The Outsiders
Text Features
Writing Text Structures
Annotating and Socratic Circle
Genres
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Johnny is the second youngest member of the Greasers.
Who is the second youngest member of the Greasers?
100
Text features are parts of your textbook that help you locate and learn information.
What are text features?
100
Chronological order arranges events starting with the earliest and following the order in which they occurred, such as on a timeline.
What is chronological order?
100
Another word for "debate" is "arguing".
What is another word for "debate"?
100
realistic fiction
"The Outsiders" can be considered what literary genre?
200
The abandoned church where Johnny and Ponyboy hid out was located in Windrixville.
In what town is the abandoned church where Johnny and Ponyboy hid out located?
200
The words underneath a picture or photograph that explains what it is about is called the caption.
What is a caption?
200
A paragraph describing step by step directions on how to build a bookshelf is an example of sequential order.
You read a paragraph describing step by step directions on how to build a bookshelf. This paragraph is an example of what type of text writing structure?
200
Yes.
During Socratic Circle, can it be hard to agree with other people's opinions sometimes?
200
The genre that might involve time travel, or take place in the future, is science fiction.
What genre might involve time travel, or take place in the future?
300
The sport that Ponyboy participates in is wrestling.
In which sport does Ponyboy participate?
300
A diagram shows the parts of something.
What is a diagram? or What does a diagram show?
300
The lights went out.
Hurricane Isaac was the cause of many different effects, including flooding and wind damage. What was a personal effect that many people coped with for many days?
300
False, because that doesn't help you understand what it's all about.
You should highlight everything when you are annotating, because everything is important. Is this true or false? Defend your answer.
300
A characteristic of historical fiction is that it take place during an important era from the past.
What is a characteristic of historical fiction?
400
Mickey Mouse was the name of Sodapop's horse.
What was the name of Sodapop's horse?
400
They make information easier to understand.
How are graphs helpful?
400
In the compare and constrast text writing structure, the similarities and differences between two or more things are discussed.
Describe the compare and contrast text writing structure.
400
Summarizing what you read can help you understand an article because it forces you to put the text in your own words. You really have to think about it.
How can summarizing what you read help you understand an article?
400
A biography is the story of a person's life which is written by another person.
Define "biography".
500
Johnny
Who is the only one who Dally truly cared about?
500
An index is helpful because it helps you find pages that contain information you are looking for.
How is an index helpful?
500
Here are three possible solutions to the problem of receiving a poor grade in a subject: make flashcards before a test, ask for tutoring, and make sure all work is completed and turned in on time.
What are three possible solutions to the problem of receiving a poor grade in a subject?
500
When annotating, when you come to an unfamiliar word you should circle it, then look up the definition.
When annotating, what should you do when you come to an unfamiliar word?
500
autobiography
What genre is the book written by Drew Breese, entitled "Coming Back Stronger: Unleashing the Hidden Power of Adversity"?
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