pattern a writer uses to organize information

the subject of a text, usually expressed as a single word or phrase in the form of a noun

the art of speaking and writing persuasively

A clause that cannot stand on its own

a focused explanation or argument that helps develop the central idea

an author's reason for writing

Which of the following is NOT an informational text structure?

Repeating keywords to ¨drill¨ a message or central idea in the rreader

a narrative stage that develops the conflict

A reference to a person, place, thing or event in speaking or writing

What makes a dependent clause unable to stand on its own?

the most important point that an author makes about a topic in a text idea?

Which of the following is an example of evidence?

An appeal to emotion

What is the denotation of the word dark?

a hint in the surrounding text that can help a reader infer the meaning of an unfamiliar word, phrase, or description

Which of the following is a topic?

Persuasion in the form of campaign attack ads are an example of

the final outcome of the story’s conflict

The literal definition of a word

The way authors look at a topic or a subject, and their attitude toward it

specific words chosen for precise meaning or to generate an emotional response

Which of the following is an example of a claim?

Which of the following would be a pertinent example for an essay about civil rights?

Which of the following influences an author's point of view?

Which of the following is NOT one of the types of author's purpose?

What is the connotation of the word dark?

Which of the following is a theme?

A clause that can stand on its own