ELA Skills
a. Running
b. Shy
c. Computer
What is "B. Shy"?
What is a synonym of motive?
What is (options are) reason, purpose, intention, or motivation?
Where would the comma go for this introductory phrase? (After which word/s?)
First we have to add milk to our pancake mix.
What is after the word "first"?
This is the attitude or mood a writer conveys through their choice of words, sentence structure, punctuation, and dialogue.
What is tone?
Which genre of writing tells a fictional story that can be read in one sitting?
What is short story?
Identify the POV of this section:
"Steve is carrying a notebook. He is dressed in the suit and tie we saw on teh cot. He is seen only briefly as he is herded through the heavy doors of the courthouse."
What is third person limited?
An author uses this in his/her writing for emphasis or to show importance.
What is repetition?
This is literary device that occurs when a character struggles against an outside force such as: man vs. nature, man vs. society and man vs. supernatural.
What is external conflict?
This part of speech modifies or describes another word or phrase, such as a verb, adjective, or sentence.
Ex: The boy ran quickly through the field.
What is an adverb?
In third person omniscient readers know the thoughts, and feelings of one character. True or false?
What is false?
Which genre uses quotations from experts or professionals in a field/subject/topic to support their writing?
What is informational/nonfiction?
What effect does third-person omniscient point of view have on the story?
What is the readers knows what all characters are thinking?
Alice doesn't feel like she belongs in her "new body" and does not feel like her old self. What conflict is this an example of? (Internal or external)
What is internal conflict?
What is theme?
A moral or lesson of a story.
What is the correct correlative conjunction that goes with the word "and"?
Dreams are more likely to occur during REM sleep, but they can happen ____ during that period and at other times of the night.
What is "Both"?
This literary device uses the repetition of beginning consonant sounds.
Ex. where the white moths wings
What is alliteration?
Stanzas, a type of paragraph, are found in this type of writing.
What is poetry?
To provide additional perspective from an expert in the field when writing a paper about technology, one might include:
A. A poll expressing student opinions B. A quotation from a robotics specialist C. A personal anecdote
What is "B" A quotation from a robotics specialist?
What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?:
“Day after day, day after day,
We stuck, nor breath nor motion;
As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean.”
ABCB
In "Two Legs or One", Goha is a trickster character.
1. What is a motive?
2. Identify his motive of Goha tricking his wife.
1. What is a reason?
2. What is to prove his point/to prove her wrong?
Which word modifies how the knight rides towards Eldorado? (Adverb)?
“Over the Mountains of the Moon, down the Valley of the Shadow, ride, boldly ride, if you seek for Eldorado!”
What is "boldly"?
How is the tone in "The Song of the Wandering Aengus" different in the last 2 stanzas compared to the first stanza?
Possible responses: sense of longing, determined, positive...
List, in order, the elements of the plot map.
1. Exposition
2. Rising Action
3. Climax
4. Falling Action
5. Resolution
How does a pause within a poem impact the perspective?
It details that what is written is important?
What is the theme of the video?
This short film can be used to explore themes of bullying and showing kindness to others. (So any answer that applies to that.)
From Mirror Image, "Once a reporter, who had actually scaled the building, poked his head through the window to ask, “Hey, Alice, how do you feel?” and snapped a few photos." Which definition best matches the meaning of scaled as it is used in the quote above?
(1) covered with or made up of scales scaled (2) represented in proportionåal dimensions; reduced or increased in size according to a common scale. scaled (3) climb up or over (something high and steep) scaled (4) weigh a specified weight.
What is (3) climb up or over (something high and steep) scaled?
People fall into an especially deep sleep at this stage, ___ it is especailly difficult to wake them up.
What subordinating conjunction best fits this sentence?
a. as
b. so
c. though
. Neither
What is, "b. So"?
Which sentence indicates that the author has a positive view of social media?
A "Most importantly, they affect what others think, watch, and buy. They are killing it."
B. "These low-profile micro-influencers have a unique power—they seem authentic."
C. "The world of influencers is complicated even for influencers."
D. "Being a social media influencer is often harder than it looks, and often not all it seems to be."
What is A. "Most importantly, they affect what others think, watch, and buy. They are killing it."?
What are the 5 elements of the genre folktale.
1. Set in the past
2. Based on oral tradition
3. Features supernatural characters or events.
4. A trickster character.
5. Shows importance of a cultural value or behavior.
To determine if an author is expressing a positive or negative point of view about a topic, you should focus on: A. Their word choice B. The length of the text C. The number of sources mentioned
What is "A. Their word choice."