Essay
The yellow and blue parts of your essay.
What are point 1 and point 2?
At least 2 of the houses we learned about this year. (The more you get, the more points you get!)
What are Stenton, Cliveden, La Salle Art Museum, Johnson House, Wyck?
Triple! To fail to obey a law, rule, or promise.
What does violate mean?
The middle of the story/the turning point.
What is the climax?
The author of "Promises to Keep"
Who is Sharon Robinson?
Another word for the focus statement.
What is the thesis statement?
Double! The house that was used in a battle.
What is Cliveden?
The way a story or text is organized. Arrangement of story elements (plot, characters, setting).
What is a story structure?
Beginning of the story.
What is the exposition?
Who "The Most Beautiful Roof in the World" is about.
Who is Meg Lowman?
Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow.
What are all the colors in the introduction/essay?
James Logan's House.
What is Stenton?
Words to describe a picture using your senses.
What is imagery?
End of the story.
What is the resolution?
Esperanza's friend after she moved to America.
Who is Isabel?
Double! State the author, the text, and the pages.
What do you do if you are stuck, and don't know how to start/how do you start your essay?
House that was a stop on the underground railroad.
What is the Johnson House?
Containing a lot of detail. To expand on or explain further.
What does elaborate mean?
When the roller coaster starts to go up in the story.
What is the rising action?
Esperanza's dad got her one every year for her birthday.
What are dolls?
The very first word in a body paragraph.
What is a transition word?
Religion of the people of the Wyck house.
What are Quakers?
Words or phrases used to express sudden, strong emotion.
What are interjections?
Double! When the story starts to slow down.
What is the falling action?
Double! The author of "The Most Beautiful Roof in the World"
Who is Kathryn Lasky?