Grammar
Name the part of speech in italics:
She loves to play lacrosse.
What is a noun?
The first sentence of an essay that grabs the reader's attention
What is a hook?
Name the Signpost: Salva keeps thinking about his family, showing how hard it was for him to lose them.
The main character of a book
What is a protagonist?
got off of something
Name the part of speech in italics:
He loves baseball.
What is a verb?
What is a claim or thesis?
Name the Signpost: Salva asks if he will ever see his family, making us wonder the same.
What is Tough Question?
The type of book: Long Walk to Water is historical fiction, based on a real story
What is genre?
Never giving up or letting up
What is relentless?
Name the part of speech in italics:
She is a fast runner.
What is an adjective?
Name three types of hooks for essay writing.
What is a question, fact, description, metaphor/simile, or quotation?
Name the Signpost: Salva remembers his dad bringing him mangoes, showing us that he used to have a comfortable life
What is Memory Moment?
The point of view when the narrator is a character in the story telling his/her perspective, saying "I" and "me"
What is first person?
Unclear, like an answer that is not specific
What is vague?
Name the part of speech in italics:
I worked carefully on my project.
What is an adverb?
The persuasive strategy of using facts from research
What is Logos?
Name the Signpost: Salva realizes his family is gone, making him able to move on and be a leader
What is Aha Moment?
A character that undergoes a major change in a book
What is dynamic?
tiredly or lazily
What is sluggishly?
Name the part of speech in italics:
He is the hockey coach.
What is a verb (linking verb)?
The persuasive strategy convincing the audience to act quickly
What is Kairos?
Name the Signpost: Uncle tells Salva to only walk to one bush at a time, teaching us to take challenges bit by bit.
What is Words of the Wiser?
The type of third person narrator who can see and know everyone's stories, feelings, and thoughts
What is third person omniscient?
The same thing or the same tone over and over
What is monotonous?