Vocabulary
Main Idea
What is what the passage is MOSTLY about?
The student was arrogant in thinking they could pass their exam without studying, and in the end, they failed.
What is being overly confident?
School is a jungle.
What is a metaphor?
As a result of studying for the test,
Refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white woman
Summary
What is to restate the main idea of a passage?
The teacher emphasized the importance of IAs by telling students that it will help determine the rest of their year.
What is to draw more attention to something? OR What is to show the importance of something?
The boy was as quiet as a mouse.
What is a simile?
However, when my mom got home,
The number of dollars you need to participate in next week's Fun Day.
What is $200?
Contrast
What is to show the ways that things are different from each other?
How does the author convey the importance of standing up for what is right?
What is to show?
The wind whispered the promise of cold weather to come.
What is personification?
Although Stewart brought $50 to the store,
What is the first book we read this year?
A Raisin in the Sun
Convey
What is to show an idea?
It was quite the coincidence that on the same day he didn't study, the teacher gave a pop quiz.
What are things happening at the same time?
Create an example of IMAGERY relating to a wild school bus ride.
Because Jack and Jill fell down the hill,
Write a thesis statement related to the following prompt:
Write an essay explaining the importance of standing up for what is right.
It is important to stand up for what is right because...
Emphasize
What is to clearly establish something? OR
What is to show that something is important?
The students were meticulous in preparing for IAs, and as a result, they all did very well.
Create a METAPHOR relating to betrayal.
Nevertheless, when the dog got back from the groomer,
What is the name of EITHER Ms. Hindert's cat OR one of Ms. Carrizales' dogs?