Narratives
the main problem faced by the main character in a story
What is Conflict?
Apublic debate or dispute concerning a matter of
opinion
What is a controversy?
The two ways to use expository writing.
What is to inform and to explain?
A set of lines in a poem
What is a Stanza?
The action word that means to tell how.
What is explain?
The turning point of the story
What is Climax?
The first sentence in a body paragraph. One of the reasons to support a claim.
What is a topic sentence?
The website that is not a credible source.
What is Wikipedia?
When the narrator knows only what one character is thinking
DAILY DOUBLE
True of False: There will be drag-and-drop questions on the Milestones.
The rate or speed at which a narrator reads a story
What is pacing?
The opposing argument to the writer's main argument
What is the counterclaim?
DAILY DOUBLE
Statistics, facts, and expert opinions
What is evidence?
A humorous poem with five lines with the rhyme scheme of AABBA.
What is a limerick
The Action Word that means to sum it up and give the KEY points.
What is summarize?
An extreme exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
The THREE (3) rhetorical appeals.
What is ethos, pathos, and logos?
Another term for background information; connects the hook to the Thesis Statement.
What is bridge?
In informal writing, this is when you put words together using an apostrophe. Ex. Can't, Won't
What are contractions?
The part of the Milestones that expects students to develop either an opinion/argumentative essay or an informative/explanatory essay based on the information in the passages.
What is the EXTENDED WRITING-RESPONSE or Essay?
The emotional meaning given to a word.
What is connotaion?
DAILY DOUBLE
The last sentence of an argumentative essay in which it inspires or challenges the reader.
What is a Call to Action?
The term used to list out the sources used during research.
What is a citation?
FANBOYS stands for...
What is For, And, Not, But, OR, Yet, So?
The two types of essays that will be compared on the Milestones.
What is narrative and expository?