grammar
A creative story based on experiences
What is a narrative?
This is the moral of the story
What is the theme?
To write an objective summary is to write a summary that ___ .
Does NOT include your opinion
Every body paragraph in your essays should contain which 3 elements?
topic sentence, evidence, explanation
This is a literary term to describe a character's personality
What is character trait?
action or form of being
What is a verb?
The three parts of your introduction paragraph in an essay are...
the hook, background information and claim/subclaims
This is a common tool you can use to annotate a text (including a virtual version on the ELA MCAS)
What is the highlighter?
(partial credit for notepad)
What is a synonym?
A word that has a similar meaning to another word
I'm starving! I haven't eaten in 30 minutes is an example of....
What is hyperbole?
This type of writing aims to convince the reader of something
What is persuasive writing?
Graphic features that help you understand non fiction text
What are illustrations, photographs, tables and charts?
The wind kept knocking on my door last night is an example of ....
What is a personification?
The 3 ways to fix a run-on sentence are...
Use a period, a semicolon (if the two sentences are related), or use a coordinating conjunction and comma
A type of writing that explains something using evidence from a text
What is expository/informational (or text-based essay) writing?
This is when the conflict is introduced in the story--the part of Freytag's pyramid that begins the rising action
What is the inciting incident?
You have a heart of gold is an example of what?
metaphor