Stems & Vocab
What is the meaning of the Latin stem "extra"?
Beyond
The word “photosynthesis” is what part of speech?
(Is it a noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, or interjection?)
It is a noun.
If the choices are: informative, argumentative, or personal narrative, please tell me which type of writing is meant to “educate the reader on a particular topic”?
informative
In "The Tell-Tale Heart," what is it that bothers the main character so much about the old man?
his eye
What is the meaning of the Greek stem “pan”?
All
What is the meaning of the Latin stem "cise"?
Cut
Listen to the following sentence carefully and tell me if “some” is being used as a pronoun or an adjective.
“Some students choose to study and do well on the test.”
In your paper, what is used at the end of a paragraph “to connect ideas, sentences, paragraphs, etc. together so the essay reads smoothly”?
Transition
In Roald Dahl’s short story “The Landlady,” who is the antagonist?
(The Landlady) We don’t ever know her real name.
In the following sentence, which word is the preposition?
“I watch the bug crawl across the desk.”
Using what you know about the Latin stems “ante” and “bellum” what do you think the word “antebellum” means?
“before war”; occurring before a war
In the following sentence, tell me which word is the adverb.
“I rarely see my sister who moved to California.”
Rarely
What 2 pieces of information would be included in the “Header” of a paper and where is it located on the page?
student’s last name and page number, located top right corner of each page
What is the word for when the reader can make a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning? It can also be called an “educated guess.”
Inference
What is the difference between “mood” and “tone”?
Mood is how the AUDIENCE feels when reading the text. Tone is the AUTHOR’S attitude when writing. He/she sets the tone, then we feel the mood. Tone is the cause, mood is the reaction felt by the audience.
Choose the correct word to complete this sentence.
“The student ___________ slipped the note to her friend when she thought the teacher wasn’t looking.”
Choices: formidably, punctiliously, malevolently, or surreptitiously
Surreptitiously – secretly, in a stealthy way
In the following sentence, identify the italicized conjunction as coordinating, correlative, or subordinating.
“Both students and teachers look forward to summer.”
Correlative
Put these steps of the writing process in the correct order: Drafting, Publishing, Editing, Prewriting, Revising
prewriting
drafting
revising
editing
publishing
The “Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe uses which narrative point-of-view?
1st person limited
Using the following information, please correctly write the header for this student’s paper IN THE RIGHT ORDER, with date correctly formatted!
Date: May 21, 2020
Teacher: Mrs. Deppe
Class: 8th Grade English
Student Name: Mary Smith
Mary Smith
Mrs. Clark
8th Grade English
21 May 2020
Which vocab word means “tending to talk too much”?
Loquacious
In the following sentence, identify the italicized pronoun as reflexive, intensive, demonstrative, or indefinite.
“They didn’t give themselves a chance to think before answering.”
Reflexive – you NEED that word for the sentence to make sense! It is FLEXing it’s muscles.
If you are writing a paper in MLA style and you want to cite a quote from a BOOK, what information would you include in parentheses for the in-text citation?
(author’s last name and page number)
example: (Stevenson 158).
no comma needed in between; period at the very end after the parentheses.
In the story “Charles,” the fact that Laurie’s mom wants to go to the PTA meeting so she can meet Charles’ mother is an example of what literary device?
Choices: irony, foreshadowing, conflict
Irony
A student is writing an essay and has written a sentence that paraphrases information from an online article. There is no author listed online and there is no page number. The title of the article is: “Mummies: Postcards from the Dead” and it is found at www.nationalgeographic.com.
What would the student need to put in the in-text citation in parentheses?
(“Mummies”).
Note: When we are citing an online source and we have no author name or page number, we simply need to put the first word of the title of the article. The title of the article/book becomes the most important thing if we do not know the author.