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Essay Writing
The Circuit
100
When everyone agrees on something it is said to be _________ (una)
unanimous
100
a state of misfortune or difficulty (adv)
adversity
100
Who is the "protagonist" of the circuit?
Francisco
100
A comparison using like or as
simile
100
The main point of an essay
Thesis
100
Who was El Perico?
The red, green, and yellow, parrot.
200
Surprising or shocking (st)
stunning
200
something used to trick someone (de)
decoy
200
The person who goes against the main character (bad guy)
antagonist
200
A comparison without using like or as
metaphor
200
Facts and information that support a thesis
evidence
200
Who gives Francisco the fishing pole?
Miguelito
300
When everyone is paying attention to something
spotlight
300
gain through experience, grow (e)
evolve
300
Where and when the story takes place
setting
300
The sun was a gleaming pearl is a
metaphor
300
When introducing evidence you need to have one of these at the beginning of your paragraph
Topic sentence
300
What did Francisco want for Christmas?
A ball
400
convert code into ordinary language
decipher
400
the kind of person you hope to become, the values you wish to live by, and how you expect to impact others.
legacy
400
The way a story is told; who is telling the story
point of view
400
an exaggeration "must have called a thousand times..."
hyperbole
400
"As a schoolboy, Francisco Jimenez would gaze at a book filled with pictures of caterpillars and butterflies. He loved looking at the butterflies' colorful wings, and he wanted to learn more about those ethereal creatures. To do that, he would have to decipher the confusing code of letters printed on the pages, but Jimenez could not read or even speak English." This quote provides _______ that even though he became successful school was not always easy for Francisco.
evidence
400
What did Francisco get for Christmas?
A bag of candy
500
unusual lightness and delicacy
ethereal
500
Reflect deeply on a subject
contemplate
500
A universal idea like family or love
Themes
500
After going to the zoo, the mall, and the movies, Carly was sick of bending over backwards to entertain her nieces.
idiom
500
If you write "in the article" or "according to" and use put any direct words from another person in quotation marks you have successfully done this important part of writing an essay.
Citing your evidence
500
What did Francisco spend hours teaching the bird to say? What does that mean in English?
Periquito bonito: Pretty parakeet
(Will accept, pretty bird)