Vocabulary
The author's attitude towards the subject
The boy was as brave as a lion in the jungle.
What is a simile?
This punctuation is used to show emotion at the end of a sentence
What is an exclamation point?
What is the name of the main character in Fever 1793?
Matilda (Mattie) Cook
The overall feeling of a work of literature
What is mood?
This states the point that you want to make in your essay (usually the last sentence in the first paragraph.)
What is claim or thesis?
This punctuation is needed before a coordinating conjunction (FANBOY) in a compound sentence.
What is a comma?
What country did Jeanne's father immigrate from?
Japan
What is a stanza?
The pen is a mighty tool.
What is a metphor?
You use this to support your reasoning
What is text evidence?
These are known as the FANBOYS
What are for, and, nor, but, or yet, and so?
What phrase did the sheep always chant in Animal Farm?
The message or moral of a story
What is theme?
You snore louder than a freight train!
What is hyperbole?
A type of writing that tells a story
What is a narrative?
This type of sentence asks a question.
What is interrogative?
What branch of the military did Ned Begay join in Codetalkers?
The US Marines
The main point that the author wants to convey in a text
What is main or central idea?
Don’t be such a Scrooge this Christmas.
What is an allusion?
This tells you what to write your essay about
What is a prompt?
This type of sentence has one dependent and one independent clause.
What is a complex sentence?
What social class was Tobias a part of in The Journal of Tobias Burgess?
Knights/Nobles