Short Stories
In the short story, "Bread", what object was given value in each paragraph?
What is bread.
What is a noun?
What is a person, place, or thing
In fiction, we call them authors, but in nonfiction we call them what?
What is a speaker.
What is a personal lens?
The way a person sees the world based on their life experiences
What is a synonym for the word, happy?
What is (synonym for happy)
In the short story, "Lamb to the Slaughter", what did Mary get away with?
What is murder.
What is a verb?
What is an action word
In nonfiction, a speaker makes choices about what to include in the text and to think about who?
Who is an audience
What are 2 of the lenses that could affect the way someone sees the world?
What are 2 of the lenses that could affect the way someone sees the world?
What is a synonym for the word, love?
What is (synonym for love)
What is a purse
What is an adjective?
What is a describing word
The definition of a value is, the worth or importance of something. What is an example of a value?
What is (value)
True or False our lenses are evolving and changing over our life based on our experiences?
True
Use the correct form of "Your or You're" in the following sentence: I can't wait to go to ______ party this weekend!
What is "your"
In the short story, "What Happened During the Ice Storm", what animal did the story focus on?
What is a pheasant.
A preposition is a word or group of words used before a noun to show direction, time, place, or location.What is an example of a preposition?
What is (preposition word)
Rhetoric is speaking or writing that's intended to persuade an audience. We learned that rhetoric can be described as the speaker, purpose, audience, and what?
What is context?
What does it mean to be open minded?
Tendency to be receptive to new ideas and information
Use the correct form of "to, too, or two" in the following sentence: You live way ________ far away.
What is "too"
What is dinner of Christmas Eve.
Linking verbs are verbs that don't show an action but rather describe the subject. What is an example of a linking verb?
What is (linking verb)
In nonfiction, speakers like Adkison (Drowning in Dishes but Finding a Home) often use short, personal stories in their writing. What are these short, personal stories called?
What are anecdotes.
What is an example of something you can say while being open minded to someone else's idea?
Something like: “That’s interesting, I haven’t thought about it that way before”
Use the correct form of "their, there, or they're" in the following sentence: I went to ___________ house last night.
What is "their"