Reading
These are guiding tools that help the reader look for important details in fiction or nonfiction texts
What are signposts?
This is the road map for an entire essay that goes at the end of the introduction
What is a thesis statement?
This is the main idea or message of a text
What is theme?
A phrase that goes at the beginning of sentences
What is introductory phrase?
You should always read these before the passage.
What are the questions?
This is when someone is stating the opposite of another author's claim
What is a counterclaim?
These are used to help the flow of writing and should not be obvious with words like "next" or "finally."
What are transitions?
This is a type of figurative language that paints a picture in the reader's mind
What is imagery?
Punctuation that joins two complete, related thoughts
What is a semicolon?
This is the name of the last assignment that Ms. Elliott's students will complete for her class.
What is a Career Research Infographic and Presentation?
This is a poem that has fourteen lines, follows a specific rhyme scheme, and has one main idea
What is a sonnet?
This is what starts a body paragraph and gives an overall idea as to what the paragraph is about
What is a topic sentence?
This is the emotions that an author establishes through their writing to impact the audience
What is tone?
This punctuation CANNOT join two independent clauses and is also used after FANBOYS when joining two sentences
What is a comma?
This is the percentage of your grade that the EOC counts for.
What is 20%?
This is when events from earlier in the passage hint at later events.
What is foreshadowing?
Personal pronouns and contractions usually aren't used in formal writing unless they are in this format of text
What is a memoir?
This is a type of figurative language that gives a non-human thing humanlike characteristics
What is personification?
Punctuation that introduces a list or something brought up in the complete sentence before it
What is a colon?
This is the name of one of the short stories we read at the beginning of the semester.
What is "The Scarlet Ibis," "Good Country People," or "Harrison Bergeron?"
This is a type of figurative language when the opposite of what is expected happens.
What is irony?
When finding evidence to back up a claim, it is important to make sure that it has two distinct characteristics
What is relevant and credible?
This is a persuasive technique that uses emotions and feelings to persuade the audience
What is pathos?
The term for matching the structure of all the items in a list
What is parallel structure?
Student are taking the second half of the EOC tomorrow, which is tilted this.
What is the English 2 EOC - Reading?
(Any variation of this will be accepted as long as it includes "Reading")