VOCAB
Define "connotation".
What is the idea or feeling associated with a word?
Add the dash in the correct place. The American flag has three colors red, white, and blue.
The American flag has three colors - red, white, and blue.
What type of Figurative Language? The wind howled throughout the night.
Personification
What is author's purpose (include the acronym)?
In what year did the Titanic sink AND Fenway Park open?
1912
Define "mood".
What is how the reader or audience feels?
Identify the gerund in the sentence. Lacey turned off her phone so she could focus on studying.
What is studying?
The type of irony that includes sarcasm, or means saying the opposite of what is meant.
Verbal Irony
How do you avoid plagiarism in your writing? Identify 2 ways.
What is cite your source, include a works cited page, etc.?
What classic arcade game was the best selling of all time?
Pac-Man
What is the term used to make an educated guess based on evidence?
What is inference?
Active or Passive Voice? Every two weeks, my subscription is delivered by Amazon.
Passive.
The message or lesson developed throughout a text. Can be relatable to real-life.
Theme
This sentence should be included in your introduction paragraph & states the main idea of your writing.
What is thesis statement?
How many players are there on a water polo team?
7
A literary device that is used to reference a person, event, or thing/part from another text. (based on the assumption that the audience will understand the reference)
What is allusion?
Determine what type of verbal the word "burning" is functioning as. Amazingly, the man climbed out of the burning building unscathed.
What strategy do writer's use to capture the attention of a reader?
Hook
What are the 5 different text structures?
Description, Cause & Effect, Compare & Contrast, Chronological/Sequence, Problem & Solution
What's the fastest animal on Earth that runs on 2 legs?
Ostrich
Provide a synonym and antonym for the word COMPLY.
Obey, observe, conform, abide, submit.
Ignore, disobey, fail, neglect, oppose, rebuff
Change the sentence from active to passive voice. Miss Adicks put the poster on the wall.
The poster was put on the wall by Miss Adicks.
Name at least 3 transitional phrases.
Vary.
Write a counterclaim to the following claim. Students should be able to listen to music while they work.
Vary.
What type of gas is used to fill the extra space in potato chip bags?
Nitrogen