Terrific TDAs
What does "ICE" paragraph stand for?
Introduce
Cite
Explain
Billy bought buckets of balloons from Bethany.
Alliteration
SETTING
Which sentence here is a sentence FRAGMENT:
(1) The kiwi is a flightless bird that lives in the grasslands of New Zealand.
(2) This interesting bird has an excellent sense of smell.
(3) Which it uses to find bugs and seeds on the ground.
(4) The kiwi is the only bird that has nostrils at the tip of its beak.
I hope my team does well in Jeopardy and I want to get Jolly Ranchers they are my favorite candy in the world so I want to eat them all!!!
RUN-ON
(I'm ashamed if you didn't get that one...)
Explains, Describes, Informs, Discusses, Mentions, Argues, and many, many more!!
The term used for "sound effect" words like buzz, screech, and tap.
Spelling does not count - just try your best :)
Onomatopoeia
This story element term typically refers to the message or lesson of a passage...
THEME
Find the pronoun mistake in this sentence, and fix it!
Many students take more than one year of foreign language because you enjoy the experience of learning a different language.
Change you to they
I wanted to play in my backyard, yet my mom said I had to clean my room first.
GOOD SENTENCE
(The comma is already there)
What punctuations should you put around the page/paragraph number after citing evidence?
Parenthesis
I feel so sick that I'm about to die!!!
True or False: The above statement is an example of an idiom.
FALSE - It's hyperbole!
This plot term refers to the turning point and most intense moment of the story
CLIMAX
Which word is incorrectly spelled in this sentence?
For my research paper, I studied the giant sculptures on exibit at the museum.
*Bonus points if you write how to spell it correctly
Exibit (should be exhibit)
Brody and Shane were playing video games while their parents went shopping.
GOOD Sentence
(while is a fake FANBOY and doesn't need a comma)!
Name two possible transitions for CITING evidence...
According to the text,
The author states,
The text states,
In the passage,
(plus many others)
What is the major difference between a SIMILE and a METAPHOR?
Name two of the three (possibly four) types of conflict.
-Character vs. Character
-Character vs. Self
-Character vs. Nature
(Maybe Character vs. Society)
Which sentence contains a mistake in VERB usage?
(1) Monarch butterflies, like many other animals, migrate south for the winter.
(2) Butterfly lovers flocks to Michoacán, Mexico, every year to see the millions of monarchs that spend the winter there.
(3) These monarchs hatched somewhere in the north the previous spring, and because monarchs have a short lifespan, no single monarch lives long enough to make the return trip.
(4) That task is left to their offspring, who somehow find their way north.
Sentence 2 (Butterfly lovers flocks... should be changed to butterfly lovers flock...)
The 6RB team played kickball outside but Mr. McCabe had to stay inside because he needed to grade TDAs.
RUN-ON!
The 6RB team played kickball outside, but Mr. McCabe had to stay inside because he needed to grade TDAs.
Complete this Lyric from Ice Ice Baby:
Alright stop, collaborate and listen
Ice is back with my brand new invention
Something grabs a hold of me tightly
Flow like a harpoon daily and nightly
Will it ever stop? Yo, I don't know
Turn off the lights, (heh) and I'll ______?
What is glow?
Write a sentence that has an example of personification.
Answers will vary - Mr. McCabe will need to check!
RESOLUTION
Which of the following sentences is a run-on sentence?
(1) Jamie collected stones for a wall he wanted to build carefully he put each one into place.
(2) He wanted the wall to look as if it had been there for many years without any changes.
(3) He had carefully selected stones to make the new wall look just as old as the other nearby walls did.
(4) Jamie stood back and admired the work that he had already accomplished.
Sentence 1
This summer, we could go fishing or go hiking together!
GOOD Sentence!
(There's no new subject after the FANBOY!)