Writing
what is a thesis statement?
The last paragraph of an introductory paragraph that tells the purpose of your essay.
This term is the author's main point in an informational text
Central Idea
Name the prepositions in this sentence:
At my house, I want to hang Christmas lights and spend time with my family.
at; with
a characteristically anonymous, timeless, and placeless tale circulated orally among a people
folktale
A Tanenbaum is this type of holiday decor.
Christmas Tree
The author's attitude toward a subject
Tone
The art of persuasion
rhetoric
Is this sentence compound or complex:
Janelle prefers reading and KirPatrick likes to swim.
Compound
In a story, what is the term for the following:
Josh said, "I can't hang out then." She said, "What about the next day." Josh never responded.
Dialogue
Scrooge's first name in Dicken's A Christmas Carol is..
Ebeneezer
What effect does 3rd person narration add to a passage?
The reader can be more objective about the events going on.
Name two things a speaker can do to be more effective
Gesture
enunciate
use inflection
name the dependent clause in the sentence:
During winter break, I will go to the movie theatre.
During winter break
This term is making a guess based on evidence from the text
Inference
There are this many candles on a menorah.
9 (8 nights plus the helper candle)
This term means why an author wrote a text
Author's purpose
An appeal to the audience's since of morality
Ethos
Name all the prepositions in this sentence:
"The small, curious cat, perched delicately on the edge of the old wooden table, cautiously peered into the dimly lit room, occasionally glancing around for any sign of movement before finally leaping down to investigate the mysterious object lying beneath the chair."
on; into; for; to; beneath
supernatural events
an atmosphere of suspense/fear
gothic characters: monsters/ damsel in distress
gothic themes: madness, fear, death
gothic setting: decay, intense weather, old mansions/castles
This 19th Century President declared Christmas a national holiday.
Grant
What does the word "conjectures" mean based in the pasSage
"Father Gonzaga arrived before seven o’clock, alarmed at the strange news. By that time onlookers less frivolous than those at dawn had already arrived and they were making all kinds of conjectures concerning the captive’s future. The simplest among them thought that he should be named mayor of the world. Others of sterner mind felt that he should be promoted to the rank of five-star general in order to win all wars."
Answers Vary
What is the denotation and connotation of the following word based on the text: schemes
tell the evidence that helped you
"To that new order we oppose the greater conception--the moral order. A good society is able to face schemes of world domination and foreign revolutions alike without fear."
answers vary
What elements are parallel in the following sentence?
"And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man”
my fellow Americans and fellow citizens of the world
ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country; ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of ma
Give an example of a hyperbole
“so hungry I could eat a horse”
Santa's Reindeer names
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, Rudolph