Confetti Girl
Paragraph 1 indicates the narrator wanting to regain closeness through memories of this person. RL8.3
Who is her mother?
Abby was as quiet as a mouse.
What is a simile?
The main message or lesson in a fictional text.
What is theme?
Taking a closer look at something and writing about that.
What is analysis or analyzing or analyze?
This is an opening statement (which is usually the first sentence) in an essay that attempts to grab the reader's attention so that they want to read on.
What is the hook?
She is characterized as creative and strong willed.
Who is the main character/the confetti girl?
The third floor at Union Avenue MS will be a furnace in the summertime.
What is metaphor?
The author's attitude toward the subject/event/character/etc in the text.
What is tone?
In order, name the types of paragraphs you should have in an essay. Paragraph one is __, paragraph 2 is__, and so forth.
Intro, body #1, body #2, conclusion (if "body #3" is added, that is acceptable too)
The last sentence of an introduction paragraph that clearly answers the main question of the prompt.
What is Thesis or Claim?
A remark indicating mockery and annoyance as in this sentence:
“I don’t remember, Dad. It could have been super-duper or super-loop for all I care.”
What is sarcasm?
The bacon sizzled on the griddle.
What is onomatopoeia?
The setting is the __ and __ of a story.
What is time and place?
A nonfiction text structure that shows the similarities and differences between different topics.
What is compare and contrast?
The formula or format that should you use when writing body paragraphs.
What is T.E.X.I?
The meaning of "condensation" as used in this sentence?
"The condensation from my soda makes a big, wet circle on the cover."
What are water drops?
(Ms. Gio will be the final say in this response)
The stars danced in the midnight sky.
What is personification?
Carol couldn't get the printer to work.
What type of conflict is this?
What is char vs. machine/technology?
The opposite of the author's thesis.
What is the counterclaim or counterargument?
You should provide this to show you can make a connection to your response.
What is insight?
The narrator's attitude toward her father when she uses the book as a coaster.
"He might say I matter, but when he goes on a scavenger hunt for a book, I realize that I really don't."
(Refer to paragraph 26)
What is anger, resentment, bitterness, displeasure, annoyance, scorn?
(Ms. Gio has the last say in this response)
I've read this chapter one thousand times and I still can't find the answer.
What is hyperbole?
The various techniques used by an author to reveal the traits of a character to the the reader.
What is characterization?
The reason an author wrote a text or what they hope to accomplish with the text.
What is author's purpose?
Two of the three different tasks you might get on the ELA portion of NJSLA.
What are Research Simulation, Literary Analysis, and Narrative tasks? (two of three is acceptable)