genre
is a type or category of art, music, movies, books, or other creative work.
what is genre?
The origin or reason why something happens.
What is the Cause?
The outcome or result
What is the effect?
This Greek root means to write
What is graph?
The idiom "on cloud nine" means to feel:
When he won the race, he felt like he was on cloud nine.
What is extremely happy or overjoyed?
A type of writing that gives facts and real information about a topic. It is written to teach or inform the reader.
What is an informational text?
A situation that causes difficulty, conflict, or inefficiency: something that demands attention
What is the problem?
The way the problem is solved in a story
What is the solution?
The root of the word interrupt means
What is to stop, break, delay, hinder, hold, or cut off?
Using context clues, what is the meaning of distinction?
You need to make a very clear distinction between who won and who lost.
What is contrast, difference, separation?
A story that tells about characters, settings, and events that are like people, places, and events in real life.
What is realistic fiction?
a word that is spelled the same as another word but has a different meaning, and sometimes a different pronunciation.
What is a Homograph?
the way we organize all the events within the plot
These suffixes mean: can be done
What are able/ible
a change of mind or a new opinion after thinking more carefully about something.
It often means you reconsider a decision or idea.
What is a second thought?
What is Narrative Non-fiction
The basic part of a word that gives the word its meaning.
Two common ones are what?
What are root words?
Greek and Latin
hints or information found around an unfamiliar word in a sentence or paragraph. They help readers infer the meaning of that word without using a dictionary.
What are context clues?
List 3 prefix and their meanings
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what is a text feature?
List two examples of it.
any element in a piece of writing that helps organize the content, highlight important information, or guide the reader’s understanding.
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Madam Mercy Ogeri Samuel Ugwumba, as I mentioned above, lived a very fine and engaging life. On whatever interpretation one chooses to subject a study of her life, it is impossible not to arrive at this fact. Of course there are specific parts or attributes a reader might find compelling above others in this account. But I, particularly, consider it a truly awe-inspiring and compelling fact that despite the deeply interwoven patriarchal society in which her life was embedded, she managed to dominate many businesses.
The genre of this excerpt is
What is Biography?
an expression that cannot be understood from the meaning of the individual words in it.
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What is an Idiom?
The feeling or attitude in a piece of writing. It shows how the writer feels about the topic.
What is the tone?
affixed to the beginning of a word and typically modifies its semantic content.
what is a prefix?
Decipher this idiom:
After staying up all night studying for my math test, I was so tired I felt I was burning the candle at both ends.
overworking or using up your energy too quickly by doing too much.