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Theme
Verbs
Adverb Placement
Inferences
Transitions
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The definition of a theme
What is the moral, lesson, or message of a story.
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What is a verb?
What is a word that shows action or a state of being.
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What does an adverb modify or describe?
What is verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
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What is an inference?
What is A logical guess or conclusion based on evidence and prior knowledge.
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What are transition words used for?
What is to create powerful links between ideas in your paper and can help your reader understand the logic of your paper.
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Themes are directly stated in a story. (True or False)
What is false.
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What does it mean to have consistent verb tense?
What is when all actions in a sentence happen at the same time or in the same tense.
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Most, but not all adverbs end in what letters?
What is LY
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If your electricity goes out, you can infer that: A) A tree fell on the power lines. B) You will never have lights again. C) Your water will be off too. D) Something happened to the power.
What is D) Something happened to the power.
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Name two transition words that show "time"
What are At the present time/From time to time/Sooner or later To begin with/As soon as/Before/Since/Meanwhile/First, second,…last/Further/Eventually/Whenever/Until now/Prior to
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How is theme different from the main idea?
What is the main idea is what the story is mostly about and not a message.
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Fix the following sentence: A wide seat makes the rider shift from side to side, and it caused painful rubbing.
What is makes/causes or made/caused
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How would you write this sentence? Read your paper ……… before mailing it. / at least / carefully / twice.
What is Carefully read your paper at least twice before mailing it.
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I quickly packed my suitcase. I tossed in a change of clothes, a toothbrush, and a hairbrush. Glancing at my watch, I zipped the suitcase and walked to the front door. After I shut the window blinds, I pulled a heavy coat from the closet. Where is the author going?
What is someplace cold and overnight in a hurry.
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Name two transition words that show "contradiction or disagreement"
What are Although/ Instead/ However/ Otherwise/ Rather/ Unlike/ Then again/ Even though/ Nonetheless/ Nevertheless/ In contrast/ On the other hand/ In spite of/ Contrarily
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A story can have multiple themes. (True or False)
What is true.
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Fix the following sentence: Serious riders wore special shoes that snap onto the pedals to allow pushing up as well as pushing down.
What is wear/snap or wore/snapped
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How would you write this sentence? He stays … / in the evening / hardly ever /at home /
What is In the evening, he hardly ever stays at home. OR He hardly ever stays at home in the evening.
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If you see a fire engine on your street, you can infer that: A) Something is on fire. B) A neighbor called the fire department. C) The police will show up too. D) Someone had a type of emergency.
What is D) Someone had a type of emergency.
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Choose the correct transition word to complete the sentence: I want to relax in front of the TV_____________ I have more school work to complete. A) For instance B) Nonetheless C) Due to
What is B) Nonetheless
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Ms. Green showed a video clip from the Game of Thrones about theme. What was one theme exemplified from the clip?
What is family first, family sticks together, you're never too young to grow up, boys stick with boys and girls stick with girls, or what father says goes.
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Fix the following sentence: The smart rider also kept his or her knees slightly bent, which eases the strain on the knees.
What is kept/eased or keeps/eases.
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Fix the following sentence: The man flirted shameless in an extreme bold manner.
What is The man shamelessly flirted in an extremely bold manner. OR The man flirted shamelessly in an extremely bold manner.
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What are the three ways that inferences can help you respond to a piece of reading?
What is You can infer a general fact or a precise piece of information. You can infer emotions and feelings of characters in passage. You can infer information about the author - his/her opinions, feelings, point of view.
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Choose the correct transition word to complete the sentence: John fell off his bike and broke his leg once; _____________ he refuses to ride his bike today. A) for this reason B) however C) moreover
What is A) for this reason