What is the location and time of a story?
The Setting
What does a persuasive essay do?
Persuades the reader to agree with the writer
Put these words in alphabetical order:
unfamiliar, huddle, hostile, drowsy, vertical, and dominate
dominate, drowsy, hostile, huddle, unfamiliar, and vertical
She _____ that we sell refreshments at the car wash.
A) suggesting
B) were suggesting
C) suggest
D) suggests
What is D... suggests!
D) suggests
What is a pronoun? Give examples
A word that is used to substitute a noun.
He, she, it, they, her, him.
What is "short version" of the story that just highlights the important details?
What is .... The Summary
What is an essay that tells a story about a character, real or make-believe, in a specific time?
A Fictional Narrative
Put these words in alphabetical order:
youngish, youthful, yourself, yielding, yearbook
yearbook, yielding, youngish, yourself, and youthful
Spell the correct verb: During much of the year, snowfall _____the state of Alaska.
A) burys
B) buries
C) buryes
D) bures
What is B ... buries!
B) buries
What is... it names a specific person, place, or thing. It must be capitalized!!
A group of words that means something else and uses like or as
What is an simile?
What is the part of an essay that wraps up everything you talked about in your essay?
conclusion
FREEBIE!
FREEBIE!
I ______ to her every day this week.
A) have written
B) has written
C) have wrote
D) will writing
What is A.... have written
A) have written
How many hours are there in a week?
24 x 7 = 168 hours
What are the terms used to describe the differences and similarities in characters?
Compare and contrast
What part of an essay tells what the essay will be about?
Introduction
Put these words in alphabetical order:
unflappable, unique, ultimate, unaffected, unharmed, united
WHAT IS....
ultimate, unaffected, unflappable, unharmed, unique, and united
Find the 3 prepositions:
On my birthday, my rubber ducky was taking a bath in the tub, during our dinner.
ANSWER: What is ON, IN, AND DURING
How many minutes in a week? (Math Question! DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!)
What is ..... 24x60x7=10,080
A conclusion drawn from evidence and reason is called what?
inference
What is revising?
To make your essay better by adding juicy-sparkle words, taking out any repeating phrases, words, or sentences, and checking grammar and spelling.
How many letters are there in the alphabet? How many vowels? How many consonants?
What is 26 letters, 5 vowels, 21 consonants
NOTE! Sometimes 6 VOWELS, 20 CONSONANTS, because Y can be a vowel. But normally it is a consonant!
What are 2 sentences that are put together with a comma and a conjunction and have a similar theme?
WHAT ARE.... COMPOUND SENTENCES
What are the names of MS. MAGRUDER'S DOGS?
What are.... JUSTICE, DUKE, FORREST AND TOBY!