Spelling
Choose the word that is spelled correctly:
1. Assortmint
2. Assortment
3. Asortmant
2. Assortment
Define transitions in writing
Words or phrases to connect one idea to another
Define phobia
ex) Pyrophobia
Phobia: fear
Pyrophobia: fear of fire
What is the tone that goes along with the following passage?
"It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the back steps was the same one. Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset."
Hopeful or Uniting
Choose the word that is spelled correctly:
1. constrict
2. cunstrict
3. contrict
1. constrict
Define the following:
1. 1st person point of view
2. 2nd person point of view
3. 3rd person point of view
1. The speaker referring to themselves when telling the story, narrator is one of the characters in the story.. I, me, my, mine, we, us
2. The narrator is a main character in the story ... you, you're, you've
3. The narrator is outside of the story... she, he, they, them
Define thermo
ex) endothermic
Thermo: heat
Endothermic: heated from within the body
Who is the narrator of The Outsiders?
Ponyboy Curtis
Choose the word that is spelled correctly:
1. Dastract
2. Distract
3. Destract
2. Distract
Define thesis
Presents the main idea or focus of an essay.
Define spec
ex) Spectacles
Spec: look
Spectacles: glasses
In the following passage, what is the theme or lesson the speaker is implying?
"It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the back steps was the same one. Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset."
Maybe the two different social groups weren't so different after all. They live in the same world and look at the same sunset, they have things in common if they take the time to find them.
Choose the word that is spelled correctly:
1. Megaphone
2. Megafone
3. Meguphone
1. Megaphone
Define theme
The universal message or idea found in a literary passage.
Define Son
ex) Sonar
Son: sound
Sonar: a system for the detection of objects underwater
What was it that Ponyboy did after getting jumped at the beginning of the book that was surprising to his character?
He cried.
Choose the word that is spelled correctly:
1. Munotinous
2. Monatenous
3. Monotonous
3. Monotonous
Define tone/mood
The overall feeling of the story based on the word choices of the author.
Define Morph
ex) amorphous
Morph: a shape
Amorphous: no shape or boundary
What decade is The Outsiders set in?
The 1960's