Books
St. Isaac's native language
What is FRENCH?
This includes the place and time of a story.
Uncomfortably strange in a fearful way
What is EERILY?
This is how many words may be in a very short sentence.
What is FIVE OR LESS?
This man was the first European explorer to reach the New World, landing in San Salvador in 1492.
Who was CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS?
This story, told from the perspective of Isabel, focused on how the slaves were treated by the British and the American Rebels in colonial America.
What is CHAINS?
The protagonist, antagonist, foil, and sidekick are examples of these.
What are CHARACTERS?
What is TYRANT?
These are the types of paragraphs in a five-paragraph essay.
What are INTRODUCTION, THREE BODY PARAGRAPHS, AND CONCLUSION?
What is the AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR?
True Grit was a book about a teenaged girl who travels into this territory (later the state of Oklahoma) to avenge her father's death.
What is INDIAN TERRITORY?
After the exposition, this happens in the story. It includes background information and minor problems for the characters.
What is RISING ACTION?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!
Not friendly; unfavorable to one's well-being
What is HOSTILE?
List three words represented in the abbreviation www.asia.b.
What are WHEN, WHILE, WHERE, AS, SINCE, IF, ALTHOUGH, BECAUSE?
The soil of the prairie states was destroyed by farmers clearing prairie grass to make room for animal grazing and wheat cultivation, resulting in years of drought and devastation, called this.
What is the DUST BOWL?
A story that takes place in a time period from the past. The setting is often real, but some of the characters are made up.
What is HISTORICAL FICTION?
This is what makes a writer's work interesting and unique. It includes the genre and literary devices, and an author's general way of writing.
What is LITERARY STYLE? (or STYLE)
Of deep meaning or significance
What is PROFOUND?
List 4 prepositions that can begin a #2 sentence.
What is aboard, about, above, across, against, among, around, amid, among, after, at, except for, during, down, behind, beneath, beside, beyond, at, to, into, with, ETC.?
This British passenger ship was sunk off the coast of Ireland, killing many Americans onboard and eventually leading to the US entering WWI.
What is THE LUSITANIA?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!
This is Mrs. Ryan's all-time favorite short story.
What is "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"?
This includes the central idea of the story, which can be applied to anyone's life. To find it, you can examine the conflict of the story.
What is THEME?
Working well with little waste
What is EFFICIENT?
This is the topic-clincher rule.
What is "The topic sentence and the clincher sentence must repeat or reflect two or three key words"?
The US Government provided free land after Congress passed the Homestead Act. One of the last territories was opened on April 22, 1889, resulting in this historic event.
What is the OKLAHOMA LAND RUSH?