analyzing essays definitions

Question 1

genre

Answer 1

a type of literary work, such as a short story, novel essay, play or poem

Question 2

essay

Answer 2

any short composition in prose that undertakes to discuss a matter, express a point of view, or persuade us to accept a thesis on a subject

Question 3

story

Answer 3

a narrative involving events, characters, and what the characters say and do

Question 4

thesis

Answer 4

the main point or position that a writer develops and supports in an essay or other non-fictional composition

Question 5

claim

Answer 5

an assertion that you actively attempt to prove through logic and various kinds of evidence

Question 6

reason

Answer 6

a statement that supports a claim and leads readers to accept it

Question 7

evidence

Answer 7

all verifiable info. that a writer may use as support to an argument, such as facts, observations, examples, cases, data etc.

Question 8

topic sentence

Answer 8

the main point or position that a writer develops and supports in a particular paragraph

Question 9

sentence outline

Answer 9

plan for an essay that includes complete sentence version of the thesis statement of the essay as well as of the topic sentence for each body paragraph

Question 10

heading

Answer 10

lines at the beginning of the essay in MLA format containing info. about the student, professor, course, and due date. These lines take place on a separate cover page (header is at top right corner of each page which includes only the student’s last name and page number)

Question 11

parenthetical reference

Answer 11

note in the body of an essay in MLA format that identifies the source of a citation by providing the author’s name and page number

Question 12

block quotation

Answer 12

citation thats more than 4 lines and must be indented entirely on the left side

Question 13

works cited

Answer 13

list of sources including bibliographical info. found at the end of an essay written in MLA format