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What's a claim?
A statement
Name a compound word
Airport
What does compare and contrast mean?
Compare two things; What are the differences and similarities between them?
I see snow outside. What can you infer?
It is cold outside
What is the only continent without spiders?
Antarctica
What's a hook?
First sentence of your essay; to attract your reader to want to read more
Name a word containing OU
OUT
What does author's tone/mood mean?
How they are feeling/thinking
You can find this out based on the words they are using!!
Give an example of a simile
His hair looks like the sun
How many bones does a giraffe have in its neck?
7
What's a good reasoning sentence?
This shows..
This is important because..
Name a homophone
sun, son
What is onomatopoeia?
a word that sounds like or imitates the sound it describes
Examples: Meow, oink, chirp, roar
What is an inference?
An educated guess using context clues, background knowledge
Which planet in the solar system was considered an actual planet for decades until August 2006, when it was reclassified as a dwarf planet?
Pluto
How do you cite evidence?
Quotation marks, page number (direct quote)
Name a word with a tricky Y
Sunny
What words show second P.O.V?
You, your
What is personification?
When a non-human thing ACTS like a human
What Major League Baseball franchise is the most highly decorated with 27 World Series titles?
NY Yankees
What's a thesis?
A sentence containing 2-3 claims
When do you need to add a double consonant before adding ED or ING?
When there is only ONE consonant after the vowel
For example: flip, flipping, flipped
What does 'sequence of events' mean?
Give an example of a metaphor
He is the sun
What is the world’s most spoken language by native speakers?
Mandarin