Theme
Main Idea and Persuasive Essay
Rivera Stuff
Everything
Hard Stuff
100
What is a theme?
What the text teaches the reader
100
What is the main idea?
The main idea is what the text or story is about.
100
When is my birthday?
May 1
100
This symbol means I am interested in what I am reading.
Underline
100
What is a metaphor? Or give an example.
When you say something IS something else. Example- My teacher has no emotion. He is a robot.
200
How are theme and main idea different?
Theme is what the text teaches the reader and main idea is what the theme is about.
200
How many supporting details do you need in a persuasive essay?
AT LEAST 3.
200
What month did I get to Pickard last year?
March
200
If I connect to the text, I would use this symbol.
T-S (Text to Self)
200
Give 2 examples of an onomatopoeia?
Splash! BOOM! Buzz Hiss
300
A theme in the "little" story teaches me about what?
The "big" or "real" world.
300
Name TWO things an introduction to a persuasive essay needs to include.
Hook, Thesis, Supporting details
300
What job did my dad have before he retired?
Police officer
300
Which example would I NOT use # for? 1. Last year, I came to Pickard. 2. I had 45 students. 3. That summer, I went to Philly.
2. I had 45 students. Only use # for dates
300
What is a simile? Or give an example of it.
When you say something is LIKE something else. They ALWAYSSSSSS use "like" or "as". Example- Enrique is as cute AS a kitten. When Yovany talks, it is LIKE music to my ears.
400
Which one of these is NOT a theme? And why? 1. Slow and steady win the race. 2. Friendship 3. Look before you leap.
2. Love. Because themes are sentences. Themes are ideas.
400
Label the Main Idea Pizza Chart.
400
How much younger is my brother than me?
4 years
400
What is the purpose of stage directions?
Tell the reader what the actor is doing when they are not speaking and they help the reader "SEE" the scene.
400
What is imagery?
Imagery is language that causes people to imagine pictures in their mind.
500
What is the theme? Two frogs lived in the same pool. The pool dried up under the summer's heat, so they left it and set out together for another home. As they went along they passed a deep well, supplied with water. One of the Frogs said to the other: "Let us go down and make our home in this well." The other replied with greater caution: "But suppose the water should dry up again, how can we get out again from something so deep?
Always plan things through. Be prepared. Think of the consequences.
500
What question should you ask yourself to find the main idea of a text? 1. What is happening in this text? 2. What is going on in this text? 3. Who or what is the text talking about? 4. What is the most important point the author wants me to know?
4. What is the most important point the author wants me to know
500
ABOUT how many watches do I own?
15-18
500
Were you born after 1985? If so, how long do you expect to live? Most people born after 1985 can expect to live more than 70 years. Of course, this is just a guess based on past records. By the way, females can expect to live about six years longer than males. That's taken from past records too! What is the passage MOST about? 1. Why people live to be 70. 2. How long you might expect to live. 3. About the health of females. 4. How past records give you information.
2. How long you might expect to live.
500
What is a hyperbole? Or Give an example
An exaggeration so dramatic that no one believes it. Example- I was so hungry today that I ate 100 slices of pizza.
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