Reading 8th Grade
When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in this perspective
What is First Person
This part of an information essay tells what the topic will be OR what the author's theory is.
What is The topic sentence/thesis statement/controlling idea in the introduction paragraph, central idea.
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Change this sentence to active voice:
The scores given by the judges were fair.
The judges gave fair scores.
what is it called when a poem has words that have the same sound at the end of a line like this
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a
b
c
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rhyme scheme/ pattern
which verb MOOD is displayed in the sentence below:
Kameron, please stop talking when I'm talking.
imperative.
When the narrator uses "She, He, they" it is written in this perspective
What is Third Person
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so, moreover, however, next, etc.
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What are transition words
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"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room." is an example of what type of figurative language?
What is personification?
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Identify the infinitive in the sentence below:
Theo, Shakur and Adeola wanted to wear their fashion show cultural attire to the dance too.
What is to wear
What are the three parts of an argument?
Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning
The message or lesson that can apply to you/me
What is Theme
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What is the part of the essay that acknowledges the opposite opinion and attempts to disprove it? HOW do you disprove it?
What is a Counterclaim, with an effective rebuttal.
It's raining cats and dogs.
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
What is an Idiom
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In the plot structure diagram, what happens AFTER the climax, but BEFORE the resolution/ denouement?
What is falling action
What is the logical fallacy called where an argument states that if one thing happens other negative things will happen.
Slipery Slope
What the story is mainly about?
Central or Main idea
The part of the writing or speech or song that repeated to capture the readers attention
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What is a hook
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To describe how things are alike and how they are different
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What is compare and contrast?
Gerunds are verbs disguised as nouns (Running is great exercise) while participles are adjectives
( I can't find my running shoes)
What is a a Hyperbole?
What is an exaggeration?
When you cite evidence to prove your answer, how do you let the reader know that you found the evidence in the passage?
What is Say In the text it says, and quote the evidence using quotation marks " "
How the story or passage is organized is known as its __________ ___________
(Ex. Description, cause and effect, problem and solution, chronological order, compare and contrast)
What is Text structure
This is the last part of a paper that wraps it up. It is best to end this with a STRONG impact statement.
What is a conclusion?
Which figurative language is the following sentence?
She is a tornado when she gets angry!
What is a Metaphor
The overall feeling the author creates by his choice of words sets the tone. The emotion of feeling it makes YOU the reader feel is called...
What is Mood
What two things must a sentence have to be a sentence?
What is a noun and a verb.