Grammar
What makes a sentence complex?
an independent and dependent clause
What is an example of a reliable source?
The government website, textbook, .edu, .gov, .org
Everyone else at the party wanted veggie pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables.
What does the word detest mean?
What is did not like?
What should every narrative have?
imagery and dialogue
What are transition words?
What type of sentence is:
Snow fell on the large football field during Christmas break.
Simple
The process of looking up information to establish facts of a topic.
Alter: Grandpa didn’t know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip, and now he had to alter his plans.
What does the word alter mean?
What is change?
The sentence that provides the summary of a paragraph.
What is the final sentence or summary statement?
Important information is given from the article to strengthen a topic.
What is a citation?
Find the spelling error:
The gigantic tracktor cut the grass.
tracktor--tractor
Give an example of an unreliable source.
blog, diary, .com, wikipedia
Melodramatic: When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger, she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor.
What does melodramatic mean?
What is sad?
A story written mainly for children, but starts normally with once upon a time and ends with happily ever after.
What is a fairy tale.
The final sentence of the introduction. This sentence gives you the topic and opinion of the essay.
What is the thesis?
What question does an adverb phrase answer?
Where, When, How, Why
What is plagiarism?
Perch: The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms, waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby.
What is perched?
What is sitting on the side of?
A tall tale
What is a legend?
The process of looking over ones work to ensure you have found any and all mistakes.
What is proofreading?
The students (in Mrs. Breedlove's class) are prepared for the benchmark. What type of prepositional phrase is in the parenthesis?
Adjective Prepositional Phrase
What is paraphrasing?
Putting a writer's information into your own words.
Dismal: With the field torn up by the players’ cleats, and the cold rain falling in waves, conditions on the playing field were dismal.
What does the word dismal mean?
What is unfavorable?
The water was like polished plate glass.
What is a simile?
The paragraph shows the opposite side of than argument while proving that side wrong.
What is the counterclaim?