Vocabulary
Buzz showed an example of this vocabulary word when he failed his entrance exam but did not give up and tried again.
What is determination?
This suffix means happened in the past.
What is -ed?
The purpose of this genre is to inform or entertain. Sometimes this genre may try to persuade you or describe something.
What is narrative nonfiction?
Buzz rode over 20 miles and over the Brooklyn bridge by himself. This is an example of...
What is independence?
This suffix is used to compare two things.
What is -er?
Narrative nonfiction includes these types of writing.
What is autobiography, biography, diary/journal, memoir, and interview.
Buzz wen to school and studied aeronautics and astronautics. He _________ in something called rendezvous or learning how to bring two different objects together.
What is specialized?
This suffix means happens in the present.
What is -s?
The reason why an author writes something is called....
What is author's purpose?
Buzz had a hard time learning, competing, and succeeding when he was younger. A word for having a hard time is...
What is struggled?
This suffix is used to compare three or more things.
What is -est?
"I remember the pride I felt and how I imagined the pride of every American on Earth."
This quote shows the author's purpose is....
To inform/describe his pride and happiness.
What is confidence?
This suffix means the action is happening now or continuously happens.
What is -ing?
The author described Buzz holding onto his bucket of rocks when he went in the water.
The author's purpose for including this anecdote (short story) is....
To describe how determined Buzz was.