Grammar
Sentence or Fragment: JT paid the troll in order to cross the bridge.
What is a sentence?
This is the meaning of the root word bio.
What is life?
This is the setting of the novel Al Capone Does My Shirts.
What is Alcatraz Island in the 1930s?
This is the setting of Love That Dog.
What is Ms. Stretchberry's classroom?
This is a comparison of two things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
Sentence or Fragment: Emma's world-famous cookies in the jar.
What is a fragment?
This is the meaning of the root word therm.
What is heat?
This is how Natalie responds when her routine is broken.
What is Natalie becomes upset, disoriented, and is prone to tantrums?
This is the poet that inspires Jack the most.
Who is Walter Dean Myers?
This is using human characteristics for non-human things.
What is personification?
Adrian counted the macaroni in the box, and there were 1,072 pieces of macaroni.
This is the meaning of the capitalized word: Case had to collect more evidence in order to LEGITIMIZE his claim about the stolen cookie.
[Answers will vary]: What is to make credible?
This character is hired to help Natalie.
Who is Mrs. Kelly?
This is the major theme of the novel.
What is poetry can help people feel and express emotions?
This is the use of vivid, descriptive language that appeals to the senses.
What is imagery?
Start your sentence with: Because. Topic: Lions.
This is the meaning of the capitalized word: Emmi tried to hide her candy, but she was CONSPICUOUS and Kloie still spotted it.
[Answers may vary]: What is to be obvious or well-seen?
This character, though young, is very assertive and insists on being friends with Moose and Natalie.
Who is Theresa?
This is why Jack dislikes poetry at the beginning of the novel.
What is he does not understand poetry and feels uncomfortable?
This is the repetition of identical (or similar) sounds at the ends of words.
What is rhyme?
What is a fragment?
These are the two roots in the word "monarch" (and the root meanings!)
What are mono (one) and arch (ruler)?
Free response: What do you think is the best way to help Natalie? Use details from the novel to support your response.
[Answers will vary.]
This is the event that has the biggest impact on Jack during the story.
What is the death of his dog?
This is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words that are near each other.
What is alliteration?