Elements of Literature
The events that happen in a story. Name all of the parts!
What is plot?
A person place or thing that should be capitalized (Honda, Hershey Bar, Jordans).
What is a proper noun?
What is the acronym we use for editing and revising? Do the dance too!
A.T.E. Used for writing a Short Constructed Response.
When you highlight the key ideas of a text and paraphrase each paragraph in the margins. Helps you to better understand the story. Should be done for every kind of text.
What is "Annotating"?
Language that is not meant to be taken literally. Name and define three types!
What is figurative language?
A word that describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
When looking at a revision question, how should the revised sentence be structured?
What is the subject should come first, then the verb, then the object? Some extra information may be around it.
The most important sentence in your entire essay.
When you draw four boxes and plan an introduction, two body paragraphs and a conclusion.
What is drawing an essay planning page?
The idea that is being described or presented throughout an entire article.
What is controlling idea?
A word that tells you about a thing and it's position or when something is happening (over, under, through, after).
What is a preposition?
When looking at an editing question how should you check that you're correct?
What is reread the question with the new edit?
Needed to support your answer. You need at least two.
What is evidence from the text?
When you try every response to see which one makes the most sense and cross out the ones that dont.
What is process of elimination?
Parts of a text that help the reader understand information in the text (ex. pictures, graphs, maps, bold text).
What is text features?
A part of a sentence that does not make sense on its own.
What is a Sentence Fragment or a Dependent Clause?
Edit the following sentence.
although sarah hated math she are really good at this?
What is
Although Sarah hated math, she was really good at it.
What is missing from this SCR?
In the text it says, "Maybe 11 is just loud." This shows that Lonnie is not as loud anymore.
What is an answer?
What do you do when a question references a specific paragraph number?
Go back and reread that paragraph.
The way a text is organized or structured.
What is organizational patterns or text structures?
What are FANBOYS and AAAWWWUBIS words? Give me seven!
What are conjunctions?
Revise the following sentence.
The store was walked to by Megan after work Megan got off of.
What is....
After work, Megan walked to the store.
Megan walked to the store after work.
After Megan got off of work, she walked to the store.
Write a thesis for this introduction. The prompt asks how both people show determination.
Determination is when you never give up. Seven Year Old Girl Gets New Hand From 3D Printer is about a girl who gets a prosthetic hand. Barrington Irving is about a man who wants to fly a plane around the world.
Answers may vary.
The process of looking at an essay prompt and pulling out the text you should be reading, the prompt you are answering, and what kind of essay you're writing.
What is prompt analysis? Analyzing the prompt.