1
Q
What is an Essay?
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An Essay is a famous form of nonfiction writing.
2
Q
What is a Personal Essay?
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A Personal Essay is an informal essay that relates to an authors’ experience.
3
Q
What is an Expository Essay?
A
An Expository Essay is meant to expose or reveal something.
4
Q
What is a Persuasive Essay?
A
A Persuasive Essay is an Essay that is meant to persuade your reader.
English (Acellus) (9th Grade)
flashcards
Decks in class (112)
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The Lady, or the Tiger?13
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Semicolons1
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Academic Vocabulary I5
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Evaluating Irony2
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The Interlopers9
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Grammar Drill - Adverb Clauses3
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Vocabulary Workshop - Etymology2
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Writing Skills - Describing with Verbs1
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Grammar Drill - Colons2
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Academic Vocabulary II6
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Vocabulary - Homonyms and Homophones5
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The Invalid's Story16
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Grammar Drill - Dashes2
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Writing Skills - Dialogue2
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Vocabulary Skills - Synonyms2
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Academic Vocabulary III6
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The Gift of the Magi12
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Academic Vocabulary IV6
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Grammar Drill - Transitional Phrases1
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Grammar Drill - Run-on Sentences1
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Academic Vocabulary V6
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Grammar Drill - Misplaced Modifiers1
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Short Story8
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The Necklace10
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Comparative, Superlative Adjectives3
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Analogies I1
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Cause and Effect Relationships2
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The Lumber Room8
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Using a Dictionary - Tips1
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Vocabulary Drill - Word Parts1
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Vocabulary - Multiple-Meaning Words3
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Analyzing Same Subject, Different Mediums1
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Analogies II1
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Writing Skills - Concrete Details1
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Academic Vocabulary VI4
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Genres of Literature - Nonfiction5
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Reading Nonfiction2
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin7
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Writing Skills - Summarization2
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Grammar Skills - Semicolons1
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Vocabulary Drill - Synonyms II1
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Writing Skills - Autobiography2
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A Diary from Dixie10
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Grammar Drill - Sentence Fragments2
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Analogies III2
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from Specimen Days - Walt Whitman7
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Writing Skills - Write a News Story1
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Vocabulary Drill - Word Parts II4
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Analogies IV1
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Grammar Drill - Commas in a Series1
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Academic Vocabulary VII5
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Improve Reading Comprehension1
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Cub Pilot on the Mississippi10
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Vocabulary Skills - Adopted Words5
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Figures of Speech - Euphemism1
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Grammar Drill - Dialogue, Speaker Tags1
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Writing Autobiographical Narratives1
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Vocabulary Drill - Word Usage1
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Biography - Ben Franklin by Hawthorne8
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Literary Element - Anecdotes1
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Writing Skills - Biographies1
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Interview - Preparation2
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Conducting an Interview1
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From Interview to Report1
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Decoding Vocabulary - Word Parts1
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Ben Franklin - Cause and Effect1
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Grammar Drill - Dangling Modifiers1
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Essays4
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Persuasive Essay - Montaigne5
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Montaigne - Antithesis1
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Montaigne - Analyze Argument1
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Vocabulary Drill - Word Usage II1
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Grammar - Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement2
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Franklin Letter - Daylight Saving4
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Daylight Saving - Rhetorical Devices1
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Daylight Saving - Paraphrasing1
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Daylight Saving - Analyze Humor5
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Vocabulary Workshop - Context Clues II1
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Writing Skills - Humorous Essay1
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Gettysburg Address - Persuasion1
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A New Generation10
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Finding Common Ground1
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Vocabulary Drill - Word Usage III1
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Oral Communication - Persuasion1
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Grammar Drill - Infinitives2
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Vocabulary Drill - Synonyms III1
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Compare Literature - Differing Views1
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Grammar Drill - Sentence Fragments II2
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Analogies V1
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Writing Skills - Editorials3
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Elements of Poetry1
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William Wordsworth - Paraphrasing3
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William Wordsworth - Rhyme Scheme3
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Emily Dickinson - Metaphor4
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Emily Dickinson - Poetic Form1
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Walt Whitman - Free Verse3
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Vachel Lindsay - Compare and Contrast4
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Paul Dunbar - Symbolism7
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Emily Dickinson - Personification8
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Figures of Speech - Oxymoron3
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Elements of Drama6
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Drama - Tragedy and Comedy7
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Oscar Wilde - Satire11
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Drama - Reading Tips1
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Drama - Writing Tips4
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Grammar Drill - Possessives2
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Elements of Tragedy4
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Dramatic Devices4
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Grammar Tip - Subject-Verb Order6
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Shakespearean Drama4
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Romeo and Juliet - Overview4
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Reading Shakespeare4
