Vocabulary
Taking the text and writing down only the main events in a shortened form is...
summarizing
Fiction stories are...
Fake
The first sentence of each body paragraph starts with a sentence that tells what the rest of the paragraph will be about. This is known as a ____ sentence.
Topic
conflict
subject & predicate
Sometimes details about characters will be ______, stated directly in the text. Other times, they are only _____, meaning they are suggested but not said directly.
explicit & implicit
A nonfiction text that is written about someone's own life is known as a/an...
autobiography or memoir
The sentence that answers the question and explains what the whole essay will be about is known as the...
Thesis Statement
The setting in a story includes the _____ & ______.
time & place
List all 7 FANBOYS
for and nor but or yet so
A summary should be _____, meaning it is free of opinions.
objective
realistic or contemporary fiction
All TDAs must have three types of paragraphs. What are they?
introduction, conclusion, body paragraphs
Typically stories have a main character and that character's opponent. What the the Tier 3 names of these characters & which is which?
List 8 subordinates.
since, when, while, which, after, although, as, before, because, if, though, until, once
Some nonfiction pieces are structured from the first event to happen then the second then third until the end. This organization pattern is known as...
Chronological Order
space, advanced weapons, aliens, robots, future world, other planets
What does TDA stand for?
Text-Dependent Analysis
What is the definition of theme & what was the main theme of "Girl from the Heavens" in relation to Pandora?
Lesson/moral. Curiosity killed the cat.
What's the difference between an independent and dependent clause?
Dependent cannot stand on its own because it starts with a subordinate; independent is a complete thought on its own
If a question asked you to make an evaluation of a text, what is it asking you do to?
Determine the text's worth or effectiveness; did it do what it was supposed to do? Why or why not.
A biography is a well-known subgenre of nonfiction. What are four other types of nonfiction texts -- history, sports, and science are nonfiction topics, not types of subgenres.
evidence, inferences, and analysis
The plot outline includes six steps. Order them from beginning to end in the correct order.
Exposition, conflict, RA, climax, FA, resolution.
Explain what a compound and complex sentence are. Be sure to tell which parts each needs & if it needs any commas.
Compound: 2 independent joined with a comma & conjunction
Complex: 1 independent + 1 dependent; comma needed ONLY if dependent begins the sentence