Figurative Language
Essays
Test Strategies
Plot
Vocab
100
When two objects or ideas that are not alike are compared using 'like' or 'as'
Simile
100

What two words should you start your conclusion with?

In conclusion,

100
What type of question is being asked when it says: "What is this story mostly about?"
Central Idea questions
100

What is the point in the story where there is no turning bac?

Climax

100

An argument is made up of claims which are supported by...

Reasons and Evidence

200

A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an animal or an object

Personification

BONUS - 2 SHOTS!

200

What strategy should you use in your body paragraphs? 

RACE strategy

200
What should you do when you come to a word you don't know in a text?
Read the words around it and use context clues to try to understand it. You can also skip the word to see if you can still understand the text.
200
What is the mood of a story?
Mood is the overall emotion that the reader feels from a story.
200

Compare & Contrast, Chronological, Cause & Effect, and problem and solution are all examples of...

Informational Text Structures

**Bonus 2 Shots if correct

300

What figurative language is used in this sentence? What does it mean?

Do you ever feel already buried deep?

Idiom

Have too much to do

300

To go from 3 pts to 4 pts in the category of purpose and organization, what do you have to include in your essay?

TRANSITION

3 SHOT BONUS!

300

What is this question asking you? Explain. 

How does paragraph 9 contribute to the development of the overall text?

It saying how does paragraph provides to the understanding of the entire text. 

300

What is the theme of a story.

The main lesson or moral of the story.

300

Text Structure with a pattern that expresses relationships between events, ideas, and trends

cause and effect

**BONUS SHOT 1 if correct

400
The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound or the sound made by an object or an action.
Onomatopoeia
400

What are three differences between informational essay and an argumentative essay?

1. Argumentative = Claim, Informational = Answer

2. Argumentative has a counterclaim/rebuttal

3. Argumentative = 6 Paragraphs, Info = 5 Paragraphs

400

What should you do before starting to type your essay.

Write out a quick outline

**BONUS SHOTS 4 if correct

400

Draw and label a plot diagram on the board.

If correct - BONUS 3 Shots

400

What would be an example of a narrative?

Story or Novel

500
An exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is true.
Hyperbole
500

When asked to write an argumentative essay, what should this type of essay include?

Introduction with a thesis statement (restate, claim and 3 reasons), 4 body paragraphs using IRACE(following the blueprint and including counterclaim), conclusion

500

What is the first thing to do before reading the text. 

READ THE QUESTIONS FIRST & MARK UP THE TEXT

500

What is needed in a summary?

5 W's - Where When Why, What, and Who

500

Give an example of a sentence that is an objective.

To date, Beyonce has won 28 Grammy awards.

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