INFERENCES
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All About WRITING!
ALL ABOUT ESSAYS
The Parts of Speech
100
Textual Evidence
What is what the text says? The clues?
100
What is a narrator?
The voice telling the story
100
What is a Thesis Statement?
What is the main idea of a paper that has three main points?
100
In this essay, you show how two things are alike or different
What is Compare and Contrast
100

What is a noun?

What is the name of a person, place, or thing.

200
What is the Inference Equation?
What is textual evidence + background knowledge = Inference
200
Define Main Idea
The main point or message of a story or article
200
What are the type of sentences
simple, compount, complex, compound-complex
200
In this essay, things are presented according to the order in which they happened (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
What is Time-Order or Chronological, or Sequence
200

Pronoun

What is the name of a particular place or thing.

300
Define Inference
(Answer Varies)
300
Define: Character motivations
What is why a character does something
300
What are two compare and contrast keywords?
Ex: both, on the other hand, etc
300
In this part of an essay, you have the hook and claim or thesis
What is the intro?
300

What is an adjective?

An adjective describes a noun.

400
Inferences allow readers to understand deeper meaning. What is an example of deeper meaning?
What is the Main Idea, Author's Voice, etc.
400
What are the four ways that a reader can interpret or find out information about a character. Either through the characters: A__________ T__________ D__________ I___________
What is Actions, Thoughts, Dialogue, Interactions.
400
Define Counterargument
Opposing argument to the claim
400
This part of the essay leaves a reader with a lasting thought.
What is the conclusion?
400

What is an a verb?

A verb is a word that shows action.

500
Make an Inference about Merab: Merab is smiling as she looks at her cake glowing with candles and all of her wrapped presents.
What is Merab is happy, because it is her birthday?
500

Define Figurative Language

(answer varies)

500

The graphic organizer that you would use for a compare and contrast essay 

Two insecting circles


500
Define: Claim
A statement that is debatable
500

What is an adverb?

an adverb qualifies or enhances a verb, showing how it is done.