Vocabulary
What is an inference?
An educated guess based off background knowledge and the text.
What is theme?
The lesson/message of the story.
What is a summary?
A shorter retelling of the story.
What is a central idea?
The most important message of the text that can be explicit or implied.
Why should you not choose the first item you get when you google something?
It could be sponsored content, or AI
What does it mean if a text needs to be objective?
There should be no opinions in the text.
What was a theme from 'the Outsiders'?
War with social classes: rich/poor
Loss of innocence/coming of age
importance of family
A summary should always include only one important event. True or false?
False. Should include three important events.
What do you use to prove your central idea?
Supporting details.
C=π x d
What is the meaning of the word 'ambivalent'?
Not really positive or negative, just kind of in the middle.
Is there only one correct theme?
No.
Should a summary be longer than the story itself?
No; summaries are shorter retellings of the story.
No; it can be implied.
What is a TLD?
Top Level Domain
What is the meaning of the word 'superfluous'?
Not needed or unnecessary
A theme should be _________, meaning that it should lack opinions.
Objective
At most, a summary should be about how long.
3 - 5 sentences.
No; there can be more than one correct central idea.
What is Two-Bit's last name?
Mathews
What is alliteration?
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
First sounds of words matching.
What is the 'theme' of the Tortoise and the Hare?
Slow and steady wins the race
Name all five of the narrative elements
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
Write an example of a central idea from any text we've read this year as a full sentence.
I will check.
A swimming pool has a length of 23m and a width of 10m. Solve for area using the correct equation. Show your work for full points.
A=230m