What's that part?
LAT, RST, or Narrative?
Question Keywords
Answer that question!
SW@G
100
Name the highlighted part.
Transition (into quote)
100
What type of essay is this prompt asking for you to write?
A) Narrative
B) Informational
C) Argument
D) Literary Analysis
B) Informational
100
What is the meaning of the term "central idea" in a text?
A) The main topic or subject of a text
B) A supporting argument or idea that helps to prove the main argument or claim
C) A summary of the main argument or claim
D) The tone or attitude of the writer toward the subject matter or audience
C) A summary of the main argument or claim.
100
What text structure does the author primarily use in the article "Monster Debris"?
A) Cause and Effect
B) Compare and Contrast
C) Chronological Order
D) Problem and Solution
D) Problem and Solution
100
What is the meaning of the word "annotate"?
A) To write a summary of a text in one's own words
B) To criticize or find fault with a text
C) To highlight or mark important information in a text and add comments or explanations
D) To provide evidence or reasoning to back up an argument or claim
C) To highlight or mark important information in a text and add comments or explanations.
200
Which part of this prompt becomes the thesis statement of our essay? Read the sentence from the prompt that will become our thesis statement.
The authors of "The Thirst for First is the Worst" and "Excerpt from The Importance of Winning" have different opinions about whether athletes should be committed to winning.
200
What type of prompt is this?
A) Narrative
B) Informational
C) Argument
D) Literary Analysis
A) Narrative
200
What is the meaning of the word "tone"?
A) The attitude of the writer toward the subject matter or audience
B) The main idea or message of a text
C) The structure or organization of a text
D) The use of descriptive language to create a picture in the reader's mind
A) The attitude of the writer toward the subject matter or audience.
200
What text structure does the author primarily use in the article "Too Many Fishermen"?
A) Problem and Solution
B) Chronological Order
C) Cause and Effect
D) Compare and Contrast
C) Cause and effect
200
What is the meaning of the word "analyze"?
A) To summarize a text in one's own words
B) To provide one's own opinion about a topic
C) To break down a complex topic into smaller parts in order to examine and understand it
D) To provide evidence to support an argument or claim
C) To break down a complex topic into smaller parts in order to examine and understand it.
300
What part of the essay is this? Tell the paragraph AND name the part of the paragraph.
This is a summary of both texts which can be found in the introduction paragraph.
300
What type of essay prompt is this?
A) Narrative
B) Literary Analysis/LAT
C) Informational
D) Argument/RST
D) Argument/RST
300
What is the meaning of the word "contrast"?
A) To provide one's own opinion about something
B) To identify similarities and differences between two or more things
C) To highlight or mark important information in a text and add comments or explanations
D) To identify differences/explain how two or more things are different from one another
D) To identify differences/explain how two or more things are different from one another.
300
Scientists call them "ghost nets" because of their eerie ability to continue the work they were designed for --that is, to catch fish --even when they are no longer attached to a fishing boat."
What does the word "eerie" mean in this context?
A) sufficient
B) effective
C) unsettling
D) enormous
C) unsettling
300
What are the 3 reasons I need to use transitions in an essay?
You need to use transitions to...
1. Start each paragraph -move from one idea to the next.
2. Start each quote --introduce where it came from and/or who said it.
3. Start explanation of quotes/evidence: this shows, this portrays how, this demonstrates that...
400
What paragraph is this?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Name the part of the paragraph as well.
This is subclaim #1 or a subclaim of the first body paragraph.
400
What type of essay prompt is this?
A) Narrative
B) Literary Analysis/LAT
C) Argument/RST
D) Informational
C) Argument/RST
400
What is the meaning of the word "support"?
A) To disagree with something
B) To provide evidence or reasoning to back up an argument or claim
C) To criticize or find fault with something
D) To change one's mind or opinion about something
B) To provide evidence or reasoning to back up an argument or claim.
400
What is the purpose of the following paragraph from the article, "Monster Debris?"
"Our first step was to talk to Jim Ingraham about where in the North Pacific Ocean we should look for the ghost nets," says Jim Churnside. "Then we followed his directions to more specific locations using satellites and aircraft."
A) To compare what Jim and Tim are doing with ghost nets to what Mary is doing with ghost nets.
B) To explain the order of steps Jim and Tim took when searching for ghost nets.
C) To present a problem Jim and Tim are having with locating ghost nets.
D) To show the effect ghost nets have on ocean life.
B) To explain the order of steps Jim and Tim took when searching for ghost nets.
400
What are the 3 parts of an essay introduction for literary analysis or informational/RST?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: earn double the points by listing them in the order they should appear.
1. Hook
2. Summary of both texts
3. Thesis statement
500
What part of the paragraph is this? JUST the individual part.
This is the explanation of evidence.
500
What type of essay prompt is this?
A) Literary Analysis/LAT
B) Informational
C) Argument/RST
D) Narrative
B) Informational
500
Identify FOUR different question keywords in this prompt.
- changes
- use
- both
- support
- explain
500
Animals face many challenges, including habitat loss, poaching, severe weather, and war. The "wild" is not necessarily the idyllic place people imagine.
In this context, the word "idyllic" most likely means...
A) dangerous
B) worst
C) perfect
D) providing
C) perfect
500
What is the first thing I should do when the time starts on the ELA test?
Flip to the essay question and set up your note sheet: your gray box-and-bullets.