Peter's Plot
The plot structure of a story begins with which section: exposition or resolution?
Exposition "exposes" or opens the curtains to the setting, scene and main characters/conflict
True or false: Facts are wild conjectures that don't have any evidence or support.
False, Facts are something that is known or proved to be true, a piece of information used as evidence or as part of a report or news article.
When I am nearly finished with my essay, the last paragraph that summarizes and wraps everything up as an ending is called writing a...
Conclusion
What people say, how they convince you to believe, trust or follow them is called their...
Rhetoric
What does it mean to evaluate something?
To explain what the effect was on something, to find the results of something, to know a final number.
Protagonist Vs. Antagonist, which one is "the good guy"
Protagonist
"A piece of cake." is an example of an...
Idiom
"He's an ox", is an example of what? A metaphor or a simile.
Metaphors state something is something else.
Similes use the word "like" or "as".
Both are kinds of analogies.
What does it mean to infer?
to guess, to think, or draw opinions about something or someone or a situation
If I need to study something put all the information together, what am I doing? Analyzing and organizing or being aware and regulating?
Analyzing is studying something. Organizing is putting it in the best order. Being aware is knowing something and regulating is measuring, checking for balance or highs and lows.
Telling a story or seeing a situation from a certain angle or perspective, such as how a babysitter might tell the parent what happened vs. a child trying to explain what happened is called having a different point...
Point of View
A groups of lines in a poem is called a...
Stanza
When I am adding a quote from a famous person in my answer or essay, or making a list of where I got all my information from my resources, that means to...
Cite.
What does it mean to distinguish, say between 3 different shades of a certain color, or to stand out in a crowd.
To be able to tell the difference between them, to be able to understand what qualities set them apart from others.
True or false: If I comprehend the news, that means I do not understand it.
False. To comprehend the news is to understand it.
One way we could compare and contrast two sides of an issue or how man vs. nature are the same or different, we could use a Venn diagram that has two overlapping shapes. What are those shapes?
Venn diagram has two overlapping circles.
True or false: To articulate your voice, or your opinion is to speak in mumbled tones.
False. To be articulate is to speak clearly or have your opinion stated with clarity.
True or false: To show evidence, support my ideas, cite examples, and use facts to justify my opinions will help my writing be stronger.
True!
What is an example of something people sometimes need to interpret?
Language, what someone else is saying or meaning, get a clearer understanding of something
True or false: To draw a conclusion is to draw a picture with crayons.
False. To draw a conclusion is to come to an understanding of what happened and summarize the information at the end.
True or false: A non-fiction autobiography tells stories of fantasy and myths with wild imagination.
False
True or false: If I am paraphrasing what you just said, that means I am copying exactly what you just said.
False. To paraphrase is to restate something in your own words, but not the exact words of someone else.
If I have too much information to recount or retell I may need to do what?
Summarize
What is an example of an alliteration?
Such as... slithering, slimy snake, or misty moon at midnight, furry foxes went frolicking through the flowers.
True or false: Studying well can make you smarter, more confident, more likely to graduate from high school and college, and live a full life, even beyond Mrs. Swanson's amazing life. :)
True: Dream, believe, achieve!!! You can do it. I have faith in you and want the best for you, always!! :) You got this!