Definitions
What is a definition?
The meaning of a word.
What is called the main claim of an essay?
Thesis statement
The people or animals in a story are known as?
What is explanatory writing?
Writing that informs you about something.
What has hands but cannot clap?
A Clock
A word that means the opposite of another word is an ...
An Antonym
Where the thesis is usually located?
Bottom part of your Introduction
The time and place of a story is known as the ?
Setting
What type of sources are used for explanatory writing?
Primary and Secondary sources.
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word is an ...
An Synonym
A thesis that is just has the topic and opinion fact is considered a weak or strong thesis?
Weak Thesis
What is the conflict of a narrative?
The main problem/issue of the story.
What are the 3 main parts of a body paragraph?
Reason, evidence, and reasoning.
What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
What is an inference?
It is an educational guess.
Your three reasons will be the order of your what?
Body paragraphs.
The most exciting moment in a story is known as the ...
Climax
How many paragraphs, at least, should your explanatory essay be for the SBA?
3 paragraphs. Intro, Body, and Conclusion
I get wetter the more I dry. What am I?
A Towel
What is Evidence?
How many reasons should a thesis statement have?
Three (3)
A narrative story is divided into 3 parts, what are they?
Beginning, Middle, and End.
What is included in an introduction?
Hook, Background information, and Thesis.
I run all around the backyard but never move. What am I?
A Fence
What does CER stand for?
Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning.
A thesis statement is made up of 3 things: topic, _______, and 3 reasons. What is missing?
The Opinion
The beginning of a story where characters are introduced is called ...
Exposition
How many continents are there in the world?
I have teeth but cannot bite. What am I?
A Comb brush
What is the definition of summary?
Putting all the main ideas of a text in one paragraph.
What is an argument
You position on something
The ending where problems are solved is called the...
Resolution
What is an eight-sided shape called?
Octogon
Which month has 28 days?
ALL OF THEM
What is a central idea?
Main idea of the text.
What is a counterargument?
What is theme?
The message or lesson of a story.
Which superhero can climb walls and shoot webs?
Spider-Man
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
A map