INFERENCES
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Textual Evidence
What is what the text says? The clues?
100
What is a narrator?
Who is the person telling the story?
100
What is a Thesis Statement?
What is the main idea of a paper that has three main points?
100
In this text structure, you show how two things are alike or different
What is Compare and Contrast?
100
This teacher is a member of The National Council of Negro Women
Who is Ms.Mustafaa?
200
What is the Inference Equation?
What is textual evidence + prior knowledge = Inference
200
Define Main Idea
What your passage is mainly about?
200
Define Emotional Appeal
What is a method of persuasion that's designed to create an emotional response?
200
In this text structure, things are presented according to the order in which they happened (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
What is Time-Order or Chronological, or Sequence?
200
This teacher participated in The Cooper River Bridge Run
Who is Ms. Precht?
300
Define Inference
What is a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning?
300
Define: Character motivations
What is why a character does something?
300
Where is the "hook" located in the essay
What is the introduction?
300
In this part of an essay, you place the topic sentences
What is the body?
300
The name of Mr. Singleton's College
What is South Carolina State University?
400
Inferences allow readers to understand deeper meaning. What is an example of deeper meaning?
What is the Main Idea, Author's Voice, Author's purpose etc.?
400
What are the four ways that a reader can interpret or find out information about a character. Either through the characters: A__________ T__________ D__________ I___________
What is Actions, Thoughts, Dialogue, Interactions.
400
Define Counterargument
What is a viewpoint that opposes your main argument
400
This part of the essay leaves a reader with a lasting thought.
What is the Call to Action?
400
This teacher was suspended from school for appearing on television
Who is Jaryd Brown?
500
Make an Inference about Merab: Merab is smiling as she looks at her cake glowing with candles and all of her wrapped presents.
What is Merab is happy, because it is her birthday?
500
Define Generalization
What is taking one or a few facts and making a broader, more universal statement?
500
You would use this tool to help you organize your thoughts
What is a graphic organizer?
500
Name the four types of essays and their purpose
What are Narrative Essays: Telling a Story, Descriptive Essays: Painting a Picture, Expository Essays: Just the Facts, and Persuasive Essays: Convince Me.
500
This teacher is a former flight attendant
Who is McMicheal?
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