Bell work words
What does demeanor mean?
(Hint: It has to do with people!)
A personality trait.
How do we know if something is in passive voice?
It has already happened, or we use words like was, had, went...
What is a character description?
It's telling us what a character is like.
For example: Seymour has slightly curly brown hair and matching brown glasses. He's pretty quiet unless talking to his crush Audrey, but overall he's a really sweet person.
Setting is time and (blank).
Place.
What is an inference?
An educated guess. Meaning, you are not just guessing to guess, you are using knowledge and information you have seen to do it!
What is an aesthetic? What is your aesthetic?
How you express yourself. My aesthetic are the colors black and pink, I really love those colors, especially when they are put together with an outfit, makeup, and accesories.
What is an object of a preposition?
It's connected to the preposition word in the sentence, it also always comes AFTER the prepositional word.
What is a theme you know?
Example (Themes in Ms. Hagins life/things she has had to learn):
-Your life can change overnight.
-At heart people are good, some just make really bad choices.
-If you feel like you did bad on a test, think about the worst and best score you could get, and you are going to land right in the middle.
Define is another word for what?
A definition to a word.
What is a paraphrase?
When you say something in your own words.
Example: Mulan is a story about a girl whose devotion to her family leads to her sneaking into a "men only" army. Hilarity and tragedy ensue.
Someone told you there is an anomaly in one of your math problems on your math worksheet, what are they talking about?
Something is not like the rest. Something is off.
Translation: You got that problem VERY VERY WRONG.
What is a subject in a sentence?
Who or what a sentence is about.
What do context clues help you to do?
(Hint: You have to use them in a story or in research)
It can help you figure out if something you read can be trusted or not OR it allows you to use words in a sentence to figure out the meaning of a specific word in that sentence.
What can you analyze?
Just about everything from video games to anime to poetry.
How do I know what the main idea is in a paragraph?
It stands out for one of these reasons:
It summarizes what the paragraph is about.
It conveys big ideas.
If you try removing it from the paragraph the paragraph loses a lot of its meaning.
I have said before that things have been ambiguous to you in class before, what does that mean? What is a situation that is ambiguous to you?
Ambiguous means there is not an obvious answer.
For me, math was ambiguous most of the time. It felt like most answers were hidden in methods and formulas I did not really understand. You might feel that way too, or maybe you feel that way about my class (no judgement!)
What is the direct object in this sentence?
I went to Kyle's house and ate his shrimp pasta. Now he's really mad at me!
If I am asking for you to identify something in a story, what exactly am I asking you to do?
Find something specific like the theme, imagery, or allusions in a story.
What is etymology the study of?
The study of words, specifically how a word can change overtime.
What is a prefix?
A bit of a word that comes before a word.
Examples:
Ex-cited.
Ag-ree.
Fe-arful.
What is a prerequisite?
Something you have to do before you can do something else.
Example: Back in my day you were supposed to take chemistry before taking physiology. A prerequisite!
Create a subject verb agreement sentence.
Examples: I (am/is) trying my best!
He (sing/sings) beautifully!
My dog (stink/stinks) when she rolls around in the mud!
Name 3 types of conflict.
Man vs. man.
Man vs. society.
Man vs. nature.
Man vs. self.
What are some ways I can do a close read?
I can ask questions about the story.
I can write notes over the story.
I can write down literary devices I see in the story.
I can make guesses about where the story could go.
What is a suffix?
A bit of words that come towards the end of a word.
Examples:
Run-ing.
Fear-ful.
Wait-ed.