Vocab for days
This is a group a lines in a poem
What is stanza
This figurative language compare two things uses like or as.
Simile
What is your teachers first name and age.
What is Chanell And 28
How should you determine the meaning of unfamiliar words in the text. ( 2 ways)
Context clues and dictionary
What includes the main action, climax and resolution of a story
The plot
Sensory language that appeals to your five senses
Imagery
What is a metaphor
A comparison without using like or as
True or false students should stare at eachother or the teacher when they are done with the test.
false
Name one test taking strategy that we have worked on this year
elimination, gist, reword the question, poem analysis.
3 types of authors purpose
persuade, entertain and inform
Authors feelings towards the subject matter
Tone
"boy yo shoes is talking" is an example of
Personification
Where was Mr. Mac born
California
What can help you figure out the main idea of the passage?
first two lines, repeated words.
What genre is to entertain ?
Fiction
Pov of only the thoughts of the Narrator
First person
What time of figurative language is the " birds of a feather flock together"
Idiom
How many years has Ms. Reed taught 8th grade at KIPP.
2
Poetry analysis includes
speaker, tone, mood, overall gist
A good summary includes
Beginning , middle and end and key details only
What is the name for the type of root words we see on the staar test
Latin
This type of figurative language has the same starting sounds
Alliteration.
What state was your teacher born in ?
What is Minnesota.
For your short constructed responses , what method do you use and what does each letter stand for
R.A.C.E , restate, answer, cite, explain
What is the overall lesson of a story called
Theme