Category 1
The location and time of a story?
Setting
This part of an essay that gives the focus statement?
Introduction
Give 1 example of a type of figurative language
***BONUS***
Idioms, Similes, Metaphors, Hyperboles, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia
What is a person, place, or thing? Give an example of one
Noun + example
The prefix re- means...
Give an example
To do again + example
What is a footnote?
A place at the bottom of the page where unknown words can be defined
An essay that talks about a topic and provides evidence to support that topic
Informative essay
Give examples of 2 words that are synonyms
Any words that have a similar meaning
What punctuation marks are used when showing dialogue?
Quotation marks
What is a suffix? Give an example of a word with a suffix
***DOUBLE POINTS***
Letters that go at the end of the word to change the meaning + example
The part of the essay that restates the focus statement?
The conclusion
An essay with fictional characters, a setting, a problem, and a solution
Narrative essay
What 2 things are sentence fragments missing? Give an example of a sentence fragment
Missing the subject or the predicate + example
What is a word that describes a noun? Give an example of one
Adjective + example
What is the difference between they're, their, and there?
There- Shows position (The chair is over THERE.)
Their- Shows possession (That is THEIR pencil.)
They're- "They are" (They're going to the store.)
What the whole story is about
Main idea
What does O.R.E.O. stand for when writing an opinion essay?
***TRIPLE POINTS***
Opinion
Reason
Example (or evidence)
Opinion (restated)
What is the difference between a common noun and a proper noun?
Proper noun is capitalized; proper noun is a specific name of a person place or thing
I love going to baseball games they are so much fun.
What type of sentence is this?
***DOUBLE POINTS***
Run-on sentence
Give an example of a metaphor
Any comparison that does not use like or as
Give the 5 nonfiction text structures
***BONUS***
Chronology, Description, Compare and Contrast, Cause and Effect, Problem and Solution
What are the 2 types of perspectives we learned about? What are the words the author uses to tell us?
1st person- "I, me, myself, my"
3rd person- "He, she they"
What are the "paragraphs" in poems called?
Stanzas
What does F.A.N.B.O.Y.S. stand for? What are these examples of?
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
Conjuntions that connect words or sentences together
Give a sentence that uses to, too, and two correctly (you should have 3 sentences total)
to- used at the beginning of prepositional phrases
too- also
two- the number 2