A girl and her family's life change when an asteroid hits the moon, knocks it closer to Earth, and cause catastrophic events to happen all over the planet.
What is the premise of the novel?
100
A set of rules that governs writing.
What is grammar?
100
To act as a "road map" for that paragraph. When a reader reads that sentence, they should know exactly what it is that that paragraph is about.
What is the purpose of a topic sentence?
200
Third person
What POV is a research paper always written in?
200
The overall attitude towards a subject
What is tone?
200
Survival
Humans vs. Nature
Death
What are three themes that were discussed throughout the novel?
200
Lists
Colons are used to introduce what?
200
A clause that can stand alone; it is a complete thought.
What is an independent clause?
300
Alphabetize, double space, and make sure the second line is indented over
What are three things you always have to make sure you do in a work cited?
300
Clues that provide a hint that something will happen later in the story
What is Foreshadowing?
300
Miranda
Who is the main character?
300
Before the coordinating conjunction
A compound sentence should ALWAYS have a comma where?
300
Their
What is the possessive form?
There
Their
They're
400
Parenthetical Reference
Putting the author and page number after a quote, paraphrase, statistic, and fact is called what?
400
Overall meaning or message the author wants to convey to the reader
What is theme?
400
Tsunamis, storms, volcanoes
What is the order that the natural disasters occurred?
400
To combine to complete sentences together, when their subjects closely relate.
Why are semicolons used in writing?
400
Topic+ attitude/opinion towards subject
What is the equation to create a thesis statement?
500
Thought provoking statement, anecdote, suspense, background/historical information, quote
What are the five different types of attention getters that can be used in an introduction?
500
Bang, pop, swish, swoop, chirp, tweet, etc.
Give two examples of onomatopoeia.
500
Answers vary
What is the theme of the novel?
500
Making all writing uniform (look the same), with a specific attention to tense and word endings.