Writing
Vocab
Bellringer
Vocab 2
Grab bag
100

Another word for reason to support your claim.

What is premise?

100

An extremely cruel act.

What is an atrocity?

100

A detail found in text that is directly stated is called_______________.

What is explicit?

100

A major disruption.

What is an upheaval?

100

A person, place, thing, idea or quality

What is a noun?

200

A statement that can be proven right or wrong.

What is a claim?

200

To be silent and in a bad mood.

What is sulk?

200

Two things you have to do when you cite evidence is ____________ and ____________.

What is write an introduction to the evidence and use quotation marks if it is taken right out of the text?

200

The ocean was very _____________. 

What is serene?

200

A word that identifies an action or state of being.

What is a verb?

300

The part in a response to literature, expository or argumentative that you write in your own words explaining how the evidence supports the premise and the claim.

What is Justification?

300

Her shoes ________________ to the gum on the floor.

What is adhered?

300

The main idea of the text is also called the _______.

What is the central idea or gist?

300

The ______________________ art was featured in the Smithsonian Museum.

What is contemporary?

300

Name one state of being verb.

What is am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been, has, have had, do, does, did, shall, will, should, would, may, might, must, can, could?

400

If the evidence is not a direct quote, it is ______________________.

What is paraphrased?

400

A dominant ________________ is to have blue eyes.

What is trait?

400

How many points is the bell ringer worth if we work on it for four days?

What is 12?

400

The Sahara desert is very _______________.

What is arid?

400

Name one time you can not use the bathroom in Mrs. Merz's room.

What is the first ten minutes of class, during teaching time...

500

The part in a response to literature, expository, argumentative that is most likely to be repeated and according to Mrs. Merz, the hardest part to write.

What is justification?

500

She was _______________ to join the club because no one she knew was in it.

What is deterred?

500

What is an inference?

What is making a claim based on the text and your own knowledge?

500

My friend is a ______________________ because she says one thing and does something opposite.

What is a hypocrite?

500

Name one of the words that PRIDE stands for.

What is Preparation, Responsibility, Integrity, Dedication, Effort?