Unit 1
What is a memoir?
An author telling a true story about an important time or moment in their life.
Where does Hachiko wait every day for his owner?
Shibuya Station
Name the 5 elements of a plot.
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
What does the script of a play include?
Dialogue and stage directions
What is an inference?
A logical conclusion that you develop about information that is not directly stated.
Common Noun: names any one of a class of people, places, things, or ideas.
Proper Noun: names a SPECIFIC person, place, thing, or idea.
What is an authors purpose?
The reason the author decided to write.
What was the main type of writing style shown in unit 3?
Argumentative writing
Is the following passage from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" an example of DIRECT or INDIRECT characterization?
"Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do..."
Indirect. The passage is suggesting that Alice is prone to boredom.
Give me an example of a preposition.
Answers will vary but can include above, before, behind, by, from, near, of, onto, out, through, to, under, with, etc.
Where was Michaela DePrince born? Why was this so important to her story?
She was born in Sierra Leone which is important considering the country was in a violent civil war at this time.
What are the two main structural elements of a poem?
Lines and stanzas.
What was the author trying to argue in the story "The Black Hole of Technology?"
What is the theme of "The Phantom Tollbooth?"
The importance of learning, curiosity, and finding wonder in life.
Who is the main character of "Tales From the Odyssey" and what is their goal?
What is THEME?
What main element does a story have to have in order to be historical fiction?
Give an example of a compound word.
Answers will vary
What is an onomatopoeia? Give an example.
The use of a word that sounds like what it means. Examples include "hiss" and "meow"
What is central idea? What is the central idea of "Mission Twinpossible?"
The most important point of a text. The central idea of "Mission Twinpossible" is that Scott and Mark are playing an important role in helping scientists understand the effects of long-term space travel on the human body.
What was the essential question of unit 1?
What are some of the challenges and triumphs of growing up?
Name the two types of sound devices. DOUBLE POINTS if you can explain them.
Repetition: the use of any part of language more than once - it could be a letter, a word, a phrase, or a sentence.
Alliteration: repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words that are close together.
Scientific Ideas
Imaginary beings
Settings that are different from Earth or the current Earth
Plots that reflect issues in society today
What is a simple subject vs a simple predicate?
Simple Subject: the single person, place, or thing about which the sentence is written.
Simple Predicate: the verb that expresses the sentence's action.
Locate and underline the gerund or participial phrase in the following sentence: "Relaxing in your spare time is important."
(Relaxing in your spare time) is important. Gerund phrase.