What are 3 words do I NOT want to see at the beginning of a sentence?
Any FANBOYS and Because
What is the most common eye color amongst humans?
Brown
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
What are the parts of a paragraph?
Topic sentence, evidence, commentary, transition sentence
What is the correct way to incorporate an in-text citation?
What is one theme that can be seen in both of our novels?
Love and relationships or the idea of Participating
What was the first Pixar movie?
Toy Story
DAILY DOUBLE #1
What is the definition of an allusion?
List all 5 parts of a plot diagram.
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
What was the first product that Apple produced?
A computer, specifically the Apple I
Who is the author of Of Mice and Men?
John Steinbeck
Define: An idea, object, color, etc. that representsa deeper meaning
A symbol
This is when the reader must make an inference about characterization as opposed to the author telling about the character directly.
Indirect Characterization
What is the world's biggest island?
Greenland
Define: Two or more words in a poem begin with the same letter
Alliteration
What is the difference between the main idea of a story and the theme of a story?
The main idea is mostly what the story is about (a short summary). The theme is the life lesson or moral that the author wants us to remember. It may have nothing to do with the details of the story itself.
What is a conjunction?
A part of speech that connects words, phrases, or clauses within a sentence
Originally, Amazon sold only this product
DAILY DOUBLE #3
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in one thousand years?
What is the term for a word that imitates the sound it represents?
Onomatopoeia