Begins with A
Word or phrase that describes the word or phrase right next to it. Usually in commas.
What is an appositive?
This man gave up his life so that he could be famous for doing something evil.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
Standard writing strategy for ELA.
What is C.E.R.?
Details the 12-day pursuit of John Wilkes Booth after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln.
What is Chasing Lincoln's Killer?
The only way to get students to participate in class.
What is by giving them candy?
A short, amusing true story.
What is an anecdote?
This woman was thrown out of her first class seat which caused her to write about the inequality in public transportation.
Who is Ida B Wells?
DOUBLE POINTS
The lesson you learn from a story.
What is the theme?
Twelve-year-old lives in a seemingly ideal world. Not until he is given his life assignment does he begin to understand the dark secrets behind his fragile community.
What is The Giver?
Sleepiest person in 7th Grade.
Who is...
Carson Speight?
Braydyn Jackson?
Javionne Kelly?
When you use words that have the same sound at the beginning, like "Stellar students synthesize sweet sentences."
What is alliteration?
The man that tried to take over the world by killing who minority groups.
Who is Adolph Hitler?
The path of events in the story that move the story forward.
What is the plot?
A kid tries to take over his community by destroying his bonds.
What is Harrison Bergeron?
Kylan's favorite phrase
What is "you feel me"?
An indirect reference to a person, place, event, or literary work. That little nod to Ms. Law tells her that someone is asleep. That was an ______, a quick reference to something that your audience will have to already know in order to "get."
What is allusion?
Mr. Clean
Who is Mr. Penfield?
DOUBLE POINTS
Tense that you write in for an essay.
What is past tense?
A boy is lost in the Canadian wilderness after his plane crashes.
What is Hatchet?
Ms. Law's favorite phrase
What is "leave me alone"?
A short moral story (often with animal characters).
What is an allegory?
The boy who had a crush on the girl who like the kid with anmesia.
Who is Brendan Espinoza?
Talking in text.
What is dialogue?
A teenage girl must take her sister's place as tribute in a fight to the death.
What is The Hunger Games?
How an author develops ideas in a text.
What are thoughts, feelings, and actions?