Terrific TDAs
What does "ICE" paragraph stand for?
Introduce
Cite
Explain
Billy bought buckets of balloons from Bethany.
Alliteration
SETTING
Which sentence here is a sentence FRAGMENT:
(1) The kiwi is a flightless bird that lives in the grasslands of New Zealand.
(2) This interesting bird has an excellent sense of smell.
(3) Which it uses to find bugs and seeds on the ground.
(4) The kiwi is the only bird that has nostrils at the tip of its beak.
The term that describes the small notes and summaries that we write for ourselves when reading a passage.
Annotations
Explains, Describes, Informs, Discusses, Mentions, Argues, and many, many more!!
The term used for "sound effect" words like buzz, screech, and tap.
Spelling does not count - just try your best :)
Onomatopoeia
This story element term typically refers to the message or lesson of a passage...
THEME
Find the pronoun mistake in this sentence, and fix it!
Many students take more than one year of foreign language because you enjoy the experience of learning a different language.
Change you to they
Read the sentence below and insert ONE comma to make the sentence grammatically correct.
Ayush and Bryn finished their homework on time but Landon needed to turn it in late.
Ayush and Bryn finished their homework on time , but Landon needed to turn it in late.
What punctuations should you put around the page/paragraph number after citing evidence?
Parenthesis
I feel so sick that I'm about to die!!!
True or False: The above statement is an example of an idiom.
FALSE - It's hyperbole!
This phrase describes who or what is telling the story. In other words, the narrator!
Point of View
Which word is incorrectly spelled in this sentence?
For my research paper, I studied the giant sculptures on exibit at the museum.
*Bonus points if you write how to spell it correctly
Exibit (should be exhibit)
This is the name of the town where Winnie Foster lived in Tuck Everlasting.
Treegap
Name two possible transitions for CITING evidence...
According to the text,
The author states,
The text states,
In the passage,
(plus many others)
What is the major difference between a SIMILE and a METAPHOR?
Name two of the three (possibly four) types of conflict.
-Character vs. Character
-Character vs. Self
-Character vs. Nature
(Maybe Character vs. Society)
Which sentence contains a mistake in VERB usage?
(1) Monarch butterflies, like many other animals, migrate south for the winter.
(2) Butterfly lovers flocks to Michoacán, Mexico, every year to see the millions of monarchs that spend the winter there.
(3) These monarchs hatched somewhere in the north the previous spring, and because monarchs have a short lifespan, no single monarch lives long enough to make the return trip.
(4) That task is left to their offspring, who somehow find their way north.
Sentence 2 (Butterfly lovers flocks... should be changed to butterfly lovers flock...)
This term means the words and phrases that richly describe the five senses and create mental pictures in our head.
For example, The salty air, roaring of waves, and the sky with its many shades of orange and red made sunset at the beach very memorable.
Imagery
Complete this Lyric from Ice Ice Baby:
Alright stop, collaborate and listen
Ice is back with my brand new invention
Something grabs a hold of me tightly
Flow like a harpoon daily and nightly
Will it ever stop? Yo, I don't know
Turn off the lights, (heh) and I'll ______?
What is glow?
Write a sentence that has an example of personification.
Answers will vary - Mr. McCabe will need to check!
These words/phrases describe a person's physical appearance or personality traits.
For example, the Constable is fat, lazy, and talkative.
Character Traits
Which of the following sentences is a run-on sentence?
(1) Jamie collected stones for a wall he wanted to build carefully he put each one into place.
(2) He wanted the wall to look as if it had been there for many years without any changes.
(3) He had carefully selected stones to make the new wall look just as old as the other nearby walls did.
(4) Jamie stood back and admired the work that he had already accomplished.
Sentence 1
In the short story Girls Can't Play, Hazel has the opportunity to watch a girl pitcher strike out Babe Ruth and Lou Gerigh. What is the name of that female pitcher? (I need first AND LAST name!)
Jackie Mitchell