Parts of Speech
What is an interjection?
An interjection is a word that expresses an emotion or strong feelings. It is often followed by an exclamation point. EX: Oh! Wow!
_____: basic parts of a story’s plot
Story Structure
Spell the word that means: spreads from one person to another
Contagious
Divide this word by VCV: Favorite.
Fav/or/ite
cvc/vc/vcv
True or false: The subject and verb should always agree in a sentence.
True
What counts as a noun? (should be 4 things)
A noun is a word for a person, place, thing or idea. EX: boy, restaurant, dog, hope
______: details in the selection that support an inference or opinion
Text Evidence
What does rigorous mean?
What type of sentence gives an order and ends with a period?
Imperative Sentence.
What does an MLA header look like?
Your first and last name
Teacher
Class
Date
What part of speech represents a state of being?
A verb tells what action someone or something is doing. It also expresses state of being.
_____: a group of descriptive words that adds details about a person, place, or thing within the same sentence.
Noun Phrase
Spell the word that means: in complete agreement
Unanimous
What is the prefix, suffix, and baseword in: unfriendly.
What does the prefix mean?
un - prefix (means: not)
friend - baseword
ly - suffix
MARCO (WISH / WISHES) DEVON WOULD NOT RUN FOR PRESIDENT.
wishes
What type of sentence requires a conjunction? Give me an example of that type of sentence and tell me what the conjunction used is.
Compound sentence: Brenda worked hard on the election, but Max didn’t do any work.
What was a resolution to a conflict we saw in A Package to Mrs. Jewl's?
Example Answer: A lot of kids wanted to answer the door for Lewis and Mrs. Jewl's didn't know who to pick, so she had a spelling bee and the winner got to answer the door.
Use brandishing in a sentence - correctly, with proper grammar.
Example answer: The student was brandishing the test she got 100% on.
Simple subject/predicate is the main word while complete subject/predicate is all the words.
What are the 3 do's of writing a summary?
1. Summaries should always be accurate
2. Summaries should always be clear.
3. Summaries should always be concise.
What's the difference between an adverb and an adjective?
An adverb is a word that describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb. It usually answers the question of when, where, how, why, under what conditions, or to what degree. An adjective describes a noun or a pronoun. It usually answers the question of how many, what kind, or which one.
What does irony mean in literature? Provide an example.
Irony: an outcome that is the opposite of what is expected.
EX: After the duck was taken to the store to get the grapes that he kept asking for at the lemonade stand, he asked for lemonade.
What is the definition of wobbled? What is the definition of staggered?
Staggered: to walk unsteadily
Identify the simple and complete subject, and the simple and complete predicate in the following sentence: THE MEMBERS OF THE ELECTION COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED THE WINNER.
SS: Members
SP: Announced
CS: The members of the election committee
CP: Announced the winner
What is the basic summary formula? (4 steps)
1. Introduce your summary: give the author, speaker, title, etc.
2. Provide the main idea.
3. Add details in the same order they appear in what you are summarizing, and provide reasoning as to why your details are important to understanding your main idea.
4. Final statement: restate the main idea.