Writing strategy bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   Reasoning from thought and evidence.

   Item

   Logic

2. Clue

   Familiar thing explains an unfamiliar.

   Item

   Analogy

3. Clue

   Short comparison using like or as.

   Item

   Simile

4. Clue

   Items placed in a larger group.

   Item

   Classify

5. Clue

   A whole broken into parts.

   Item

   Division

6. Clue

   The dictionary meaning.

   Item

   Denotation

7. Clue

   The feelings a word carries.

   Item

   Connotation

8. Clue

   The paper's overarching claim.

   Item

   Thesis

9. Clue

   The point of one paragraph.

   Item

   Topic line

Instructions

Read each clue and tap the term it describes.

Explanation