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Informational Materials
Literary Elements
Punctuation
Writing
Context Clues
100
This is the purpose of an advertisement.
What is "to inform"?
100
A way of speaking unique to a geographical region or culture.
What is dialect?
100
My mother is from Mexico and my Father is from Puerto Rico.
What is a comma after Mexico.
100
The introduction of an essay must contain one of these statements to tell readers what the author's position is.
What is a thesis statement?
100
The water in some waterfalls PLUNGES hundreds of feet.
What is FALLS?
200
This is where a person would look to understand how to set up a DVD player.
What are technical directions?
200
This is the lesson, message, universal truth, or big idea in a story or poem.
What is an theme?
200
For example he brings his lunch to work everyday.
What is a comma after example?
200
These facts in number form can be used to support a writer's position.
What are statistics?
200
Some model cars look real because they are exact REPLICAS of the real thing.
What is COPIES?
300
This type of document protects consumers against defective products.
What is a warranty?
300
The point in the plot when the conflict is solved. This is also known as the high point or turning point.
What is a climax?
300
I enjoy listening to music reading mystery novels and watching movies.
What is a comma after music and a comma after novels.
300
A short, personal story that serves as an example is called this.
What is an anecdote?
300
There is a great DISPARITY between the rich and the poor in some parts of this country.
What is DIFFERENCE?
400
You would find this type of document in a newspaper or magazine.
What is an article?
400
It was a cold and rainy night on the streets of London in 1942. What literary element of story does this sentence describe?
What is setting?
400
Be sure to bring the following things with you to camp a toothbrush, a towel, shower shoes, and sunscreen.
What is a colon after camp?
400
A sentence that is used to grab a reader's attention.
What is a hook?
400
The thought of eating a rat is ABHORRENT to most people.
What is DISGUSTING?
500
In a "Works Cited" list, name one other thing that must be included besides the author's name.
Answers will vary.
500
Man vs. nature, man vs. man, man vs. society, are all examples of this type of literary device.
What is external conflict?
500
Before you leave the building turn on the alarm.
What is a comma after building?
500
The last paragraph or sentence in a piece of writing that serves to restate or summarize a main idea is called this.
What is a conclusion?
500
Because we stopped so ABRUPTLY, my head almost hit the dashboard.
What is SUDDENLY?