Essays/SARs
Literary Devices
Elements of Fiction
Sentence level
Misused and Abused
100
The 3 parts every short answer MUST contain?
What is ACE- Answer, Citation, Explanation
100
"I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!" is this type of figurative language.
What is a hyperbole?
100
The progression of events in a story
What is Plot?
100
These are conjunctions used to combine two sentences.
What is FANBOYS?
100
This is a contraction for "it is".
What is "it's"?
200
The type of composition would you write if you were given this prompt? Write about your favorite season. Explain why it's your favorite season. Be sure to - * Clearly state your central idea.
What is expository?
200
Name one thing that you need in your 1st paragraph of a STAAR essay.
What is Thesis Statement, hook/attention-getter?
200
The time/era and place of a story.
What is setting.
200
To be a complete sentence, you must have what 3 things?
What is a subject, predicate, and a complete thought?
200
This is the possessive form for the word "it".
What is "its"?
300
What type of composition would you write for this prompt? Write about someone you think is a hero. Explain why that person is a hero to you. Be sure to - * Clearly state your central idea.
What is expository?
300
This is comparing two unlike things using the words like or as.
What is simile?
300
The most critical part of a story. A story's turning point
What is Climax
300
This is what FANBOYS stands for.
What is For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
300
Too, to, or two? The mother only took her daughter to the park, but her son wanted to go _____.
What is "too"?
400
What type of composition would you write for this prompt? "Write about your position on the teaching of banned books in public schools?"
What is persuasive?
400
This is clues or hints that something is going to happen.
What is foreshadowing?
400
The moral or lesson of a story
What is Theme
400
Combine the following two sentences using BUT. Harry enjoyed going to college. He did not feel completely sure about his major.
Harry enjoyed going to college, but he did not feel completely sure about his major.
400
Their, they're, or there? Do you think the lamp looks alright over _______?
What is there?
500
DAILY DOUBLE! Create a thesis statement for the following prompt. You will get double the time to write it. Write an essay discussing whether too much money can be a bad thing.
What is Responses may vary?
500
"The proud partridge perched on the prestigious pear tree. is an example of...
What is alliteration?
500
What is the main problem of a story?
What is Conflict
500
We use commas before conjunctions Which is NOT the correct way to use a comma before a conjunction? A. We were hungry, so we grabbed a burger. B. He wanted to buy the new game, but he didn't have enough money. C. Do you want to ride your bike, or do you want to go to the mall? D. I love to sing yet, I am not very good at it.
What is D? I love to sing yet, I am not very good at it.
500
There, their, or they're? _______ going to have so much fun this weekend!
What is "they're"?
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