Reading Skills
Is the following a fact or opinion:
Syrup does not belong on a burger!
Opinion
Which type of figurative langauge makes a comparison using "like" or "as"?
Simile
Is the following a compound sentence:
I like to watch TV, and he likes to play on his phone.
Yes
List two places that are mentioned in The Outsiders that the gang hangs out at.
empty lot
Curtis house
movies
gas station
An incomplete sentence can also be called ...
Which part of the story is the incident that sparks the action?
The Inciting Event
Provide 3 signal words for the following tone:
Nervous
sweaty
heart-beating
shaking
breathing-heavy
walking slow
etc.
Does a complex sentence need a comma when the independent clause comes first?
No
Name two ways that the two groups of teenagers is different in the novel?
Tell me one way they are alike?
Answers will vary, teacher discretion if right or wrong.
Which is the example of a compelte sentence:
a) guess I know which one
b) the lady in red
c) she talked loudly
c) she talked loudly
List four character traits.
shy
outoging
agressive
rude
honest
confused
etc.
What are the two ways an author can characterize a chracter in a story?
Ex: John was a kind teenager.
Ex: John mowed his old neighbors grass every two weeks in the summer for free.
Directly and Indirectly
What two clauses make up a complex sentence?
Independent and Dependent
What are three of the characters in the Greasers group? Name two Socs.
Darry, Dally , Two Bit, Johnny, Sodapop, and Ponyboy
Bob, Cherry
When items are listed in a series does a comma go before or after each item?
After
Example: I will need a ladder, paintbrush, and blue paint.
Text features help readers:
a) add variety to the sentences they read
b) understand the plot of the story
c) gain a better understanding/ more detail about nonfiction texts
C- gain a better understanding/ more detail about nonfiction texts
Which refers to the way the author uses word choice to create feeling in a story: Tone or Mood
Tone
Correct the compound sentence:
I can make pancakes, I can make waffles.
I can make pancakes. I can make waffles.
I can make pancakes; I can make waffles.
I can make pancakes, or I can make waffles.
Is the town where Ponyboy and Johnny go hide in the city or country? How do they get there? Where do they hide?
In the country
by train
an abandoned church
Two independent clauses combined with a comma and a conjunction is what type of sentence?
Give an example of inciting event from a story we have read in class.
Teacher Discretion
Which is not the same as the others? figurative language:
I worked myself to death today
He was a mountain of emotion
He became a heavy anchor
I worked myself to death today- hyperbole
Other two examples are metaphors
List 4 errors in the following sentence:
Because hayley, and Sam were late to practice, They will have to run for laps.
hayley- capitalize proper nouns
hayley,- comma not needed
They- capital letter not needed
for- mispelled, should be "four"
Name the person who is a spy for the greaser's? What are they going to hold between the two groups of teenagers?
Cherry Valance
A rumble, a fight
A compound sentence without proper punctuation becomes what kind of sentence?
A Run-on Sentence