What I need to know! ELA
Deafening silence
What is an oxymoron?
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Use the following paragraph to answer the next questions: On the following Monday, we got a shock in the lunchroom. Bleached blond and beautiful Mallory Stillwell, captain of the cheerleaders, was sitting with Stargirl. She sat with her, ate with her, talked with her, walked out with her. By sixth period the whole school knew: Stargirl had been invited to become a cheerleader and had said yes. People in Phoenix must have heard us buzzing. Would she wear the usual skirt and sweater like everyone else? Would she do the usual cheers? Did all the cheerleaders want this, or was it just the captain’s idea? Were they jealous?
The main idea of the passage is:
What is: Stargirl was asked to be a cheerleader?
The overall feeling or mood a passage gives off.
What is mood?
Name the four parts of the RACE strategy.
What is: Restate the Question, Answer the Question, Cite your Evidence, & Explain your Answer?
The struggle within the story.
What is conflict?
A describing word (colors).
What is an adjective?
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-------------------------------------------------------------The build up of action after exposition on the plot diagram
What is rising action?
In the poem, "A Rose from Concrete," by Tupac Shakur, the "rose" is a symbol for:
What is himself?
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------------------------------------------------------Non-fiction, fiction, biography, and poetry are types of . . .
What is genre?
Topic Sentence
Details
Conclusion
What are parts of a paragraph?
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A sentence that will state what your essay will prove:
What is a thesis statement?
The term used to make an educated guess based on evidence
Inference
Restate the question
Answer the question
Cite evidence
Explain the evidence
What is an the RACE strategy?
The wrap up sentence to your paragraph is called. . .
What is a conclusion?
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Brainstorming is what # of the writing process.
What is first?
When a character in a story thinks back to something that happened in an earlier time:
What is a flashback?
Type of figurative language that is an extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
* Daily Double (2X) The author that inspired some of the writers of rap music is:
What is Shakespeare?
To reword/summarize something in your own words.
What is paraphrase?
Spoken word poetry uses . . . verse
What is free verse?
The foil of the main character in a text; the anti-hero.
What is the antagonist?
A comparison of unlike terms using like or as
What is simile?
A persuasive and/or direct statement that states the position of your paper.
What is a thesis?
The repetition of a consonant sounds.
What is alliteration?
Two characters speaking to each other.
What is dialogue?