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Vocabulary of Masters!
The Painted Essay
That Narrative Life
100
Where a story takes place
What is the setting
100
What the text is mostly about
What is Main Idea
100
Two words that mean the same thing
What is a synonym
100

How you start your essay

What is hook/introduction

100

Type of graphic organizer for a narrative/ How would you create a graphic organizer for a narrative 

What is a SCEPS (Setting, Characters, Events, Problem, Solution)

200
The moral or message of a story
What is Theme
200
glossary, index, pictures, headings, captions, bold words
What are text features
200
the opposite of a word
What is an antonym
200

Words used throughout your essay to connect ideas and sentences

What are transition words

200

The MAXIMUM number of characters on MCAS 

What is 2,500

300
When a character is talking
What is dialogue
300
A passage that is explained in a certain order of event is called this type of text structure
What is Chronological
300
On the way to her room after just having been grounded, Tammy murmured something under her breath. Definition of murmured
What is whispered
300

the gist of your essay

What is a thesis

300

metaphors, personification, onomatopeia  

What is Figurative Language 

400
When the author gives hints to what is going to happen later in the story
What is foreshadowing
400
Like most bats, dolphins use sound to "see". They use echolocation-making sound and listening to it bounce off objects-for finding food and navigating without bumping into things. Name the text structure of the above passage.
What is Compare and contrast
400
Unlike her older brother Jerome, who stayed out all hours of the night, Kate glinkly followed the curfew her parents set. Definition of Glinkly
What is follows directions/ listens
400

This goes between your second and third paragraph

What is transition sentence

400
What additional things do you need to include in a letter/journal
date, opening, closing
500
When you can assume something about the text or characters based on what is happening in the text.
What is infer
500
Groundhogs are supposed to come out of their burrows on Groundhog Day and look for their shadows. If they see them, it means there will be six more weeks of winter. No shadow means spring is near. Name the text structure of the above passage.
What is Cause and Effect
500

When things get hard or challenging it is important to do this.

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What is persevere

500

How many sentences do you need in your painted essay

The limit does not exist.
Depends on the prompt/ your essay 

500

The three times of narrative essays

letter/journal, sequel, POV

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