Non-Fiction
Where in your informational or argumentative essay can/should you use "I, me, or my"?
Never
THIS is the main character- good or bad
protagonist
An association or feeling that a word carries
connation
When writing an informational or argumentative essay, THIS is the main idea of the essay:
thesis
Using the acronym RACES, tell what each letter stands for:
Restate
Answer
Cite evidence
Explain it
Sum it up
When citing text evidence in an essay, what would you type right in front of your quote?
In the text it states, ...
According to the text,
In paragraph __ it says, ...
One example is, "
These are hints or clues about something that is going to happen in a story:
foreshadowing
Read this sentence:
My neighbor is nosy.
Nosy has a _______ connotation.
negative
Where in an informational or argumentative essay would you find the thesis?
HINT: two places
the last sentence of the hook and the first sentence of the conclusion
Give TWO other words somone might use instead of writing "said"
shouted, cried, exclaimed, whispered, yelled, pleaded, ...
The _______ ________
HINT: not thesis
main idea or central idea
Name TWO ways you might begin a narrative/story:
question
dialogue
sensory/imagry
repetition
inner dialogue
flashback
Determine the connotation of the word courageous in this sentence:
The courageous firefighters rushed into the burning building.
positive
Name all the parts of the conclusion paragraph (for an informational or argumentative essay)
Transiition, restate the thesis. Restate main idea 1. Restate main idea 2. Restate main idea 3. Tie it back to the hook.
Give TWO rules for writing dialogue
Quote any spoken words.
Capitalize the first word of the quoted sentence.
Separate spoken and unspoken words with puncuation.
Use tags to show who is speaking
Indent each time a new person speaks.
Name all the parts of an informational essay.
Hook + thesis
main idea 1
main idea 2
main idea 3
conclusion
Name the 5 primary elements of a plot:
exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
THIS refers to the DICTIONARY definition of a word:
denotation
Name two ways you might start the hook to an informational or argumentative essay.
Question
Fact
Anecdote
Definition
Correct the grammar error in this sentence:
My friends and I was eating together at lunch.
My friends and I WERE eating together at lunch.
Name all the parts of a main idea paragraph
transition, state main idea. explain main idea. give evidence to support idea. explain what it shows. give second evidence to support this idea. explain what this shows/proves. sum it up
When finding the theme of a story, look for this--
How did the main character change from the beginning of the story to the end.
What lesson did the main character learn as a result of the conflict(s).
My grandma has a bunch of old stuff in her house.
Change the word "old" to give it a positive connotation.
antique
Name all the parts of an argumentative essay
Introduction/hook + thesis
Main idea 1
Main idea 2
Main idea 3
Counterargument
Conclusion
Correct ALL of the errors in this sentence:
Me and my mom was going to Walmarts to buy us some snacks.
My mom and I were going to Walmart to by some snacks.