Fiction
What is the theme of a story?
Theme: the lesson/message/moral
What is a stanza?
a section of lines put together/a "paragraph" of a poem
What is the difference between a claim and a counterclaim?
claim: the main argument
counterclaim: the opposing side
What does CER stand for?
CLAIM
EVIDENCE
REASONING
Which of these sentences is correctly written?
1. Many students in this year's graduating class are attending the university of houston in the fall.
2. Many students in this year's graduating class are attending the University Of Houston in the fall.
3. Many students in this year's graduating class are attending the University of Houston in the fall.
3. Many students in this year's graduating class are attending the University of Houston in the fall.
What is the conflict of a story?
conflict: the problem
What is the difference between mood and tone?
mood: how the text makes you feel/the vibe
tone: the author's attitude or the character's attitude
What is the difference between a main idea/key idea/controlling idea and supporting details?
main idea/key idea/controlling idea: what the text is mainly about
supporting details: information that supports and further explains the main idea
If you forget to write a conclusion in your essay, what happens to your score?
It's automatically a zero!
Which of these sentences is correctly written?
1: My mom threw away all my brother's toys because he wouldn't clean his room.
2: My mom threw away all my brother's toys because he wouldnt clean his room.
3: My mom threw away all my brothers toys because he wouldn't clean his room.
1: My mom threw away all my brother's toys because he wouldn't clean his room.
What is the difference between a flashback and foreshadowing?
flashback: a memory; the past
foreshadowing: a hint at what will happen in the future
What is imagery/sensory language?
sight, sound, taste, smell, and touch details
Explain the difference between the three types of authors purpose: persuade, inform, and entertain.
persuade: convincing your reader to do or think something
inform: provide information/explanation
entertain: for enjoyment
What should your body paragraphs in your essay always start with?
-your reason
-transition words
Which of these sentences is correctly written?
1: After not looking both ways when she was crossing the street Regina George got hit by a bus.
2: After not looking both ways, when she was crossing the street Regina George got hit by a bus.
3: After not looking both ways when she was crossing the street, Regina George got hit by a bus.
3: After not looking both ways when she was crossing the street, Regina George got hit by a bus.
What happens during the five stages of plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?)
exposition: the beginning; characters and conflict are introduced
rising action: the problems start happening; conflict builds
climax: the most exciting part of the story
falling action: the story starts to come to a close; the pieces start to fall into place
resolution: the ending; the conflict is solved
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
simile: comparison using like or as
metaphor: comparison NOT using like or as
Describe the five text structures: compare/contrast, cause/effect, problem/solution, description, and sequence/chronological.
compare/contrast: similarities and differences
cause/effect: one event leads to another
problem/solution: an issue and how to fix it
description: describing something or someone
sequence/chronological: number or time order
When you're including evidence from the text, what should that evidence be surrounded by?
quotation marks!
Which of these sentences is correctly written?
1. The STAAR test is next week and Mrs. Binford thinks all the 8th graders will pass!
2. The STAAR test is next week, and Mrs. Binford thinks all the 8th graders will pass!
3: The STAAR test is next week and, Mrs. Binford thinks all the 8th graders will pass!
2. The STAAR test is next week, and Mrs. Binford thinks all the 8th graders will pass!
What is the difference between third person limited point of view and third person omniscient point of view?
Limited: One person's thoughts and feelings
Omniscient: More than one person's thoughts and feelings.
What is the difference between personification and hyperbole?
Personification: nonliving things that are given human characteristics
Hyperbole: over-exaggeration
What is a leading question/rhetorical question?
-questions that make assumptions about the right answer AND that they don't expect an actual answer to
What silly grammar mistakes should NEVER happen in your essay?
-no periods at the end of sentences
-not capitalizing names, starts of sentences, and the letter "I"
-silly typos
Which of these sentences is correctly written?
1. I got in a fight with my boyfriend; we decided to break up.
2. After I got in a fight with my boyfriend; we decided to break up.
3. My boyfriend and I broke up; because we got in a fight.
1. I got in a fight with my boyfriend; we decided to break up.