Grammar and Paragraphs
After the topic sentence comes these three things. Usually remembered by the acronym "SEE."
Summary, Example, Explanation
In "Fish Cheeks" by Amy Tan, the narrator says that she wishes her mom would prepare this typical American food, often served with sweet potatoes.
Where did Terry Fox's cancer start?
Right Leg
Despite the sport being invented in Canada, our olympic men's team has never once won gold.
BasketbALL
BAURHRGEM
HAMBURGER
Another acronym: we use this one to remember our subordinate conjunctions.
FANBOYS
In "Lamb the Slaughter" Mary Maloney pads her alibi by going to the store to buy these vegetables.
Peas
Which body of water did Terry Fox begin running at?
Atlantic Ocean
"ACHOOOO. Sorry, I'm not sick, I just have..."
ALLergies
EEETRLPZ
PRETZEL
A topic sentence must be declarative; it must make an argument as clear as possible. This means it cannot be one of these.
A Question
In Bao the son wishes to leave his mother to play this game with friends.
Soccer
Terry ran 42km per day. This is equivalent to this kind of race, which people definitely do not run every day.
Marathon
This is a home for your cards.
wALLet
VCOOAAD
AVOCADO
This punctuation mark can be used to fix a sentence if it joins two independent clauses that are related in a cause and effect kind of way.
Semicolon
In "We Ate The Children Last" there is only one clear way to know if someone has had "the surgery." It's this.
Scar
This town in Ontario is where Terry stopped his run, after 142 days. It has a very loud name.
Thunder Bay
A type of duck commonly seen in Ontario. The males have green heads.
AANORLG
GRANOLA
We call two independent clauses joined a comma one of these kinds of grammatical errors.
Comma splice
In Lost and Found we have an example of foreshadowing as the dinosaur steps up to the ledge. This object signals to the viewer what is going to happen.
Water filling, Nail sticking out.
Terry had this image on his shirt as he ran every single day.
Map/flag of Canada
This form of art literally comes from the latin meaning "to dance."
bALLet
THIIPACSSO
PISTACHIOS