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What is the setting of a story?
Where the story takes place
100
When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in this perspective
First Person
100
This part of an essay tells what the topic will be.
The topic sentence in the introduction paragraph
100
To use strong exaggeration
hyperbole
100
Give one example of a character trait to describe a character in a story
kind, shy, funny, brave, bold, happy, sad, angry
200
What does it mean to compare and contrast?
To tell how things are the same or different
200
When the narrator uses "She, He, they" it is written in this perspective
Third Person
200
Explain the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
Fiction = not real/made up, can be funny.
Nonfiction = topic, factual, provides information, not funny.
200
Giving human characteristics to something that is not human
personification
200
Pairing what you read with what you know to make an educated guess
Making an inference/inferencing
300
The problem of the story
conflict
300
The message or lesson of the story
Theme
300
Respond to this question using RACE
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In the Freedom Walkers, what did they say Joann Robinson did for a living?
(R) In the story JoAnnn Robinson was
(A) an English Professor at Alabama State.
(C) I know this because on page 4 it says, "she drive back to campus of Alabama State, an all black college where she had been hired that fall as a professor of English.
(E) This shows that she was an English Professor at Alabama State.
300
She is busy as a bee.
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
Simile
300
To give a short explanation that only includes the most important parts.
Summarize
400
Which word in the sentence is the pronoun:
"Mrs. Salonga was so excited to teach her students this new math"
her
400
What the story is mainly about?
Central or Main idea
400
What is a synonym for tired?
sleepy, exhausted, etc.
400
What is the subject pronoun in this sentence:
She watched him play at the park.
She
400
Who is the Stonybrook's Assistant Principal?
Benjamin Palicki
500
What does RACE stand for?
Restate the question
Answer the question
Cite your evidence
Explain your reasoning
500
List all the elements in a plot diagram:
Setting
Rising action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
500
This is the last part of a paper that wraps it up. It is best to end this with an impact statement.
What is a conclusion?
500
Which figurative language is the following sentence?
She is a tornado when she gets angry!
Metaphor
500
When you highlight, underline or write symbols on a text/passage that you are reading.
annotating