MATH
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59.92
What is an anecdote?
Anecdotes are used in informational writing to give details about a person in an interesting and engaging manner.
Name 2 things that make up a civilization?
Government, writing system, cities, food supply, domesticated animals, job specialization, and a social class system.
147.2 divided by 3.2 =
46
What is an antagonist?
This character causes the conflict for the protagonist.
Important tip: The antagonist could be the good guy in the story. The antagonist is not always the "bad guy."
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15.49
Provide an example of a form of literary non-fiction.
Letters, commemoration speeches, eulogies, speeches, essays, memoirs, autobiographies, biographies, travel writing, and nature writing.
What is the definition of a city state?
A self-governing state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory.
What is a protagonist?
This character has a major conflict to solve.
Important tip: The protagonist could be the bad guy in the story. The protagonist is not always the hero.
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In addition to anecdotes, what else do writers use to develop and elaborate ideas?
Examples and details.
What is the definition of history?
A written record of past important events and their causes.
3/4 divided by 1/8 =
6
What is a synonyms?
Synonyms are words with similar meanings.
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13
What is the difference between a topic and a theme?
Theme is a full sentence or phrase that gives you the important life lesson in the story.
Topic is one word that tells the reader what the story was about.
What is the difference between absolute and relative location?
Absolute location is the exact spot on the planet where a place is located.
A place that is described in relation to another place is relative location.
What is a signal word?
Signal words can give us hints that a context clue is being used. Sometimes those words signal that an antonym is going to be your clue for figuring out the unfamiliar word.
What is the difference between explicit and implicit details?
Explicit details are stated directly and implicit details are not stated directly and have to be inferred.
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Name the 5 plot elements:
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution.
What is the definition of geography?
Georgraphy is the study of how living and nonliving things have an effect on each other.
Provide an example of a primary and secondary source of history.
Primary Sources: Interviews, diaries, autobiographies, and photographs.
Secondary Sources: Biographies, text books, newspaper articles and magazine articles.
What was the Neolithic Revolution?
It was the first agricultural revolution where humans moved away from hunting and gathering, and moved to agriculture and settlement.