C.U.P.S.
Tangerine
Summary and Writing
Internal and External Conflict
Point of View
100
This strategy is used for writing. You use this strategy to identify mistakes in writing, such as capitalization and spelling.
What is C.U.P.S?
100
Who is the narrator and main character of Tangerine.
Who is Paul?
100
Explain the B-M-E summary strategy. How do you use in a reading passage.
What is the Beginning, Middle and End. You take supporting details from each section of the passage and make notes that help you understand what the passage or paragraph is about?
100
This type of conflict takes place outside of the body.
What is External Conflict?
100
The definition of Point-of View
What is point of view is only referring to the narrators point-of view?
200
CUPS can help you correct mistakes in the passage before you get to the questions. Explain how.
What is read each paragraph and identify mistakes that you notice in the paragraph or passage...Record your I notices?
200
This is the name of the brother of the narrator. He is not nice, but he aspires to be the star player of his high school's football team.
Who is Erik?
200
This is a summary stratgey, that spell out SWBST, what does each letter stand for and what questions do you ask in each section of this strategy.
What is Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then. The question asked are who is the main character, what did the character want, what was the problem, how did the character try to solve the problem, what was the resolution to the story?
200
This type of conflict involves man vs. self.
What is Internal Conflict?
200
This type of P-O-V has 3 different types of P-O-V.
What is third person point of view?
300
The "U" in CUPS stands for what. Explain what does the "U" mean.
What is Usage (Grammar)?
300
What town does the Fisher family move from, and what town does the Fisher family.
What is Houston and what is Tangerine County Florida?
300
The B-M-E Strategy and the SWBST are both summary strategies, how do they help you understand what you have read.
What is they create a summary for the passage, which allows you to break down the passage. This help you understand what you are reading.
300
This conflict has 3 types of Conflicts. What are the three conflicts, explain each.
What is Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature and Man Vs. Society? Explain all 3.
300
This type of P-O-V is where you do not know everything, the narrator is not sure of what every character is feeling.
What is third person limited?
400
Why do we use the CUPS strategy. Explain.
What is we use the CUPS strategy to look for mistakes in the passage and answer the questions using the CUPS strategy.
400
This is the football player who suddenly dies on the football field by being struck by lightening.
Who is Mike Costello?
400
List 5 components from the writers checklist that you must put within your writing in order to make your writing effective.
Look at Writers Checklist Notes to get answers.
400
This type of conflict puts a story's main character or characters against a natural force such as a flood, predatory, animal, disease or epidemic.
What is Man vs. Nature
400
The definition of 3rd person omniscient.
What is the narrator knows all about the characters and events in the story and has a privileged access to a characters thoughts, feelings and motives?
500
Tell what C.U.P.S stands for and explain how to look for each part of CUPS within a passage.
What is C-Capitalization, U-Usage (Grammar), P-Punctuation and S-Spelling. You look for capitalization errors, grammar errors in the passage, correct punctuation and spelling errors in the passage.
500
This is the type of condition that Paul suffer's from.
What is Paul is legally blind?
500
These words are used at the beginning of a paragraph or sentence that make your paper flow.
What are transition words?
500
The difference between Internal and External conflict.
What is internal conflict takes place within the body and mind. External conflict takes place outside the body.
500
The definition of 1st Person Point of View and what pronouns are used with this type of P-O-V.
What is the narrator tells the story through their eyes and uses pronouns like I, me and my?
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