Punctuation
This goes before FANBOYS like for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so to bring together two clauses.
Comma
This can be used to start a list in the middle of a sentence.
Colon :
The graphic organizer we used for Poetry
TPFAST
Setting: A world where everyone is required to be equal with handicaps. Set in 2083 America.
Counter Argument
Which punctation is missing and where?
I have been to three stadiums Cowboys, Rangers, and Bears.
Colon after stadiums:
What needs to be removed?
I went to the store, and bought milk.
The Comma
When you read the poem the first time and summarize the poem into your own words. Part of TPFAST.
Paraphrase
Conflict: Parents feel they're losing their children to their technological house.
The Veldt
A number placed next to a word connected to a note at the bottom or side of the page that reveals more information
Footnote
The STAAR will trick you by including an extra one of these. Students sometimes miss it because they don't look at the sentence before and after to see if there are too many.
Quotation mark
What is missing?
Therefore there is no punishment for kids who did the work.
Comma after Therefore,
A comparison of two different things using like or as.
Simile
Theme: It's a good thing for people to be different and unique, even if it leads to problems.
The Giver
Bold words that preview a section of a passage.
Subheading
Which punctuation is missing and where?
I have been to Ireland it was so beautiful.
Semicolon after Ireland;
Find the mistake.
"You did so great. "You should have been playing on the team the whole season."
Remove the second quotation
The feeling created in a poem or passage.
Tone
Setting: Underneath a bridge in a dark forest. Set during 3 times of a boy's life.
The Troll Bridge
Lumping a group of people together to make a claim about all of them.
Sweeping Generalization
What punctuation is missing and where?
Michael Jackson 1958-2009 was a controversial figure.
Parenthesis before and after (1958-2009)
Combine these two sentences into one appositive phrase.
We saw the opps during the soccer game. The opps is a boy from CMS.
We saw the opps, a boy from CMS, during the soccer game.
A comparison between two different things that lasts several lines, sometimes even the whole poem.
Example: O Captain My Captain
Extended Metaphor
Resolution: The protagonist is able to get what she wants with the help of her little brother and realizes her family is more important to her than she thought.
My Favorite Chaperone
Historical Fiction