What is the difference between fiction and non-fiction?
Fiction stories are made up, non-fiction stories are real
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What is a myth?
A traditional story about gods and heroes from one of many cultures around the world.
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What does an informational essay do?
It informs the reader about an issue or topic that the author has researched
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What is an argumentative essay?
It is an essay where an author takes a stand on one side of an issue and tries to convince the reader to take his or her side through the use of rhetoric and facts.
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What is the mascot of our school?
Huskies
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What is a personal narrative?
It is a non-fiction piece of writing that is presented as an interesting story.
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Many myths were written to explain natural phenomenon. What is a natural phenomenon?
Something that happens out in nature/
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If you disagree with the author's claim, you might write a __________?
Counterclaim
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Who is the principal of West Prep?
Mr. Eichelberger
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What is a hook?
An engaging beginning to a story that gets the reader excited to read the rest of the story.
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What happened in the story "Daedalus and Icarus"?
the story involved a boy and his father trying to fly out of the king's palace with a handmade pair of wings. The boy did not listen to his father, and he flew up to the sun and then drowned.
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There are many ways to end a website address (such as .com) What are the most trustworthy website endings?
.edu, .gov, .org
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On which website can you find databases to do research with?
West Prep partners with UNLV to offer what program?
Gear Up
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What is peer editing?
The process of exchanging your paper with another student and giving advice for how to improve that paper for the next rewrite.
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What is a protagonist?
A protagonist is the hero in the story.
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When you pull out a quote or a piece of evidence from a website or article and use it in your own paper, what do you need to do to give credit to the original author?
Cite it
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What is one issue we read an argumentative essay about this year?
School vending machines, cell phone usage, the environment/trash, violent video game purchases.
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What school's teams did our boys and girls basketball teams crush last week?
Von Tobel!
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What is an autobiography?
The story of a person's life, written by the person it is about.
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What is the most exciting part of a story, that the other events lead up to?
Climax
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What is author bias?
The author's personal opinion, which can become apparent in an informational essay if the author is not careful.
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What is a thesis?
The sentence that serves as a blueprint for your essay - it states what your argument is, and lets your reader know what you are going to talk about during the next set of paragraphs.
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Who is the school named after?
Charles I. West - an important doctor and civil rights leader in Las Vegas.