Transcript Jeopardy - Alleghany County Schools

Jeopardy
Writing Terms
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Q 11
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Q2
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Q3
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Q 14
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Final Jeopardy
Question 1
An organizational structure of text
in which there is a description or
events and their causes or
consequences.
Answer 1
What is – cause and effect?
Question 2
The accepted rules of written and
spoken language.
Answer 2
What is – conventions ?
Question 3
A combination of words that is not
strictly in accordance with grammatical
rules and often possesses a meaning
other that its grammatical or logical
one.
Answer 3
What is – an idiom ?
Question 4
A method used in speaking or writing
to get an audience to agree with the
speaker or writer’s point of view.
Answer 4
What is – persuasive technique ?
Question 5
The basic argument advanced by a
speaker or writer who then attempts
to prove it; the subject or major
argument of a speech or composition.
Answer 5
What is – thesis ?
Question 6
An organizational structure of text in
which events are placed in the order
they occur in time.
Answer 6
What is – chronological ?
Question 7
A reference, explanation, or comment
usually placed below the text on a
printed page .
Answer 7
What is – a definitional footnote ?
Question 8
The gist of a passage; the central
thought; the chief topic of a
passage expressed or implied in a
word or phrase; the topic sentence of
a paragraph.
Answer 8
What is – the main idea ?
Question 9
The initial creative stage of writing,
prior to drafting, in which a writer
formulates ideas, gathers information,
and considers ways to organize them.
Answer 9
What is – pre-writing ?
Question 10
The general category of class of ideas,
often stated in a word or phrase, to
which the ideas of a passage as a
whole belong.
Answer 10
What is – topic ?
Question 11
An organizational structure of text in
which a description of similarities
and differences among two or more
things occurs
Answer 11
What is – comparison & contrast ?
Question 12
The literal or “dictionary” meaning
of a word .
Answer 12
What is – denotation ?
Question 13
One of the four traditional forms of
composition in speech and writing
that moves the reader by argument
or entreaty to a belief or position.
Answer 13
What is –persuasive?
Question 14
An organizational structure of text that
is similar to cause and effect, except
that outcomes are a result or solution
or a perceived need or problem .
Answer 14
What is – problem-solution ?
Question 15
A sentence intended to express the
main idea in a paragraph or passage .
Answer 15
What is – a topic sentence ?
Question 16
One of the four traditional forms of
composition in speech and writing
that gives a verbal picture of a
character and an event, including the
setting in which they occur.
Answer 16
What is – imagery ?
Question 17
Choice of words in writing or
speaking; clarity and distinctiveness
of pronunciation .
Answer 17
What is – diction ?
Question 18
The stage of the writing process in
which one considers and improves
the meaning and underlying
structure of a written draft.
Answer 18
What is – revision ?
Question 19
Words and phrases that help explain
relationships between sentences and
allow a reader or writer to move from
one idea to another .
Answer 19
What is – transitions ?
Question 20
A spoken or written composition,
intending to set forth or explain.
Answer 20
What is – expository ?
Question 21
The distinctive style or manner of
expression of an author or of a
character in a book .
Answer 21
What is – voice ?
Question 22
A step in preparing a written work for
publication or review that focuses on
clarity and correctness.
Answer 22
What is – editing ?
Question 23
A method used in writing or speaking
in which language is used to influence
or persuade an audience.
Answer 23
What is – a rhetorical device ?
Question 24
The quality of a piece of writing in
which the ideas are clearly arranged so
a reader can follow the progression
from one idea to the next.
Answer 24
What is – coherence ?
Question 25
The center or interest or attention;
in writing, the central idea.
Answer 25
What is – focus ?
Final Jeopardy
To steal and pass off the ideas or
words of another as one’s own; to
use another’s production without
crediting the source.
Final Jeopardy Answer
What is – plagiarism ?