Grammar
Terms
Skills
Bloom's Taxonomy
Short Stories
100
What type of sentence is the following: Can we go home now?
Interrogative
100
What is direct characterization?
When the author tells directly about the character and their traits.
100
What are the three types of irony?
verbal dramatic situational
100
What's the first skill that Bloom's Taxonomy addresses?
Knowledge
100
Why does the author's father respect Mr. Shimada in "Of Dry Goods and Black Bow Ties"?
He admired him for what he was able to accomplish in America.
200
The following sentence is a ___________ sentence. "The soldiers did not want to die, so they organized a great strategic plan.
Compound sentence.
200
What does foreshadowing mean?
When the author hints at what's to come.
200
Define the three types of irony.
Verbal-sarcasm Situational- unexpected twist of events Dramatic-when audience knows what's going to happen next but the characters don't.
200
Which skill is at the peak of Bloom's Taxonomy?
Evaluation
200
Who uses deductive reasoning in "The Red Headed League"?
Sherlock Holmes
300
What is a subject?
The person (noun) that is doing something in a sentence.
300
What is a dilemma?
A problem or a struggle that the character is facing or dealing with.
300
What are the different types of conflicts that exist?
Person vs. person person vs. society person vs. self person vs. nature
300
Create an application question based on "The Red Headed League".
Answers vary
300
What lesson did you learn from "A Neighbor of Mine"?
Do not judge someone before you get to know them or Don't form stereotypes about groups of people
400
What is wrong with the following sentence? "I want to go home now!." said Joe.
You do not need a period after the exclamation point.
400
What is the difference between logical and deductive reasoning?
Logical reasoning is when the facts are obvious and so are the conclusions. Deductive reasoning is when you have to look at the facts and try to infer certain things that are not clear just by looking at the facts.
400
What's the proper way to infer?
I can infer that..... I know this because....This makes me realize that.....
400
What are key words for "synthesis"?
categorize, combines, compiles, composes, creates, devises, designs, explains, generates, modifies, organizes, plans, rearranges, reconstructs, relates, reorganizes, revises, rewrites, summarizes, tells, writes.
400
Make an inference about the city visitor in "A Neighbor of Mine".
I can infer that the city visitor is very judgmental. I know this because he creates opinions about authors without even having met them. I also know this because he is quick to jump to conclusions about all authors without having met every single author. This makes me realize that the city visitor is perhaps insecure about himself.
500
What is a compound subject?
A compound subject is when there are two or more subjects in a sentence that have the same predicate.
500
What is an anecdote? Why are anecdotes important in memoirs?
An anecdote is a brief, usually humorous story, that reveals something about the character. It is important because it allows you to get to know the person better.
500
How can we figure out the theme?
You have to list the possible topics. Then you pick the one that you feel is the strongest. You find evidence to back it up and then you come up with an ORIGINAL statement.
500
What kind of question is the following (based on Bloom's Taxonomy?) Which character in the story would you chose as a friend and why?
Evaluation
500
Go through the process of finding out the theme of "Before the End of Summer".
First you list the topics: death, courage, fear, maturity Pick one: Courage Courage makes people stronger in the face of death because it forces them to face reality.
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