Expository Techniques
What is an immigrant?
A person who moves to another country to settle there.
What is the purpose of a main idea?
It represents the central point or message of a text.
What is enjambment?
The continuation of a sentence or thought beyond the end of a line in poetry.
This Puerto Rican superstar headlined the Super Bowl halftime show with many immigrant/first generation Americans.
Bad Bunny
Name 3 countries that end with the letter “A.”
Accepted answers (examples): Canada, China, India, Kenya, Jamaica, Rwanda, Uganda
What is a supporting detail?
Information that backs up the main idea or argument.
Describe the sequence in a narrative.
The order in which events are presented in a story.
What is a stanza?
A grouped set of lines in a poem, often set apart by a space.
This rapper calls herself the “Bronx’s own” and blew up with “Bodak Yellow.”
Cardi B
Name 3 countries that start with the letter “M.”
Accepted answers (examples): Mexico, Morocco, Malaysia, Mongolia, Madagascar
What does it mean to analyze a text?
To examine the text closely to understand its meaning and components.
What does compare and contrast involve?
Examining similarities and differences between two or more subjects.
What is free verse?
Poetry that does not follow a specific rhyme scheme or meter.
This singer moved from Barbados to the U.S. and became one of the biggest pop stars in the world.
Rihanna
Name 3 countries where Spanish is an official language.
Accepted answers (examples): Mexico, Spain, Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Dominican Republic
What is cause and effect?
A relationship where one event (the cause) leads to another event (the effect).
How do text features support understanding?
They provide additional information and context that aids comprehension.
What is the impact of repetition?
It emphasizes a point or idea, making it more memorable.
In this Netflix series, a boy is taken into a strange new world called the Upside Down, and his friends fight to get him back.
Stranger Things
Name 3 countries with TWO words in the name.
Accepted answers (examples): South Africa, Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, Costa Rica, South Korea, United Kingdom
What is word choice?
The specific vocabulary a writer uses to convey meaning and tone.
What is sufficiency in an argument?
The adequacy of evidence and reasoning provided to support a claim.
What is a sonnet?
A 14-line poem typically written in iambic pentameter with a specific rhyme scheme.
In this Disney movie, a girl travels far from her island home and faces challenges in unfamiliar lands.
Moana
In this Marvel movie, a man raised in the U.S. returns to his father's native country and struggles with the culture, rules, and power of a country he wasn’t raised in.
Black Panther