Thesis Statements
Parts of Speech
Vocabulary
Literary Devices
Run-on, Fragment, or Sentence?
100
An essay with a thesis statement that states, "Kelly is my best friend because she is fun and has a great sense of humor" will have how many body paragraphs?
What is two
100
Find the verb: Sam told them two funny jokes.
What is told
100
The feeling or attitude expressed by words.
What is tone
100
The sky was as black as a crow.
What is simile
100
Before the night fell.
What is fragment
200
A ___________ grabs the reader's attention and comes before the thesis statement.
What is hook
200
Find the nouns: The cat chased the dog.
What is cat and dog
200
The individual or group for whom you are writing.
What is audience
200
The wind danced through the trees.
What is personification
200
James ate the sandwich.
What is sentence
300
The thesis is the ________ sentence of the introduction.
What is last
300
Find the adverb: Beth swims enthusiastically in the pool.
What is enthusiastically
300
The implied meaning of a word.
What is connotation
300
Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
What is alliteration
300
Laura and Frankie went to the beach they had fun.
What is run-on
400
The thesis statement tells the reader ___________.
What is the main idea of the essay
400
Find the adjective: The fuzzy llama ate peanut butter.
What is fuzzy
400
The dictionary definition of a word.
What is denotation
400
I am so tired I could sleep for a month!
What is hyperbole
400
The science test is really hard, you have to study for it.
What is run-on
500
Thesis statements must be written using the formula ______because ________.
What is x because y
500
Find the article: Ms. Wheeler is always out of the good snacks.
What is the
500
Using text evidence to draw a conclusion.
What is inference
500
As I walked down the sidewalk, the rain fell to the grass with a soft pitter patter.
What is onomatopoeia
500
Like when they went to the zoo!
What is fragment