Screen Time
Looking Inward
Going Green and Clean
An American Dream
For the Sake of Argument
100

Awareness and understanding of another ones thoughts and emotions.

What is Empathy?

100

To be withdrawn or Isolated 

What is Alienated?

100

Existing for spreading through something.

Pervasive

100

Frankness or honesty

What is Candor

100

A state of lawlessness or absence of government.

Anarchy

200

An overarching message or truth that is specific to a text.

What is a central Idea?

200

 Is another name for the art of persuasions.

What is Rhetoric?

200

Such as sentences, paragraphs, chapters, and sections, can help a reader to comprehend a text’s main idea or claim.

What is Structural elements?

200

Is the central message or universal truth conveyed by a text.

What is Theme?

200

Is the primary statement that is to be proved through the presentation of an argument. A claim should be controversial.

What is claim.

300

A brief account of the facts of a text—your goal is to understand the text’s most important points: its central ideas.

What is central idea.

300

Is to synthesize, interpret, and present information from a variety of credible (believable and convincing) sources.

What is researched essay.

300

To spark interest in the topic and to create connections.

What is Hook?

300

 Is a type of writing that emphasizes logic, specifically claims, reasons, evidence and, counterclaims.

What is Argument?

300

Is the last sentence of your introduction.

What is thesis statement?

400

Statement from “I Rode 500 Miles in a Self-Driving Car” best develops the central idea that making preparations to drive the autonomous A7 was much more difficult than actually driving the car?

What is VW’s instructors, who have forgotten more than you’ve ever known about driving, led me through a slew of exercises in a GTI that’s been driven hard. I had to drive a slalom, then drive it in reverse?

400

For all of the efforts schools put into reducing bullying, there’s actually a dearth of rigorous evidence about what makes for effective anti-bullying intervention. The classic approach—pile kids into an auditorium and lecture them on the dangers of bullying, perhaps including a sad story about its effects along the way—doesn’t appear to really work.

What is The statement “perhaps including a sad story about its effects along the way” creates a mocking tone that ridicules previous anti-bullying efforts, thus supporting the author’s claim that new efforts are needed.

400

The article’s chronological structure supports the author’s main point that the electric car has undergone many changes over the years, and therefore can be expected to continue evolving in the future

How does the overall structure of the article support the author’s main point

400

An American ideal of freedom to live as one prefers is central to our system of government.

What is Which response most accurately states a theme of the article “What Does the ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ Mean in the Declaration of Independence?”

400

We must all assume responsibility for returning Echo Lake to its former pristine state.

What is The issue of the water quality in Echo Lake is of grave concern to our community. Test results show dangerous levels of algae, which is caused by pollution from common household chemicals. However, the families living on Echo Lake’s shoreline are not the ones to blame.

Which sentence could be added to the end of this letter to maintain a consistent tone?

500

2, 1, 4, 3

What is

1) At first, Stirling thought it might be an altar. 2) In 1938, archaeologist Matthew Stirling and his team found a stone buried under the forest floor. 3) The stone carving was a magnificent head almost nine feet tall. 4) But as his workers cleared away soil, they discovered it was a sculpture.

What is the best order for the sentences in this paragraph?

500

simple, easy-to-follow directions

What is 

Imagine that you are a writer whose task is to write an article for an audience of amateur chefs about how to make quick snacks for a party.

Which information would be most important to include in the text?

500

The article’s chronological structure supports the author’s main point that the electric car has undergone many changes over the years, and therefore can be expected to continue evolving in the future.

What is How does the overall structure of the article support the author’s main point?

500

To say that self-esteem can be either high or low is not accurate; the more accurate way to look at self-esteem is to see it as healthy or unhealthy.

What is 

To say that self-esteem can be either high or low is not accurate, the more accurate way to look at self-esteem is to see it as healthy or unhealthy. 

Which option corrects the error in the sentence? 


500

If you would like to see the arts thrive, please make a donation to the public theater fund.

What is 

Jasmine is writing a letter to the editor in support of her town’s plans to build a new public theater in the park.

Which statement would make the most effective call to action in Jasmine’s letter?