Elements of Poetry
Making an object have human characteristics
Personification
What is the FATE strategy used for?
Answering multiple choice questions
What caused Cholera to spread in London?
Dirty water
Based on With a Little Luck, write an essay explaining the character traits that made Isaac Newton a great scientist. Be sure to use information from the excerpt to write your essay.
explaining the character traits that made Isaac Newton a great scientist.
What does the F in FATE stand for?
Focus on the question
Simile
What does the R in RACES stand for?
Restate the question
Who were the two main characters in A Long Walk to Water?
Salva and Nya
Based on “Here There Be Jaguars” and “Creature Close-Up,” write an essay that explains how cameras are a useful tool for people hoping to protect wildlife. Be sure to use information from both articles to develop your essay.
write an essay that explains how cameras are a useful tool for people hoping to protect wildlife.
What does the E in FATE stand for?
Eliminate answer choices that don't make sense.
Comparing two things without using like or as.
Metaphor
What does the E in RACES stand for?
Explain
What was the name of the patient zero in the case of the Plague?
Goodwoman Philips
After reading, The Terror and How to Ignore a House on Fire write an essay examining how both authors develop a similar theme. Use evidence from both texts to develop your essay.
both authors develop a similar theme.
What does the A in RACES stand for?
Answer the question
Pairs of lines that rhyme
Rhyming couplet
What does the T in FATE stand for?
Look back in the text
Which two people worked together to track down and test Typhoid Mary?
Based on “Capturing the Moment,” write a narrative that tells what most likely happens next in the story. Use what you know about the characters, setting, and events from the passage to write your narrative.
write a narrative that tells what most likely happens next in the story.
What is the RACES strategy used for?
Writing paragraphs/essays
What is the name for the element of poetry where the same letter sound is used repeatedly?
Alliteration
What does the C in RACES stand for?
Cite evidence
What city in the US did Salva travel to?
After reading Herd Behavior and The Kitty Genovese Murder, write an essay analyzing how the bystander effect is related to herd behavior. Use evidence from both the story and poem to develop your essay.
how the bystander effect is related to herd behavior.
What's the difference between RACES and TAACKO?
RACES is for essays/paragraphs.
TAACKO is for writing summaries.