Compound sentences
A compound sentence needs both a comma (,) and a ______.
conjunction
What is the part of the plot diagram that is the most exciting part of the story.
climax
Who is the protagonist in the book Wednesday Wars.
Holling Hoodhood
What does a persuasive essay look like?
It is an argumentative essay where you show your point of view is better than others.
What does an informative essay do?
It educates a reader on a topic
Give one example of a conjunction.
and, but, or, yet, so, nor , for
What is the part of the plot diagram where the story wraps up the loose ends and the problem is resolved?
resolution
Name two rising actions / events in the story.
- Holling is in a Shakespeare play
-Holling goes to the Yankee game
- Holling takes Meryl Lee on a date
- Holling saves his sister from a bus.
What part of the persuasive argument do you state your claim.
The beginning
Can an informative essay have opinions in the essay?
No- just facts
A compound sentence has ___ independent clauses.
2
Who is the main character or hero of the story?
Protagonist
Name one of the Antagonists in the story?
Doug Sweitick or his brother Danny
What follows the claim?
Counterclaim
Is it true that an informative essay can define a term, compare and contrast something, analyze data, or provide a how-to.
yes- true
Is this a compound sentence? A little girl took her dog for a walk, and they played at the park.
yes- compound
What part of the plot diagram introduce the setting and character?
exposition
What is the theme of Wednesday Wars
friendship
What follows the counterclaim?
Rebuttal
What essay did you write this year that would be considered informative.
How to deal with stress
Is this a compound sentence? A boy went to the pool and he met his friends and they had fun and they were good at diving off of the diving board and then they went home.
no- it is a run on sentence
What is the theme of a story?
the moral of the story, the main idea, what the reader is to learn from the story.
What is one conflict/problem in the story?
-Rats get out of their cages
- Mr. Kilowski takes Mr. Hoodhoods ideas
-Danny Swetick puts pictures of Holling all over the school with yellow tights on.
-cream puffs are covered in chalk dust
What is evidence?
What do we use writing rubrics for?
To edit and grade