What is the location and time of a story?
The Setting
What does a persuasive essay do?
Persuades the reader to agree with the writer
Put these words in alphabetical order:
unfamiliar, huddle, hostile, drowsy, vertical, and dominate
dominate, drowsy, hostile, huddle, unfamiliar, and vertical
She _____ that we sell refreshments at the car wash.
A) suggesting
B) were suggesting
C) suggest
D) suggests
D) suggests
What is a pronoun? Give examples
A word that is used to substitute a noun.
He, she, it, they, her, him.
What is short version of the story that includes the important details?
The Summary
What is an essay that tells a story about yourself in a specific time?
Personal Narrative
Put these words in alphabetical order:
youngish, youthful, yourself, yielding, yearbook
yearbook, yielding, youngish, yourself, and youthful
Spell the correct verb: During much of the year, snowfall _____the state of Alaska.
A) burys
B) buries
C) buryes
D) bures
B) buries
What is... it names a specific person, place, or thing. It must be capitalized!!
A group of words that means something else and uses like or as
What is an simile?
What is the part of an essay that wraps up everything you talked about in your essay?
conclusion
FREEBIE!
FREEBIE!
I ______ to her every day this week.
A) have written
B) has written
C) have wrote
D) will writing
A) have written
How many hours are there in a week?
24 x 7 = 168 hours
What are the terms used to describe the differences and similarities in characters?
Compare and contrast
What part of an essay tells what the essay will be about?
Introduction
Put these words in alphabetical order:
unflappable, unique, ultimate, unaffected, unharmed, united
ultimate, unaffected, unaffected, unflappable, unharmed, unique, and united
Find preposition:
My rubber ducky was taking a bath in the tub.
ANSWER: in
How many minutes in a week?
24x7x60=10,080
A conclusion drawn from evidence and reason is called what?
inference
What is revising?
To make your essay better by adding sparkle words, taking out any repetitious sentences, and staying focused?
How many letters are there in the alphabet? How many vowels? How many consonants?
26 letters, 5 vowels (sometimes 6), 21 consonants
What are 2 sentences that are put together with a comma and a conjunction and have a similar theme?
Compound sentences
What are the names of Mr. Ladika's cats?
Scrubby and Scruffy