VOCABULARY
Where and when a story takes place / Dónde y cuándo ocurre una historia
WHAT IS SETTING?
A type of writing that uses rhythm, structure, and emotion / Un tipo de escritura que usa ritmo, estructura y emoción
WHAT IS POETRY?
(Adjective) Shriveled or aged in appearance / Marchito o envejecido en apariencia. PAGE 6!
WHAT IS WIZENED?
A 3-letter phrase that reminds us how to answer short writing questions / Una frase de 3 letras que nos recuerda cómo responder preguntas de escritura corta
WHAT IS A.C.E?
Slang used to describe people or things as undesirable or ugly / Jerga usada para describir personas o cosas como indeseables o feas
WHAT IS CHOPPED?
Giving human qualities to non-human things / Dar cualidades humanas a cosas no humanas
WHAT IS PERSONIFICATION?
A brief fictional narrative with one main conflict / Una narrativa ficticia breve con un conflicto principal
WHAT IS A SHORT STORY?
(Adjective) To decrease or weaken / Disminuir o debilitar. PAGE 78!
WHAT IS WANE?
A sentence stating the main claim of an essay / Una oración que declara la idea principal de un ensayo
WHAT IS A THESIS STATEMENT?
YoungBoy lyrics that Ms. Harris is tired of hearing (well, last week) / Letras de YoungBoy que la Ms. Harris está cansada de escuchar (bueno, la semana pasada)
What is "She Gon' Call Me Baby Boo?"
A comparison that says one thing is another / Una comparación que dice que una cosa es otra
WHAT IS A METAPHOR?
A LONG fictional story with developed characters and plot / Una historia ficticia LARGA con personajes y trama desarrollados
WHAT IS A NOVEL?
(Verb) To soak or fill completely / Empapar o llenar completamente. PAGE 78!
WHAT IS SATURATE?
A phrase to begin explaining how evidence supports your idea / Una frase para comenzar a explicar cómo la evidencia apoya tu idea
WHAT IS "THIS EVIDENCE SHOWS?"
A word for content that is purposefully designed to make someone angry or lose their temper / Una palabra para contenido que está diseñado a propósito para enojar a alguien o hacer que pierda la calma
WHAT IS RAGEBAIT?
The sequence of events in a story / La secuencia de eventos en una historia
WHAT IS PLOT?
A true story about a person’s memories or life events / Una historia real sobre recuerdos o eventos de la vida de una persona
WHAT IS A MEMOIR?
(Verb) To make something sacred, holy, or special / Hacer algo sagrado, santo, o especial. PAGE 92!
WHAT IS CONSECRATE?
A complete thought with a subject and verb / Un pensamiento completo con sujeto y verbo
WHAT IS AN INDEPENDENT CLAUSE?
A phrase used by a confident little girl singing at a funeral / Una frase usada por una niña segura de sí misma cantando en un funeral
WHAT IS 123 Release Em!
A conclusion based on clues and prior knowledge / Una conclusión basada en pistas y conocimiento previo
WHAT IS INFERENCING?
Writing that makes a claim and supports it with evidence / Escritura que presenta una afirmación y la apoya con evidencia
WHAT IS AN ARGUMENTATIVE TEXT?
(Adjective) Clear and easy to understand / Claro y fácil de entender. PAGE 92!
WHAT IS LUCID?
The 2 parts to every sentence. Give an example!
WHAT IS A SUBJECT AND PREDICATE?
The hand motion used to "clock someone's tea." We can give credit to Black and LGBTQ+ community for this! / El movimiento de la mano usado para "clock someone's tea". ¡Podemos darle crédito a la comunidad negra y LGBTQ+ por esto!
WHAT IS *CLICK MOTION* ?