Vocab
R.A.C.E.S.
Essay
Short Response
ELA Info.
100

What is the author life lesson of a story

What is Theme

100

What does RACES stand for

What is Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, & Summarize

100

How many sentences do you need for a paragraph in a essay

What is 5 sentences

100

How many details should you have in the response

What is 2

100

The sequence of events in a story or a movie is called this... 

What is plot

200

Characters outlook of a situation

What is Point of Veiw

200

What is R in RACER format

What is Restate

200

How many paragraphs do you need in a essay

What is 5

200

What format is needed in a short response? (THINK: Social Studies!)

What is R.A.C.E.S.

200

The author's use of words and writing style to convey his or her attitude towards a topic is called what?

what is tone

300

A quote without using like or as is an example of... 

What is Metaphor

300

What is A in RACER format

What is Answer

300

What format do you need in a paragraph

What is RACES

300

What must you answer in a short response 

What is the question

300

A literary device used to give an indication or hint of what is to come later in the story  

what is foreshadowing

400
The feeling the reader gets from the story

What is Mood

400

What is E in RACER format

What is Explain

400

What should each paragraph start with?

A topic sentence

400

When you explain how you got your answer or where you know the info. from, is what?

What is citing my source

400

The repetition of the beginning sounds of consistent words: My mother made my magnificent magnet. 


What is Alliteration

500

"I feel like a raindrop in a storm when I'm in the school hallways" what is this an example of

What is Simile

500

What is C in RACER format

What is Cite

500

If you need two examples for each paragraph how many examples will they need

What is 6 

500

Conventions matter. What are they?

capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar

500

When a poem is a couplet, how many lines per stanza?  

What is 2---couple=2