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RS.7.1 Drawing Conclusions
LA.7.1 Types of Poetry
LA.7.2 Figurative Langauge
V.7.1 Roots
G.7.1 Grammar
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This is the most important step when drawing conclusions
What is pulling together details from the text? OR What is connecting details from the text?
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These are 5 different types of poetry.
What are narrative poems, haikus, lyric poems, concrete poems, free-verse poems?
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These are the different types of figurative language
What is simile, metaphor, personification, symbol?
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These are the meaning of the roots -lum- and -gram-
What is -lum- = "light" -gram- = "draw/write"
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This answer choice is an example of an appositive A. The Oregon Trail settlers traveled over 2,000 miles. B. Thinking about the future, Lewis and Clark set off to discover the Northwest Passage. C. Marcus Whitman, a doctor and missionary, was killed by the Cayuse Indians. D. Memoirs allow people to tell their stories and reflect on lessons they have learned.
What is C. Marcus Whitman, a doctor and missionary, was killed by the Cayuse Indians?
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This is a conclusion you can draw from the following text. Nope by Shel Silverstein I put a piece of cantaloupe Underneath the microscope. I saw a million strange things sleepin', I saw a zillion weird things creepin', I saw some green things twist and bend -- I won't eat cantaloupe again. A. The speaker doesn't want to eat cantaloupe because he doesn't like it. B. The cantaloupe is delicious C. The cantaloupe has lots of germs and bacteria D. The speaker wants to share his cantaloupe
What is C. The cantaloupe has lots of germs and bacteria.
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This is where haikus originate
What is Japan?
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This is an example of personification. A. The coffee spilled on the table. B. The Columbia River flooded the city of Richland. C. The teacher cried for joy when all the students passed the benchmark test. D. The lawn mower roared to life.
What is D. The lawn mower roared to life?
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These are the meanings of the suffixes -ly and -y?
What is -ly = "in the manner of" -y = "having"
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This is the part of speech an appositive is
What is noun or pronoun?
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This is three pieces of evidence that the speaker saw lots of germs on the cantaloupe. Nope by Shel Silverstein I put a piece of cantaloupe Underneath the microscope. I saw a million strange things sleepin', I saw a zillion weird things creepin', I saw some green things twist and bend -- I won't eat cantaloupe again.
What is "I saw a million strange things sleepin'" "I saw a zillion weird things creepin'" "I saw some green things twist and bend"
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This is the main purpose of a narrative poem.
What is to tell a story?
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Create a simile. Change that simile to a metaphor.
What is (answers vary)?
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One of the meanings of the suffix -y is "having." This world below the suffix -y is used correctly. A. photography B. history C. military D. furry CHALLENGE! Think of 3 other examples of words that correctly use the suffix -y
What is D. furry?
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Identify the appositive phrase in the following sentence. Harvard, an Ivy League School, won it's second NCAA tournament game in school history.
What is "an Ivy League School?"
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This is the purpose of this poem. Tinkle, Tinkle Little Car by Cecilia Goodbody Tinkle, Tinkle little car How I wonder what you are. Leaking oil every day Having it your own way. Going up hills real slow I don't want you any mo'. Tinkle, Tinkle...
What is to entertain or be humorous?
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This is the two types of literature that narrative poetry blends or combines
What is poetry and fiction?
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This answer choice contains a simile. A. The seagull is as quick as a bullet. B. As of now, your computer is broken. C. Lewis and Clark succeeded as long as they had the help of Sacajawea. D. She likes to eat hot cheetos and takis.
What is A. The seagull is as quick as a bullet?
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These are the details that help you conclude that this poem is meant to be humorous? Tinkle, Tinkle Little Car by Cecilia Goodbody Tinkle, Tinkle little car How I wonder what you are. Leaking oil every day Having it your own way. Going up hills real slow I don't want you any mo'. Tinkle, Tinkle...
What is answers vary? Tinkle, Tinkle little car Leaking oil every day Don't want you any mo'
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Create a haiku, taking into consideration the format and subject of a traditional haiku.
What is (answers vary)?
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The red rose represents love. This is an example of _____.
What is symbol?
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Using your knowledge that word -lum- means "light," choose the answer that best defines the word illuminate in the following sentence. The illuminated bulletin board showed the times of the movies. A. busy B. glowing C. colorful D. ugly
What is B. glowing?
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Create your 5 sentences of your own using appositives.
What is (answers varied)?