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
The three times of narrative essays
letter/journal, sequel, POV
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.