English 9
Your graduation year
When is 2028?
The number of paragraphs in an essay
What is at least four?
Verifies whether an event actually occurred or not and is the most trustworthy type of a source
What is a primary source?
What does your WIN time stand for?
What is What I Need?
an invented prose narrative that is usually long and complex and deals especially with human experience through a usually connected sequence of events
What is a novel?
This is another word for thesis statement (often used in Science)
Hypothesis
The author of The Great Gatsby.
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
The four core subjects
What is Math, English, Science and History?
figure of speech that describes one thing by stating that it is another thing without using like or as
What is a metaphor?
The speech a character gives alone on stage.
What is a soliloquy or monologue?
The ethical credibility of the speaker in an argument.
What is ethos?
How many STAAR tests does the average High Schooler take?
Five
a form of literature that uses the sound, rhythm, and meaning of words to spark imagination and evoke strong emotions. Often done in lines or stanzas
What is poetry?
When the action behind a character stops and the character speaks directly to the audience and tells them something that he/she is thinking. Hint: Think a side comment
What is an aside?
When a reader gives a general picture of an article or essay.
A summary
Who are we playing against for Homecoming?
Who is Godley?
The four books we will read this school year
Hint: We've read one already, and there is a question about another.
What are The Great Gatsby, The Crucible, Their Eyes Were Watching God, and Fahrenheit 451?