VOCABULARY
Where and when a story takes place / Dónde y cuándo ocurre una historia
WHAT IS SETTING?
A type of writing that uses rhythm, structure, and emotion / Un tipo de escritura que usa ritmo, estructura y emoción
WHAT IS POETRY?
This describes a story written in order of time, moving from first to last like a timeline! / Esto describe una historia escrita en orden tiempo, avanzando de principio a fin como una línea de tiempo.
WHAT IS CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER?
A 3-letter phrase that reminds us how to answer short writing questions / Una frase de 3 letras que nos recuerda cómo responder preguntas de escritura corta
WHAT IS A.C.E?
FREE QUESTION: This Puerta Rican *STAAR* just received another grammy / PREGUNTA LIBRE: Esta estrella puertorriqueño acaba de recibir otro Grammy.
WHO IS BAD BUNNY?
Giving human qualities to non-human things / Dar cualidades humanas a cosas no humanas
WHAT IS PERSONIFICATION?
A brief fictional narrative with one main conflict / Una narrativa ficticia breve con un conflicto principal
WHAT IS A SHORT STORY?
This rhetorical device is a grammatical technique using consistent, balanced structures. All parts of the sentence are EQUAL. / Este rhetorical device es una técnica gramatical que utiliza estructuras consistentes y equilibradas. Todas las partes de la oración son IGUALES.
WHAT IS PARALLELISM?
A sentence stating the main claim of an essay / Una oración que declara la idea principal de un ensayo
WHAT IS A THESIS STATEMENT?
The parts of a plot: Exposition, _________ Action, _______ Action, and _____________.
WHAT IS RISING ACTION AND FALLING ACTION?
A comparison that says one thing is another / Una comparación que dice que una cosa es otra
WHAT IS A METAPHOR?
This is the name of a genre that is based on real-life events or facts. / Este es el nombre de un genre que se basa en hechos o acontecimientos de la vida real.
WHAT IS NON-FICTION?
A rhetorical device used when an author places opposite ideas side by side to add emphasis or drama to their writing. / Un rhetorical device que se utiliza cuando un autor coloca ideas opuestas una junto a la otra para añadir énfasis o dramatismo a su escritura.
WHAT IS ANTITHESIS?
Name the paragraphs of an essay! (4 parts)
WHAT IS INTRODUCTION, BB 1, BP 2, AND CONCLUSION.
The 2 types of writing questions on the STAAR test. / Los 2 tipos de preguntas de escritura en el examen STAAR.
WHAT IS A SHORT ANSWER AND ESSAY QUESTION?
The sequence of events in a story / La secuencia de eventos en una historia
Hint: It looks like a mountain!
WHAT IS PLOT?
A true story about a person’s memories or life events / Una historia real sobre recuerdos o eventos de la vida de una persona
WHAT IS A MEMOIR?
Name 3 characteristics of poetry / Nombra 3 características de la poemas
WHAT IS FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE, STANZAS/LINES, THEMES, AND RHYME (SOMETIMES)?
A complete thought with a subject and verb / Un pensamiento completo con sujeto y verbo
WHAT IS AN INDEPENDENT CLAUSE?
The punctuation that this sentence is missing / La puntuación que le falta a esta oración:
I was late for work today__there was a huge traffic jam on the highway.
WHAT IS A SEMICOLON?
A conclusion based on clues and prior knowledge / Una conclusión basada en pistas y conocimiento previo
WHAT IS INFERENCING?
Writing that makes a claim and supports it with evidence / Escritura que presenta una afirmación y la apoya con evidencia
WHAT IS AN ARGUMENTATIVE TEXT?
This type of rhyme describes words that are spelled similarly, but actually do not rhyme at all! / Este tipo de rhyme describe palabras que se escriben de forma similar, pero en realidad no rhyme en absoluto.
WHAT IS EYE RHYME?
The 2 parts to every sentence. Give an example!
WHAT IS A SUBJECT AND PREDICATE?
Fill in the blank with the correct FANBOY / Completa el espacio en blanco con el FANBOY correcto:
Maria does not miss a day of work ____, does she miss a day of school.
WHAT IS NOR?