elements of a short story
The attitude an author takes toward a subject
Tone
To mark up the text with notes, questions, or other things that help you understand the text
What is annotate?
Name at least 3 transition words.
For example, however, additionally, so, in addition, first, lastly, etc.
What three things do we need in a introduction paragraph?
Hook
Background Information
Thesis/Claim
If a bank robber is cunning, he is...
clever and skilled.
RACE is used on which type of Writing Prompt?
Constructed Response.
What is Ms.Cobbs first name
Dorothy Cobb
What is this question asking us to find within both passages? What message do you think the speaker in "Sunday Morning Early" and the narrator of "I wish I was a poet" are trying to convey?
What theme are the authors trying to prove or show
Independent or dependent clause The students finished their project on time.
Independent
What is another word for "succumb"?
die, surrender, give up.
Dale kept telling his mother the matter was grave. They had to report the person who hit their car today. What is the denotation of the word grave in the sentence above? curious unusual boring serious
serious
What Sport does Ms.Cobb Grandson play
Baseball
Name all parts of a Plot Mountain
exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
Name 3 types of Essays
Argumentative, Informational, Opinion, etc
A group of words with a subject and verb that can stand alone as a sentence.
an independent clause?
the overall emotional impression we get from the words, images and setting of the text and the pace set by the story's plot.
atmosphere
The order in which a series of events happened. A text that is arranged in order of time from the beginning to the end.
What is chronological order?
What is the part of the essay that acknowledges the opposite opinion and attempts to disprove it? HOW do you disprove it?
Counterclaim, Rebuttal
Jackie screamed and pulled her hand away from the scalding water. Her hand was bright red and hurting. What synonym of scalding, from the sentence above, gives a more positive connotation? cold humid frigid hot
hot
Today was a day of turmoil at work. The phones were constantly ringing, people were running back and forth, and several offices were being painted. Turmoil means discussion, confusion, or harmony
confusion
Name 3 figure of speech and give a example for one of them
Allusion, irony, oxymoron, idiom Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Hyperbole, personification, Metaphor, Simile
To come to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence found in the text. To make an educated guess based on clues or evidence from text.
What is implicit? -OR- What is an inference?
Which part of the plot would this excerpt most likely come from?
The bright sun rose over the hills, casting long shadows across the valley. Birds began their morning songs, filling the air with melody. As the day progressed, the bustling market would come alive with the chatter of vendors and the aroma of freshly baked bread.
Exposition
What three things do we need in a Body paragraph?
Claim, Support/Information, Explanation/Commentary
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun. Example: gentle, helpful, small
What is Adjective?