A Christmas Story
Who is Ebenezer Scrooge?
To describe a protagonist's character qualities showing feelings, actions, thoughts, words, and interactions with others.
What is characterization?
What do the letters in the R.A.C.E. writing strategy stand for?
What is
Restate the language of the prompt
Answer/address all parts of the prompt
Cite evidence
Explain/Elaborate
The sun is smiling.
What is personification?
What is main idea?
What is a sentence or two telling what the story is mainly about?
Who is Scrooge's nephew?
List three elements that are established in the exposition (beginning of a story).
What are setting, characters, and conflict?
The parts of a complete sentence are the _ and _, which makes up an _.
What is subject, predicate, and independent clause?
The comparison is not stated directly. It compares without using like or as.
What is metaphor?
Explain two ways a student can cite properly in an informational essay. (Make sure to explain how they can prove they read the text in your answer).
What is quote or paraphrase showing where the evidence is from?
Means one who desires to acquire something. Scrooge was __ because he valued money and wealth over people.
What is covetous?
The most signficant events of a story that lead up to the most exciting part of the plot.
What are the rising actions?
Used to connects words, phrases or clauses. Seven of them are often used in a compound sentence.
What are conjunctions?
Scrooge's old business partner was as dead as a doornail.
What is simile?
What is an inference?
What is an educated guess on what happens next?
Means to be angered at something unjust or wrong
What is indignant?
The definition of a climax for a story's plot.
Teacher will determine if correct.
What are three types of 3rd person point of view that we learned about?
What is objective third person, omniscient third person, and limited third person
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
What is hyperbole?
3 informational writings that were read, based on real life people (title of text and name of real person)
teacher will verify if answer was correct
Means poor enough to need help from others
What is destitute?
The climax and resolution for the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Teacher will determine if correct
State all three parts of an informational essay and break down what is in each part.
What is
-an introduction that has an opening hook, background, thesis/claim
-body that has topic sentence, supporting details with cited evidence and explanation in each paragraph.
- conclusion that has resummarizes the points made, restates the thesis/claim, and ends with a final statement that makes an impact on the reader
*other items: transition words or concluding sentences.
His sleigh was a tractor that plowed through the snow.
metaphor
The part of a plot diagram.
What are exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?