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100
What is the setting of a story?
Where/when the story takes place
100
When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in this perspective
First Person
100
How the author thinks or feels about the topic
Author's perspective
100
What is an emotional appeal?
An appeal that pulls at the emotions of the reader in an argument.
100
Read the following sentence:
Data sent back to Earth from a spacecraft will help research teams make the initial discovery.
What change should be made?
Change will help to helped
200
The problem of the story
conflict
200
The message or lesson of the story
Theme
200
What the author is trying to convince you about a topic
Author's claim
200
She is busy as a bee.
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
Simile
200
Read the following sentences:
In a poem published in his memoir, The thrill of the chase, Fenn gives a cryptic message as to where the valuable can be found.
Which of the words in the short paragraph is a Latin root word meaning "hidden" or "unclear"?
cryptic
300
What does it mean to compare and contrast?
To tell how things are the same or different
300
When the narrator uses "She, He, they" it is written in this perspective
Third Person
300
Explain the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
Fiction = a made up story
Nonfiction = text based on factual information
300
"You are my sunshine" is an example of?
A metaphor
300
What does chronological order mean?
order of events from first to last
400
Explain with a compare and contrast organizational structure means
This type of structure is used in a text to compare ideas AND contrast the differences between the two.
400
What a nonfiction text is mostly about?
Something or someone that is real
400
What is an action word?
Verb
400
What part of the essay do you argue your side or opinion?
THESIS
400
Read the following sentence:
However, in recent years scientists have gathered some new, and interesting information.
What change should be made to this sentence?
Delete the comma after new
500
Define cause and effect AND give key words
Test structure that tells what happens and why, key words: as a result, because, It/then, etc.
500
Put the following plot elements in order: climax, falling action, rising action, resolution, exposition.
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
500
How many nouns are in this sentence:
Boyer and Shayna drove past the store and quickly parked by Chipotle.
4
500
What punctuation marks do you use to cite direct evidence from the text?
Quotation marks
500
What strategy should I use if I am answering a multiple-choice question?
1. Read the question
2. Go through every question AND to the side tell why/why not it is right
3. Pick the right answer