Skills
Definition of informational texts.
Presents readers with information or ideas about real people, places, things, and events. Writers of informational texts provide facts and details related to historical, scientific, and cultural topics. Some writers might also try to persuade you to accept a specific point of view about a subject.
Where would a comma(s) go in this sentence?
Before leaving the house Maria grabbed her keys her phone and her backpack.
Before leaving the house, Maria grabbed her keys, her phone, and her backpack.
What word matches this definition: "a feeling or emotion that brings two people together"?
Bond
Leon Bridges’ style blends this genre, known for its smooth, heartfelt sound, with elements of blues, gospel, and R&B.
Soul
This long, continuous trail, stretching from the Mexican border to Canada, became the setting for the author's transformative journey.
Pacific Crest Trail
What is the difference between tone and mood?
Tone: the author's attitude toward a subject.
Mood: the reader's emotion toward a text.
Where would you put dashes in this sentence?
The new park complete with a playground, picnic tables, and walking trails opened last weekend.
The new park- complete with a playground, picnic tables, and walking trails- opened last weekend.
What word matches this definition: "Real or genuine, not fake."
Authentic
Why is Bessie Coleman famous?
She was the first African American woman to become a pilot.
Does supportive have a positive, negative, or neutral connotation?
Positive
What does the P in SOAPSTone stand for?
Purpose: why was the text written
Where would you put parentheses in this sentence?
The concert was amazing even better than I expected, and the crowd was full of energy.
The concert was amazing (even better than I expected), and the crowd was full of energy.
Which word matches this definition: "Very strange or unusual in a way that seems weird or surprising."
Outlandish
When crossing the Khumbu Icefall what objects do climbers use to help them cross?
Ropes and ladders
Before becoming a successful musician, Leon Bridges worked multiple jobs, including this one, to support himself while playing local shows.
Dishwasher
Definition of connotation and denotation.
Denotation- the dictionary definition of a word.
Connotation- the implications or associations a word may have, different for everyone.
What is the helping verb in this sentence?
She is studying for her math test tonight?
Is
Which word matches this definition: "to waste something, especially money or time, in a careless or foolish way."
Squander
Before embarking on her solo journey along the Pacific Crest Trail, the author was struggling with this major life event.
A recent divorce
Where did Bessie Coleman have to go to get her pilot's license?
Paris, France.
What is the difference between a central idea and a theme?
Central idea- the specific point or message of a text. Theme- the universal message or life lesson of a text.
Rewrite this sentence in an active voice. "The cake was baked by Sarah."
Which word matches this definition: "to successfully reach a goal, usually through effort."
Achieved
In "The Art of Choosing" what happened to the two main characters?
One got lost at sea for 76 days and the other fell off the side of a mountain and broke his leg.
Where is the Khumbu Icefall?
Mt. Everest