What is convince someone to agree with your point of view.
100
What is this an example of?
I wondered what it was like for my sister. I wondered what exactly she would find. And I wondered if it would be .....
What is repetition for effect
100
Define the subject and verb of a sentence.
What is the diagramming symbol for both?
What is the who or what the sentence is about.
The action of the subject.
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100
My mother has an exotoic plant which she spends much time nuturing.
What does nuturing mean?
What is encouraging something's development.
200
What is the turning point in a narrative called?
What is the climax
200
What is a counterclaim and rebuttal?
What is - an opposing view and supporting details to the opposite view.
200
What is expanding the moment?
What is when you take an event (1 sentence) and write one paragraph on it-- really describing the event.
200
What is the subject of this sentence?
During that time, Josh and Madison arrived and paddled the boat to shore.
What is Josh Madison
200
Groups of tourists corralled along the Great Wall of China.
What does corralled mean?
What is gathered together.
300
Name the major plot events in a narrative.
What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution-- conflict and theme
300
What is a claim?
What is a statement that one is trying to prove or convince.
300
What is this an example of?
So we sat in the dark, inour coats, and in the cold.
What is the magic three.
300
What is the verb in this sentence?
During that time, Josh and Madison arrived and paddled the boat to shore
What is arrived paddled
300
The children were jostling their way to the front of the movie line.
What does jostling mean?
What is bumping or pushing.
400
Name the four types of Narrative Leads.
What is Rhetorical question, action, description, reaction (thoughts and feelings) and dialogue
400
What point of view are argument writing?
How is it different from narrative writing?
What is third person.
Narrative writing- either first or third person point of view
400
What is this an example of?
The sun smiled down on the children as they played.
What is personification.
400
What are the predicate expanders in this sentence. What is the diagramming symbol?
During that time, Josh and Madison quickly arrived and paddled the boat to shore.
What is during that time
quickly
to shore
a triangle
400
In our family portrait, we stood in ascending order based on our ages.
What does ascending mean?
What is increasing in importance or size.
500
Name 3 elements of an effective narrative.
What is dialogue, effective lead, varied sentence structure, descriptive languate, figurative language
500
Name 5 elements of argumentative writing.
What is claim, counterclaim, evidence, reasons, rebuttal
500
What smiley trick is this called?
My mom looked at me and gave me the wait-til-your-father-gets- home look. I knew I was in big trouble.
What is hyphenated describer or modifier
500
How would you vary this sentence?
During that time, Josh and Madison arrived and paddled the boat to shore.
What is Josh and Madison arrived during that time and paddled the boat to shore.
500
Katelyn felt sick, but no one knew because of her blithe manner.
What does blithe mean?