Academics
You must quote exactly from the text and add the page number to prove what you are saying.
What is text evidence?
Tells us where a place is compared to another place.
What is RELATIVE Location?
Determine the word meaning using context clues.
Lebron James ran across the court and was faced with the biggest conflict. His opponent on defense stood 8 feet tall.
What is a Problem?
Sensory Language:
The pizza was fresh out of the oven. The cheese was oozing over the perfectly thin crust.
What is sight?
Coming to school is like slowly running up a hill that never ends
What is a simile?
I can make this using my background knowledge about the facts in the situation
The exact location
What is absolute location?
With Lebron's torn knee, the game was now abolished.
What is "ENDED"?
Sensory Language: As I bit into the pizza, the sweet marinara flavor was like a burst of joy.
What is Taste?
The sound of the school bell is music to my ears
What is a Metaphor?
A brief story about something that happened to me
What is an anecdote?
Used to show the overall distribution of the population within a particular area or region
What is a Population Map?
Lebron signed my basketball, but because of his handwriting being so terrible, the signature was illegible
What is NOT CLEAR?
Sensory Language: The oven went off loud like a morning alarm! That was my cue that the hot and ready pizza was all done
What is HEARING?
Ms.Clemente makes us write 100 pages a minute!
What is Hyperbole?
It is a true recount of something that happened, and told in first person point of view.
What is a personal narrative?
Shows the borders of political regions and political features like countries, states and cities
What is a political map?
I was so happy to be at this restaurant because Lebron James is my favorite player and the waitress says he used to frequent here.
What is "To visit often"?
Sensory Language: Crispy. Perfectly cut triangle. Mozarella cheese baked golden brown. Pepperoni slices on top.
What is SIGHT?
The Elrod Campus is as hot as a desert
What is a simile?
The characters are like real people, the settings are actual or realistic places.
What is realistic fiction?
Drawings of places around the world
If Lebron James didn't hesitate to take the shot, he probably would have made it.
What is "To PAUSE" before doing something?
Sensory Language: I could not help myself. Right out of the oven, I had to grab it! Smooth sand bottom, rough crust, sticky cheese.
What is TOUCH?
Coming to Elrod is sunshine on a rainy day
What is a metaphor?