Grammar
punctuation mark used to combine 2 sentences and make it one sentence,
What is as semicolon?
Paragraph that contains the hook, background and thesis statement
What is the introduction paragraph?
Giving human qualities to inanimate objects
What is personification?
The most important idea/point the author is trying to make
What is the main/central idea?
P. I. E.
What is Persuade, Inform, Entertain?
Used after an independent clause to introduce a list or items
What is a colon?
Provides the claim and the 3 reasons you will argue or the topic and the 3 details about the topic you will discuss in your essay
What is the thesis statement?
I told you that a million times
What is hyberbole?
First thing to identify in a passage or text to help identify the main idea
What is the TOPIC of the passage/text?
the narrator is a character in the story and the pronouns used are - I, me, we, us
What 1st Person Point of view?
Used before a conjunction such as and, or, but, for
What is a comma?
The opposite of the claim
What is the Counterclaim?
You are as delicate as an eggshell.
What is a simile?
Facts, details, examples in a passage or text
What are supporting details?
the thoughts and feelings of the characters or the narrator
What is Perspective?
Infinitive, gerund or participles are types of this
What is Vebals?
Five
What are the number of paragraphs in an essay or number of sentences in a counterclaim paragraph ?
The baby burped on his big brothers shoulder after his bottle.
What is alliteration?
True or False
Sometimes the main idea is NOT STATED, it is IMPLIED
What is TRUE?
When more than one characters thoughts/feelings are shared and pronouns, he, she, they , them are used
What is 3rd Person Omniscient?
Punctuation used before a quote in a sentence, when the quote is introduced with a complete sentence
What is a colon?
Topic sentence, evidence, elaboration, transitions and concluding sentences
What are parts of a body paragraph ?
Harry sent me on a wild goose chase.
What is an idiom?
To be able to better comprehend/understand the passage or text you are reading
What is Why you need to determine the Central Idea?
Tells the why the author wrote the story, passage, text
What is author's purpose?