Figure-it-out language
Define the term: when a sound is repeated throughout a text or stanza
Repetition
This author lives in Brooklyn, uses they/them pronouns, and loved to read as a child.
Akwaeke Emezi
What book is this line from?
'“Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.”
The Outsiders
True or False: Mr. Zinkula read all of the Harry Potter books in middle school.
True
What is the difference between main idea and theme?
main idea - big idea and major topics of the text
theme - universal message or lesson
Define the term: When two unlike things are compared using the words "like" or "as"
Simile
Fill in the blank:
"History might have forgotten Claudette Colvin, or relegated her to footnote status, had writer _______________________ not stumbled upon her name in the course of other research and tracked her down."
Phillip Hoose
Which book is this line from?
"A loss is inevitable,
like snow in winter.
True champions
learn
to dance
through
the storm.”
The Crossover
True or False: Ms. Kelly is older than Mr. Zinkula.
False
Create an example of a simile and explain the shared characteristic between the two items that you are comparing.
answers will vary
The phrase “Wishes are thorns, he told himself sharply. They do us no good, just stick into our skin and hurt us.” ―A Face Like Glass, Frances Hardinge" is an example of which figurative language term?
Metaphor
Which author started the first draft of their novel at age 15?
S.E. Hinton
What book is this line from?
"It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the back steps was the same one. Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren’t so different. We saw the same sunset.”
The Outsiders
Ms. Kelly's commonly used phrase "stay in your own lane" is an example of what kind of figurative language?
Metaphor
Put the following steps for writing an essay in order. revising, outlining, brainstorming, drafting, researching
2- researching
3- outlining
4- drafting
5- revising
The following quote is an example of which literary device we learned about during Unit 5, Pet.
"I lift the corners of the first sheet; dust and the smell of evergreen the papers have absorbed over the years swirl up and taunt my nose."
The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng (2012)
Sensory details
Which author's family fled the Dominican Republic to escape the harsh dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo
What book is this line from?
“The truth does not change whether it is seen or unseen."
Pet
One of the 6th grade ELA teachers studied English in college. One of the 6th grade ELA teachers studied Political Science in college. Who studied what? Bonus! Who also studied Spanish?
Mr. Zinkula - English
Ms. Kelly - Political Science, Spanish
What are the seven basic parts of speech?
noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection
There was a motif used in The Crossover. 1.Define the figurative language term "motif." 2. What was the motif in The Crossover?
1. A symbolic image or idea that appears frequently in a story. 2. The symbol of the crossover represented crossing over from childhood to adulthood.
Which author, speaker, educator, and producer did NOT like to read as a child and discussed their lack of enthusiasm for books to read in middle school as a call to action to become an author?
Kwame Alexander
What book is this line from?
"No flies fly into a closed mouth."
Before We Were Free (Chucha)
Which teacher gave more deductions? Which teacher gave more ganas? Must answer both correctly to earn points.
More deductions: Zinkula
More ganas: Zinkula
The following is an excerpt from A Raisin in the Sun, which is a book you will read next year. What is the figurative language occurring in the excerpt that means "giving human qualities to nonhuman things"?
“Walter: Sometimes it’s like I can see the future stretched out in front of me – just plain as day. The future, Mama. Hanging over there at the edge of my days. Just waiting for me — a big, looming blank space – full of nothing. Just waiting for me. But it don’t have to be.”
Personification