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What is the setting of a story?
Where/when the story takes place
100
What should you do WHILE testing?
Annotate using the necessary strategies
100
How should you write a thesis statement (the trick I taught you this year)?
Claim+because+ 3 reasons
100
What is the opening paragraph to your writing called?
The closing, the introduction, or the body?
Introduction
100
This term describes the way an author reveals a character’s personality through their thoughts, actions, and dialogue.
characterization
200
The problem of the story
conflict
200
The message or lesson of the story
Theme
200
Why should you annotate while reading?
Reading exercises your brain muscles! It helps you to critically think about the text.
200
She is busy as a bee.
What type of figurative language is this?
simile
200
What is text evidence?
Evidence you can pull directly from the passage to back you up
300
What does it mean to compare and contrast?
To tell how things are the same or different
300
When the narrator uses "She, He, they" it is written in this perspective
Third Person
300
Explain the difference between argumentative and informational essay
Argument = choosing a position
Informational = providing facts based on evidence presented in the texts
300
What type of figurative language is this?
"The candle flickered in the dark room, casting long, dancing shadows across the cracked wooden floor."
imagery
300
Which sentences are examples of metaphors.
The sun was a bright ball of fire.
The bunny was as soft as velvet.
The shoes were a smelly skunk.
That test was as easy as pie.
1. The sun was a bright ball of fire.
3. The shoes were a smelly skunk.
400
What is a counterclaim?
The disproving of an argument
400
What does the "A" in SWAG mean?
Annotate and analyze using #whoandwhat'shappening
400
What is a verb?
An action or something you can do
400
What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence:
"I’ve told you a million times to clean your room!"
hyperbole - This is an exaggeration because the speaker hasn’t literally said it a million times, but it emphasizes how often the request has been made.
400
This type of word describes a noun by telling what kind, how many, or which one.
adjective
The pretty girl looked in my direction.
500
Which of the following is an example of a helping verb?
A.) had B) went
C) jumped D) jumping
A) had
500
What is at the end of the plot diagram?
resolution
500
How many nouns are in this sentence:
Boyer and Shayna drove past the store and quickly parked by Chipotle.
4
500
What is meter?
The ending of the verse in a poem
A type of poem that connects feeling and emotions.
A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry
The ending words that rhyme
3. A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry
500
The wind whispered secrets through the trees,
Dancing softly in the evening breeze.
The moon wore a silver crown so bright,
Watching over the world at night.
Question: What is the figurative language used in this poem, and what does it mean?
Personification—The wind is given the human trait of whispering, which creates an image of gentle movement and sound.