Komachin
What are the three types of writing? (Think of the SBA Writing task)
Informational, argumentative, narrative
Name the different parts of the plot diagram. [5]
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.
What three categories are you graded on in Language Arts?
Assessment, Assignment, and Independent Reading
Who is the author of Fahrenheit 451?
Ray Bradbury
What time does the final bell ring on early release days?
2:35
Name the 6 Komachin ELA teachers
Sivankeo, Hunter, Baydo-Reed, Reece, Greenwell, Hettinger
The names of the children in "The Veldt" is an allusion to what fantasy story?
Peter Pan
What is a common theme for the texts, "The Diary of Anne Frank", "Life is Beautiful", & "Prisoner B-2087"?
The ability to find good in a difficult situation.
Name the figurative language that gives inanimate objects human qualities
Personification
Name Guy Montag's wife in Fahrenheit 451.
Mildred Montag
Who wrote the poem, "First they Came for the Communists"?
Martin Niemoller
#of innings in a baseball game x quarters in a football game / halves in a soccer game
18
When citing information directly from a published text, what goes inside the parenthesis?
author's last name and page number
The contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually happens.
Littering next to a no littering sign.
Ithaka by Cavafy uses an image of a ship's voyage to impart a message about ... ?
Life
How many stars and stripes are on the American flag and what do they represent?
50 stars for each state and 13 stripes for each colony
The fanboys consist of seven words, what are they?
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
What are the parents names in Harrison Bergeron?
George & Hazel
"A friendship bobbing up between us" is an example of what type of figurative language?
Alliteration or Metaphor
What is the difference between the connotation and denotation of a word.
Connotation: meanings associated with a word; denotation is the dictionary definition.
Name the 10 8th grade advisors
Sivankeo, Standlea, Riffe, Birge, Grittman, Skydancer, Hunter, Serrao, Davis, Brooks
Define ethos, pathos, and logos.
Ethos: credibility
Pathos: emotion
Logos: logic
Name the Three parts of the Hero's Journey.
Departure, initiation, return.
Name the 7 dwarves
Dopey, Doc, Sleepy, Happy, Grumpy, Bashful, Sneezy
What allegory did we read about the Holocaust?
Terrible Things