Hatchet
What action happens at the beginning of the novel that sets the plot in motion?
The pilot has a heart attack
Who is the author of Island of Spies?
Sheila Turnage
Rule 1
Capitalize proper nouns - person, place, thing, or event
Rule 1
Use a comma to separate three or more items in a list
What is a fragment?
From this passage, what can we infer?
"He turned and looked at it. He hadn't done so badly at that. Maybe it wasn't much, but also maybe it was all he had for a home. All right, he thought, so I'll call it home."
Brian is realizing that he may not be rescued as soon as he'd hoped
Who is the narrator of Island of Spies?
Sarah "Stick" Lawson
Rule 2
Capitalize all important words in media (books, movies, music)
Rule 3
Use a comma before and after a word that renames a noun
What is a run-on?
Has two complete sentences, but it is missing the proper way to join them so it is incomplete.
Why does Brian call the fire his friend?
The fire was a guard that protected him
What major world event is happening during the time period of the novel?
World War II, the Holocaust, Pearl Harbor
Rule 3
Capitalize the first letter of a quotation
Rule 6
Use a comma between a city and state
What is a choppy sentence?
Complete sentences, but they are too short. They force the reader to go slowly, and sounds elementary.
After the porcupine attack, what does Brian know he needs to do?
Build a fire to keep animals ad bugs away
Whose 3 graves are in Buxton Woods
Ralph, Alfred, and Carl, who is faking his death
Rule 4
Capitalize the names of relatives when that is the name you call them
Rule 8
Use a comma when a sentence begins with a phrase
What is a stringy sentence?
Everything is joined correctly, but the sentence has gone on too long.
What is the turning point of the novel? Where you know everything is about to change?
When he finds the emergency transmitter in the survival pack
What sickness took over Scrape, and who was responsible for it?
He was poisoned by arsenic. Otto put stick's acne cream on his fish to frame Mama Jonah.
Rule 5 and Rule 6
5 Capitalize professional titles when it is used as their name
6 Capitalize countries, nationalities, and languages
Rule 9
Use a comma to interrupt quotations
What type of sentence is this:
Many scientists are proposing. They are proposing many different ways. The ways are to help clean up the atmosphere.
Choppy