Greek & Latin Roots
These words all use the root _ which means _
Septangular, September, septuagenarian, septillion, Septuagint
Sept - Seven
This word is used to describe a noun
Adjective
In this novel, characters' names are drawn at random, those drawn are placed in an arena to battle to the death. The winner will be given all the luxuries they could never afford.
The Hunger Games
This type of poem is famous for the shape it is written in.
Concrete Poetry
These two things are required for a correct, complete sentence.
Capitilization & Punctuation
This genre creatively depicts real or imaginary science and technology as part of its plot, setting, or theme.
Science Fiction/Sci-Fi
Giving human attributes to nonhuman objects.
Personification
What does the word "xenophobia" mean?
A fear of strangers
Punctuate the following sentence properly:
theres nowhere else id rather be than sitting in my backyard with a glass of sweet tea on a warm sunny afternoon
There’s nowhere else I’d rather be than sitting in my backyard with a glass of sweet tea on a warm, sunny afternoon.
In this play, characters are concerned by a power outage in the area. As they begin exploring possible causes for the outage, strange things start happening, like cars starting on their own, and lights coming on in select houses. The people fear ailens are responsible, and take matters into their own hands as a stranger approaches in the dark.
The Monsters are Due on Maple Street
Identify the rhyme scheme in the following poem by Edward Lear:
There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, 'It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!'
AABBA
_ _ is a tool writers use to track the plot of a story.
Plot mountain
In this genre the author creates an imaginary universe, often but not always without any locations, events, or people from the real world. Magic, the supernatural and magical creatures are common in many of these imaginary worlds.
Fantasy
Flash! Bang! Wham!
These words are examples of what?
Onomatopoeia
Adding the root -i to the end of a word makes the word what?
plural
Interrupters do what to the sentence, besides intrrupt them.
Add additional, nonessential details to the sentence
In this story, a boy is angry at his father and chooses not to go home on a rainy day. Instead, he goes to a run-down old building, where he makes unlikely friends with a homeless man who shows him his treasures and teaches the boy an important life lesson.
The Treasures of Lemon Brown
This poet is responsible for making the sonnet famous
William Shakespeare
A _ _ or _ _ is like a road map for your essay, telling the reader what topics you will be writing about
Thesis statment/Controling Idea
This genre is usually in the form of a short story that teaches the reader a lesson or shows a moral dilemma that is overcome. Authors typically use inanimate objects or animals as protagonists that act like humans, who encounter a conflict and work to find a resolution that shows character development. Readers can use these fictional stories to understand truths about their world and to develop their moral codes.
Fable
A literary device that plays with the sounds and meanings of words to produce new, often humorous ideas.
Pun
These words all use the root _ which means _
Luminary, luminous, illuminate, luminiferous, superluminous
Lum - Light
Properly Punctuate the following sentence:
her spit wad hit the teacher who was looking straight at her
Her spit wad hit the teacher who was looking straight at her.
In this story, one character has been tasked with taking care of the other. Unfortunatly, the caretaker has a problem with the other character's "vulture eye" and takes it upon himself to rid the world of the horrid eye.
The Tell-Tale Heart
a short, five-line poem with just one stanza. These poems have an AABBA rhyme scheme and a bouncy rhythm. The subject matter of these poems is often whimsical and funny. From folk songs to nursery rhymes, these poems have been entertaining audiences for almost two centuries.
Limerick
This strategy helps writers construct well written short responces. What is the acronym for this strategy and what does it stand for?
RACE: Restate Answer Cite Explain
In this genre authors write about societies that they consider to have a lower quality of life than the standard view of society. These societies can include individuals or environments that are dangerous, volatile or unpredictable. Writers often use this style of writing to offer commentary on existing social and political structures.
Dystopian
When a writer either directly or indirectly referring to another, commonly-known piece of art or literature.
Allusion
What does the word "apogee" mean?
The highest point or peak in something
Punctuate the following sentence properly:
The events of her birthday were replayed as she looked through her phone her brothers toothy grin with one front tooth missing her best friends gift to her and her grandparents surprise visit from far away
The events of her birthday were replayed as she looked through her phone: her brother’s toothy grin (with one front tooth missing), her best friend’s gift to her, and her grandparents’ surprise visit from far away.
In this story, characters gather together for a drawing, first the heads of families draw, then each member of the winning family draws. The person who draws the paper with a black dot on it is stoned.
The Lottery
Identify the rhyme scheme in the excerpt from this poem by Abbie Farwell Brown:
How good to lie a little while
And look up through the tree!
The Sky is like a kind big smile
Bent sweetly over me.
The Sunshine flickers through the lace
Of leaves above my head,
And kisses me upon the face
Like Mother, before bed.
ABAB CDCD
When responding to a text, writers must always include what?
Text Evidence
This genre includes information about real facts and accurate information. Authors who write in this genre typically perform extensive research before writing.
Nonfiction/Biography
Any sort of exaggerated description or statement.
Hyperbole