NBEs
Part I
Paragraphs
Teacher's Choice
Figurative Language
NBEs
Part II
100
The title of NBE4.
What is "Figurative Language?"
100
This comes at the end of your introduction paragraph and is typically the last sentence.
What is the Thesis Statement?
100
The reward for perfect attendance.
What is 15 points added to your participation grade?
100
Name the figurative language: My dog is as smelly as dirty socks.
What is a Simile?
100
DAILY DOUBLE: List as many functions of transitions as you can. There are a total of 8 at 100 points for each one. You have 45 seconds. Ready... Set...GO!!!
What are to show time, to clarify cause and effect, to show location, to introduce examples, to add information, to contrast information, to conclude, and to compare?
200
The type of discovery activity where you set a time limit and continue writing (no matter what) until the time runs out.
What is Freewriting?
200
The last paragraph in your essay.
What is a Conclusion?
200
This type of hook is either rhetorical or can demand an answer.
What is a question?
200
Name the figurative language: Don't be a stick in the mud.
What is an Idiom?
200
The 5 senses.
What is Smell, Touch, Taste, Sound, and Sight?
300
How you end an interrogative sentence.
What is with a question mark?
300
The number of sentences in a good, solid paragraph.
What are 5-7 sentences?
300
Nevertheless, Furthermore, However, Lastly, To illustrate, and Consequently are all this part of speech.
What are Transition Words?
300
Name the figurative language: My house is a billion miles away.
What is a Hyperbole?
300
This type of pre-writing asks: who? what? when? where? why? and how?
What is Questioning?
400
The kind of tone that an e-mail should take.
What is formal?
400
This comes at the beginning of each body paragraph and sets up the theme of the paragraph.
What is the Topic Sentence, aka point?
400
Fill in the blank: "Your essay should contain a thesis statement because it provides your reader with a '_______' to your argument."
What is a guide?
400
Name the figurative language: All the world is a stage.
What is a Metaphor?
400
A group of words that lacks a subject or a verb and doesn't express a complete thought.
What is a sentence fragment?
500
Name the part of speech: FANBOYS.
What are coordinating conjunctions?
500
The components that make up a good body paragraph, in order.
What is P.I.E. Point, Information, and Explanation.
500
The first thing you should do when preparing for a presentation.
What is Do Your Homework?
500
Name the figurative language: I'd tell you a chemistry joke but I know I wouldn't get a reaction.
What is a Pun?
500
The way a screenwriter establishes and develops a character.
What is Characterization?
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