Grammar & Language
Literary Texts
TDA writing
Informative Texts
Figurative Language
100
The pronoun has to match this for number and gender
What is antecedent?
100

The main message or lesson of a story is called this.

What is a theme ?

100

Adding these to your thesis gives the reader a sense of your main reasons, in order, and tells what your body paragraphs will be about.

What are Three prongs, your reasons or examples?

100
Nonfiction texts can have one or more of these purposes.
What are to persuade, to inform, and to entertain?
100
Identify the type of figurative language: "When we heard that there was an earthquake in California, we offered the citizens a hand immediately."
What is a metaphor?
200
You can fix this problem with a period & capital letter, a comma & conjunction, or a semicolon
What is a run-on sentence?
200

A character who opposes the main character is known as this.

Who is the antagonist?
200

One of the main ways students lose focus points on their TDA is by not looking for this.

What is a second question within the prompt?

200

This text structure compares similarities and differences between two topics.

What is compare and contrast?

200
Identify the type of figurative language: " My grandma used to say she could tell the difference between really cleaning your room and just giving it a lick and a promise."
What is an idiom?
300
A sentence with an independent clause + a dependent clause is called this.
What is a complex sentence?
300
Written conversation between two or more characters and identifiable by quotation marks.
What is dialogue?
300

This explains how your evidence supports your claim.

What is analysis?

300
A statement that is generally accepted to be true by MOST people (more than one word)
What is a commonly accepted belief?
300
Identify the figurative language: "The hot chocolate warmed Zoe up like a fluffy blanket."
What is simile?
400
To make sure your subject agrees with your verb, you may have to eliminate these distracting word groups.
What are prepositional phrases?
400

The perspective where the narrator knows all characters; thoughts is called this.

What is third-person omniscient?
400
The explanation for each text quote you cite should follow these guidelines.
What is explain how the quote connects with the thesis statement, making sure the explanation is longer than the quote itself? 
400
A reader of an informative text will miss important details unless he reads these on a deep level (close reading).
What are graphics/figures, sidebars, subtitles, and bolded/italicized words/phrases, background paragraphs?
400
Identify the figurative language: "Your budget?  Think about it this way:  You will more likely get to your vacation destination if you draw a map and stick to it.  Same with your money goals."
What is an analogy?
500
When a reader does not know the meaning of an isolated word, he can use his knowledge of these to get 'in the ballpark."
What are prefixes, roots, and suffixes?
500

These are the essential events on a plot diagram.

What are exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?

500

To complete the TDA, a conclusion paragraph should include these pieces.

What are a restatement of claim/thesis, summary of body paragraphs, and a takeaway.

500

A reader can get to the heart of an informative text more quickly if they can identify one of these structure patterns.

What are cause and effect, problem and solution, chronological order, part-to-whole or whole-to-part, and descriptive or sensory writing?

500
Identify the figurative language: "The lifeguard warned the little boys at the beach not to go into the riptide, or they could end up in Davey Jones's locker!"
What is allusion?
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