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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 the story gives us the setting, characters and sometimes the conflict.
The exposition of a story
100
The overall vibe or emotional atmosphere of a story.
mood
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
What are the Close Reading steps we've practiced this year?
Annotate
Question
Conclude
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
Where should capital letters be used?
Capital letters should be used for proper nouns, such as names of people, cites, and countries. They should also be at the beginning of a sentence.
300
They bow shyly like wet swans.
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
What is the subject of the following sentence?
Scrolling on your phone every night is not a great idea.
Scrolling on your phone
400
When the narrator uses "she, he, they" it is written in this perspective
3rd Person
400
What is a synonym for persuasive?
argumentative, convincing etc.
400
But you guys don't want ice cream, right?
This is an example of what kind of irony?
(verbal, situational, dramatic)
Verbal Irony
400
Name all of the coordinating conjunctions.
For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
500
What is a linking verb? Define the term and give at least one example.
A verb that indicates a state (not an action)
Examples: be, appear, feel, look, taste, etc.
500
List all the elements in a plot diagram:
Exposition
Rising action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
500
What is the sentence in the introduction of a persuasive essay that states the main idea?
claim / thesis
500
Give one example of figurative language.
Answers will vary
500
What is a dependent clause? What type of conjunction comes at the beginning of a dependent clause?
A clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence.
A subordinating conjunction (AAWWWUUBISS)