Strategies
Writing
Grammar
Skills
Fig Language/Poetry
100
What must you do first? The essay or the test?
What is: that's a trick question! You can do the test in any order that you wish! However, Mrs. Graham thinks it's best to write the essay first, while your brain is fresh and "awake"!
100
What three things make a great intro paragraph?
A "hook" or lead, a bridge sentence, a thesis statement.
100
Find the three boo boos in this sentence:


My sister's took there puppys to the vet because they were both sick.

sisters (just plural; not possessive)

their (the puppies belong to the sisters)

puppies  (always change that Y to i when pluralizing)

100
Where do the dashes go?


My father an avid gamer beat me at Mario Kart.

My father - an avid gamer - beat me at Mario Kart.
100

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?

Mary had a little lamb

His fleece was white as snow

And everywhere that Mary went

The lamb was sure to go.

A

B

C

B

200
How long does the test last?
5 hours!   5. You have 5 hours.

There is no reason NOT to use all of it, be thorough, double check your answers,  prewrite your essay, etc.


200
Write a truism about the importance of staying positive in life.
Answers will vary.
200

Correct this run-on sentence. There are four possible ways to do it!


Mom doesn't like the music I listen to it is full of too many cuss words.

to. It

to; it

to because (no comma)

, for

200
What's wrong with this sentence?


I have only a few desires, swimming, hunting, and sleeping.

You need a colon after desires


I have only a few desires: swimming, hunting, and sleeping.

200
Which element of figurative language is the following:


As I was walking past the bakery, the pie called to me.

Personification


Pies can't talk!

300
What resources are you allowed to use during the test?
A dictionary

A thesaurus

Your brain (we've been filling it full of this stuff for months!)

300
Write a thesis statement for the following writing prompt:


Write an essay explaining the importance of doing what you love.

answers will vary.
300

Find and correct the four mistakes in the sentence:


Its not really a good ideal to take you're kids to WalMart with you because they'll ask for to many toys.

It's (you MUST have capitalized it's)

idea (not ideal)

your (not you are)

too many toys (not to)

300
How can you make this sentence conform to parallel sentence structure?


When I get home from school, I have to feed the dog, do my homework, and taking out the trash.

I have to feed the dog, do my homework, and take out the trash.
300
Which of the following is the "added" or "shaded" meaning of a word?


Connotation            Denotation

Connotation


(remember "denotation" starts with a "D" just like dictionary. It's the actual dictionary definition.

400
What should you do with EVERY answer choice, even if you think one of them is absolutely correct (especially the revising and editing)?
Try EVERY answer in the blank. You might find something you missed the first time.

GO BACK to the text and find your proof!

400
List at least 4 "no no's" when writing an essay.

(what things have we reminded you NOT to do)

Do not:  use "I" (more than maybe a couple of times)

use "you", make it persuasive, end with a "call to action", use Disney movies, write a personal narrative, jump all over the place, write one looooong paragraph, write outside of the box, write as if you are speaking to the "grader."

400
List five things that must always be capitalized!
I, first letter of a sentence, proper names, countries, months, titles, historical events, geographical names (The Grand Canyon, The Brazos River), specific places (The Holocaust Museum), holidays, languages (French, Spanish)
400
Where does the apostrophe go when creating a contraction?
It replaces the letters that are removed from one of the words when putting them together.


Do not  = don't    (replaces the "o" in not)

Should have = should've  (replaces the "ha")

400
put the following  words for "scared" in connotative order, starting with the most negative to the most positive.


petrified     shaken   terrified    afraid

afraid

shaken

terrified

petrified




500

Fill in the blanks. Think! This is a tougher one! What must you do when answering a reading question?


Always go ______ to the _______ and _______the ________!  (even if you think you are right)

Always go BACK to the TEXT and FIND the PROOF!

(or evidence)


underline it! Highlight it! Annotate it!!

500
What happens if you cannot think of a thesis statement?
prewrite your entire essay (or at least plan it thoroughly) that just develops your thoughts. Then, go back and make an intro that matches your examples/reasons. 

Now you can write the final copy with a good intro to lead into it!

500
Is this a complete sentence? Or fragment? Why? (must include answer AND reason to get credit).


When I was taking a nap



It is a fragment because there is no subject.


When I was taking a nap, someone broke into my house.

My phone rang when I was taking a nap.

500
Create a more academic and vivid word for the following words

mad

said

small

Answers may vary

Mad = angry? furious? irate? livid

said = stated, whispered, commented, etc

small = miniscule, microscopic, tiny, little

500

"If this rain keeps up, I'm going to start building an ark!"  is an  _________________ to the Bible.

"She has a Mona Lisa smile."  is an _______________ to famous artwork.

(same word for both blanks. which element is it?)

allusion
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