2. Jeopardy Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q 5 Q 6Q 16Q 11Q 21 Q 7Q 12Q 17Q 22 Q 8Q 13Q 18 Q 23 Q 9 Q 14Q 19Q 24 Q 10Q 15Q 20Q 25 Final Jeopardy Writing Terms

3. Question 1 An organizational structure of text in which there is a description or events and their causes or consequences.

4. Answer 1 What is – cause and effect?

5. Question 2 The accepted rules of written and spoken language.

6. Answer 2 What is – conventions ?

7. 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.

8. Answer 3 What is – an idiom ?

9. Question 4 A method used in speaking or writing to get an audience to agree with the speaker or writers point of view.

10. Answer 4 What is – persuasive technique ?

11. 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.

12. Answer 5 What is – thesis ?

13. Question 6 An organizational structure of text in which events are placed in the order they occur in time.

14. Answer 6 What is – chronological ?

15. Question 7 A reference, explanation, or comment usually placed below the text on a printed page.

16. Answer 7 What is – a definitional footnote ?

17. 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.

18. Answer 8 What is – the main idea ?

19. 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.

20. Answer 9 What is – pre-writing ?

21. 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.

22. Answer 10 What is – topic ?

23. Question 11 An organizational structure of text in which a description of similarities and differences among two or more things occurs

24. Answer 11 What is – comparison & contrast ?

25. Question 12 The literal or dictionary meaning of a word.

26. Answer 12 What is – denotation ?

27. 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.

28. Answer 13 What is –persuasive?

29. 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.

30. Answer 14 What is – problem-solution ?

31. Question 15 A sentence intended to express the main idea in a paragraph or passage.

32. Answer 15 What is – a topic sentence ?

33. 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.

34. Answer 16 What is – imagery ?

35. Question 17 Choice of words in writing or speaking; clarity and distinctiveness of pronunciation.

36. Answer 17 What is – diction ?

37. Question 18 The stage of the writing process in which one considers and improves the meaning and underlying structure of a written draft.

38. Answer 18 What is – revision ?

39. Question 19 Words and phrases that help explain relationships between sentences and allow a reader or writer to move from one idea to another.

40. Answer 19 What is – transitions ?

41. Question 20 A spoken or written composition, intending to set forth or explain.

42. Answer 20 What is – expository ?

43. Question 21 The distinctive style or manner of expression of an author or of a character in a book.

44. Answer 21 What is – voice ?

45. Question 22 A step in preparing a written work for publication or review that focuses on clarity and correctness.

46. Answer 22 What is – editing ?

47. Question 23 A method used in writing or speaking in which language is used to influence or persuade an audience.

48. Answer 23 What is – a rhetorical device ?

49. 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.

50. Answer 24 What is – coherence ?

51. Question 25 The center or interest or attention; in writing, the central idea.

52. Answer 25 What is – focus ?

53. Final Jeopardy To steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as ones own; to use anothers production without crediting the source.

54. Final Jeopardy Answer What is – plagiarism ?