Stories we have read
In "The Good Deed," how did Risa describe the lilac bushes?
Shimmery - halfway between silver and purple.
Heather thought her eye bouquet was ____.
a. creative
b. trite
c. better than Risa's
b. trite
How would you punctuate the title of a novel if typing?
Italics
This is your first sentence in your intro paragraph.
HOOK
cordial
In "All Summer in a Day," Ray Bradbury compared Margot to which of the following?
a. whisper in the rain
b. a gentle bird
c. an old photograph
c. an old photograph
She was born on Earth and remembered the sun.
She might be moving back to Earth.
How would you punctuate the title of a magazine article?
Quotation marks
This sentence in your intro paragraph should include the title of the passage and key words from the prompt.
BRIDGE
Wise
How did Aaron's grandmother and her family survive during the pogrom?
They hid in a secret room but were not able to take her goat with them.
How does Aaron's grandmother react when Aaron tells her that Pidge flew away?
She holds up the mirror, so he can see his reflection. Aaron's kindness is the gift.
compound
This final sentence in your intro paragraph is a brief statement stating your objective/what you will prove in the essay.
THESIS
Not directly stated, hinted at
a. implicit. b. explicit. c. trite. d. articulate
a. implicit
Name three things Aaron's grandmother did with the birds?
Feed them, talk to them, show their reflection
How did Risa describe Heather's eyes to Miss Benson?
a. "a misty green like the sea"
b. "eyes like little bits of the sky"
c. "the color of pulled taffy"
a. "a misty green like the sea"
Identify the direct object.
Sally gave me a pretty bracelet.
bracelet
1st, 2nd, or 3rd person point of view
3rd person
** Try to avoid I and you in your essay **
A rule, guideline, or belief
a. principal. b. principle. c. aplomb. d. deluge
principle
When was Alexander II assassinated?
a. 1823
b. 1865
c. 1881
d. 1902
c. 1881
Bradbury used a metaphor to describe the sound of the rain. What did he compare the rain to?
bead necklaces
a tatting drum
Identify the indirect object.
I shared my doc with Mrs. Armstrong.
Mrs. Armstrong :)
What is Mrs. Armstrong's favorite transition for the conclusion?
a. In conclusion,
b. As my essay proves,
c. Ultimately,
c. Ultimately,
In your own words, define DELUGE and identify its two parts of speech.
an overwhelming amount, flood - noun
to inundate or overwhelm -- verb