Author's purpose
Rhetorical Devices
Main Idea/ Summarization
Free Game
Multiplicity
100

Captain Underpants and Scooby Doo are written by an author to ________ the reader. 

What is entertain? 

100

a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared

What is simile?

100

The central or most important piece in a paragraph or passage.

What is main idea?

100

What does P.O.E stand for?

Process of Elimination.
100

a conversation between two persons.

a. dialogue

b. clashing

c. taciturn

dialogue

200
Class syllabi, textbooks, newspapers, event flyers and scholarly journals.

What is to inform?

200

the use of clues to hint at what will occur later in the story

what is foreshadowing?

200

a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

What is inferencing?

200

What does KLS stand for?

Key words | Location | Strategy/Skill

200

His little wings are feeble things; his flying is a bust. Feeble means what?

a)old     b)small    c)weak

C) Weak

300

When the author wants you to do something or believe something that he/she is saying. 

What is to persuade?

300

a figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn't literally true, but helps explain an idea or make a comparison

What is a metaphor?

300

T/F

A summary typically is one sentence that appears in the first paragraph of an essay that captures the essay's purpose.

What is true?

300

The writing strategy is designed to help writers organize their writing and support their thinking to form constructed responses for informative/explanatory compositions

What is A.C.E?

300

The maple tree in the front yard embraces the chidlren who climb her with green leafy hands. Embrace means

a)happy        b)surrounds        c)mocks     d)drops

b) surrounds

400

Hurry! This house will not be available for long. It has four huge bedrooms, a beautiful kitchen, and an awesome playroom. The best part of this house is that there is a pool in the backyard. Did I mention that the backyard is massive, too? Hurry! Buy it before someone else does!

What is persuade?

400

one thing is said, while another thing is meant.

Ex. if it were a cold, rainy gray day, you might say, “What a beautiful day!

What is irony?

400

This restates the main points of a paper without giving examples or details. 

What is summary?

400

TPCASTT is a poetry analysis acronym that stands for

Title

Paraphrase

Connotation

Attitude

Shift

Title

Theme/Tone

400

Positive or negative connotation. 

"We bought cheap souvenirs at the amusement park."

What is a negative connotation?

500

If you are interested in sharing your ideas with like-minded people who can comment on your writing, you may want to try blogging. Blogging is short for "Web logging," logging on to a Web site where you can upload your writing and ask other "bloggers" to post their comments.

What is inform?

500

authors word choice.


What is diction?

500

Summarize Ms.G in 5 words. 

(Has to be accurate to receive points).


Poetic. Intellectual. Firm. Understanding. Thoughtful. Considerate. Calm. Caring. Mean. Bookworm. Optimistic. Nice. Funny. Humorous. Amazing.Cool. Marvelous. Compassionate. Helpful. 


500

What does the S.T.E.A.L acronym stand for?

Speech

Thoughts

Effects on Others

Attitude

Looks

500

dictionary definition of a word. 

What is denotation?

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