Vocab Terms
What is the definition of "analyze"
To look at closely.
What is a simile?
A comparison of two things using like/as.
What does RACECE stand for?
Restate Answer Cite Explain Cite Explain
What is a stanza?
Groups of lines separated by a blank space.
Who always has to drop a deuce during 11th period?
Jaycob!!!
What is "theme"?
The lesson or message about life in a text.
What is personification?
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things.
Is this an extended response prompt, or a short answer prompt?
"How does the author develop a central idea in paragraphs 3-6? Use two details from the text to support your response."
Short Answer
What does it mean when the last words of lines in a poem rhyme?
Rhyme Scheme
Goofball
What is "central idea"?
The main message, or idea, of an informational text.
What is a hyperbole? (100 Bonus Points if you can provide an example)
Exaggeration for effect
How many paragraphs should be in this extended response?
The idea of offering support in an emergency is important in this excerpt from Little Women. How is this idea developed throughout the story? Why is it especially important to understand Jo's actions? Use details from the story to support your response.
In your response be sure to:
- Describe how the idea of offering support is developed throughout the story
- explain why it is especially important to understand Jo's actions
- Use details from the story to support your response
Four. (Intro, Body Paragraph #1, Body Paragraph #2, Conclusion)
What is free verse?
When a poem doesn't have a rhyme scheme, or has an irregular pattern.
What does it mean to restate something in your own words?
To summarize.
What is "point of view"?
Who is telling the story and how they feel
What is a comparison of two things that does NOT use like or as?
A metaphor
What are the four steps to building an extended response?
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
Twinkle, twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky
Twinkle, twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are
AABBAA
What is the structure of events as they occurred in the story?
Plot Sequence
What is an idiom? (100 Bonus Points if you can provide an example)
A common phrase with a non-literal meaning. (ex. Piece of cake, break a leg, etc.)
Imagery is also called what?
Sensory details
What would be the topic sentence (restate) in body paragraph #1 of this extended response?
In "A Dire Shortage of Water", the author describes conditions that lead to droughts. Why does the author present both natural and human-related causes of drought? What is the author's position on the causes of drought? Use details from the article to support your response:
In your response be sure to:
- Explain why the author presents both natural and human-related causes of drought
- Describe the author's position on the causes of drought
-Use details from the article to support your response
The author presents both natural and human-related causes of drought because....
Explain how the poet uses repetition to explain the teachers feelings:
The best kinds of people are warm and kind.
They are always there and they never mind.
The best kinds of people smile and embrace.
They support you with strength and grace.
The best kinds of people love and cherish.
They lift you up when you’re near to perish.
The best kinds of people share your joy,
To laugh with you, to joke and enjoy.
The best kinds of people stand up tall,
No matter how hard they fall.
The best kinds of people are honest and true.
The best kind of person, my dear, is you.
To describe their love for another person.
What are hints or information within a sentence or passage that help readers determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word?
Context Clues