Essay Unit Flashcards

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Essay Analysis Steps

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Title
Author
Type
Topic
Purpose
Audience 
Thesis 
Order of info
Writing devices 
Style
Effectiveness
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List the 5 types of essays

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Descriptive
Expository
Persuasive
Narrative
Literary
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Descriptive essay

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To describe what and where

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Expository essay

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To explain why and how

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Persuasive essay

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To argue a point what

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Narrative

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To tell a story what when where how

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Literary

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Dealing with literary text

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Purpose is most often linked to what? (2)

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Thesis

Type of essay

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Thesis statement

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Most effective quotation

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10
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Chronological order

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In order of time from first to last

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Climatic order

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Order of importance

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Casual and logical order

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One point must be explained in order for the next point to be understood

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Random order

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Equal importance and not linked to one another

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Example

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Something selected from a class of things and used to clearly show the character of all of them

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Purpose of example

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Greatly proves thesis

Clear concept

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Process analysis

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Explains how the various steps in a procedure lead to its successful accomplishment

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Process analysis purpose

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Allows readers to understand the gestures that must be done during the thing

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Division and classification

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A single subject is broken into its component parts and the task is to explain the parts that make up the whole

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Purpose of division

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Essay is more organized and easier to follow

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Comparisons

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Discussing similarities and differences of things

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Purpose of comparison

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Further emphasizes authors point and allows the readers to see things from different perspectives

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Cause and effect

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Answers why something happened by looking at the reasons for something

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Purpose of cause and effect

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Determine how things are related

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Definition

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Main idea is to explain something

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Purpose of definition

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Allows reader to further understand the text

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Allusion

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A reference to a person or event assumed to be common knowledge

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Purpose of allusion

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More relatable and interesting

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Anecdote

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Brief narrative or an interesting event

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Purpose of anecdote

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Breaks up long text and see more narrative

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Diction

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Choice of words that can be used for poetic effect

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Figurative language

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Language involving figures of speech such as metaphors and similes

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Purpose of figurative language

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Puts image in readers head and carries the emotion

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration for emphasis

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Irony

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Underlying meaning of the words to is different to and usually opposite to the literary meaning

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Rhetorical question

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A question asked for persuasive effect

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Understatement

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Deliberate reduction of the size or importance of a subject to emphasize its magnitude