Reading
The location and time of a story
What is the setting?
This part of an essay tells what the topic will be.
What is the introduction?
What is a hyperbole? Give an example.
An extreme exaggeration
I love going to baseball games they are so much fun.
The incorrect sentence above is an example of this type of sentence.
What is a run-on sentence?
The letter combined with R to make the topic sentence of your paragraph?
What is A?
What is the difference between text structure and text features?
Text structure is how text is organized; text features are pictures, diagrams, headings, etc. that help the reader understand the text.
This is a short version of the story that includes just the important details.
What is the summary?
"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room." is an example of what type of figurative language?
What is personification?
This is the action part of the sentence.
What is the predicate/ verb?
Name 2 sentence starters from the cheat sheet you could use at the beginning of a sentence when "Citing text evidence."
What is: According to the text, The article states, On page ___ it says, According to the author, For example, The author states! I will accept any others from the cheat sheet not listed above upon approval.
What is an inference?
Background knowledge + text evidence
What is the difference between a common noun and a proper noun?
Proper noun is capitalized; proper noun is a specific name of a person place or thing
The 3 things that are author's purpose.
Persuade, Inform, Entertain
A word that describes a noun
What is an adjective?
the color coding for R.A.C.E.S?
What is:
Pink for R
Orange for A
Yellow for C
Green for E
Turquoise for S
What the story is mainly about?
Main idea
When the story is told from the perspective of the narrator, using words like "I" or "me"
What is first person?
To describe how things are alike and how they are different
What is compare and contrast?
A person place or thing.
What is a noun?
the purposes of the R.A.C.E.S. writing strategy.
1. What is to help me become a better writer.
2. What is what I need to know for junior high.
What is a plot?
The main events of a drama, book, movie, etc. that consists of an exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
This is the last part of a paper that wraps it up. It is best to end this with an impact statement.
Which figurative language is the following sentence?
She is a tornado when she gets angry!
Metaphor
What two punctation marks are used when showing dialogue?
Quotation marks and comma
Name and all the components to R.A.C.E.S. and describe what how a writer would use each component in their paragraph.
- R: Restate the Question but first read the question prompt. Second underline key words. Third rewrite the question as a statement.
- A: Answer the Question if there is more than one part to the question, make sure to answer ALL parts.
- C: Cite text evidence to support your answer. Quote from the text
- E: Elaborate and Explain the how evidence connects to the topic.
- S: Summarize is to conclude your answer. Link it to your topic sentence, but use different words.