The Techniques!
Vocabulary
A Mixed Bag
A Little Bit of Everything
The Techniques 2!
100
With anger in his voice, John told the little girl no.
The sentence above is an example of which of the following:
A. Indirect Characterization
B. Direct Characterization
What is B ?
Direct Characterization
100
What does the word Objective mean?
As in the sentence below:
The judge must remain objective when making decisions in a courtroom.
What is: Objective is unbiased without personal opinions
100
When you use your knowledge and experience plus the details from the text to draw a conclusion when reading, it is called?
What is inference
100
Is the following sentence written in ACTIVE or PASSIVE voice?
The ball was kicked by the child.
Passive
100
****DAILY DOUBLE *****
In this story, characters can be real or imagined and conflicts could happen in every day life.
What is Realistic Fiction?
200
When a narrator uses "he, she, they, their," the story is written in _____ person.
Third (3rd) Person Point of View
200
What is a prefix?
What is-- A word part at the beginning of a word that changes its meaning.
200
Verbals are verbs that pretend to adverbs, nouns, and adjectives.
What are the three verbals that we learned in class?
Gerunds, Participles and Infinitives
200
A direct Comparison of two unlike things that DOES NOT use as or like is called?
What is a metaphor?
200
When paraphrasing, what are two things that you need to do to avoid plagiarism?
1. Write it in your own words
2. Cite your sources/ where you got your information from
300
A comparison of two things using as or like is
What is simile?
300
** DAILY DOUBLE***
To mark up the text with notes, questions, or other things that help you understand the text
What is annotate?
300
****DAILY DOUBLE *****
A reference to something with historical, cultural, literary, or political importance.
Allusion
300
Which sentence contains punctuation to indicate omitted words?
Option A: When I looked out the window of my home and saw snow, I was completely astonished.
Option B: Most cats (and some dogs) enjoy eating fish.
Option C: I planned on taking many things to the beach, including a chair, a pair of sunglasses...and a book.
Option D: Today, I had time to start reading a new book - finally!
Option C
300
The series of events in a story that includes: Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action and Conclusion as well as conflict...
The plot of a story.
400
When mapping the rhyme scheme of a poem, a pattern that uses ABAB is called an
What is an Alternate Rhyme scheme?
400
The words and phrases around a difficult word to help the reader determine meaning. Gives us hints and helps us to better understand.
What is context clues ?
400
What is the role of the conclusion paragraph?
Restates the thesis; summarizes main points, call to action
400
What the text is mostly about is known as the _______ ________ of the text.
What is the Central Idea/Main Idea
400
Name at least 3 transition words.
For example, however, additionally, so, in addition, first, lastly, etc.
500
The message or lesson that can apply to you/me or anyone.
What is theme?
500
At the meeting, the teachers realized they would need to consolidate their math teams so they would have enough people to participate in the competition on Saturday morning.
What does the word consolidate mean as it is used in the sentence?
What is Combine?
500
What is the turning point of a story called?
The Climax
500
What is the part of the essay that acknowledges the opposite opinion and attempts to disprove it?
Counterclaim
500
What do you include in an evidence-based writing body paragraph for an argument?
Reason/topic sentence, intro. to evidence, evidence with citation, justification/analysis/Explanation and Summarizing/concluding sentence.
600
The sub-genre of a story story that explains a supernatural event or includes Gods and Goddesses?
What is Myth?
600
What is does the suffix 'ism' mean?
What is a belief or system?
600
** DAILY DOUBLE***
What does the word superfluous mean?
What is not necessary?
600
True or False
An informational text must pick a side. It is never objective.
What is False?
600
What type of writing is required from this prompt?
Narrative Writing