This goes at the beginning of EVERY sentence - little letters not allowed!
What is a capital letter?
100
The point of view narrative are typically written in, considering the main character is usually telling the story.
What is first person point of view?
100
The purpose of argumentative writing.
What is to persuade?
100
The purpose of an informational text.
What is to inform?
100
Don't rush!
What is take your time?
200
The noun in a sentence, or the "do-er" of the action.
What is the subject?
200
A type of writing that tells a story or describes a sequence of events in an incident.
What is a narrative?
200
Evidence found in a text used to support an argument.
What is textual evidence?
200
Type of writing that explains, clarifies, defines, or gives information. Includes details, reasons, textual evidence, and commentary.
What is expository writing?
200
Crossing out all of the answers you know are wrong.
What is process of elimination?
300
The verb or action in the sentence.
What is the predicate?
300
Imaginative language that is not mean to be interpreted literally; used to appeal to a reader's five senses.
What is figurative language?
300
A position statement (or thesis) that asserts an idea or makes an argument.
What is a claim?
300
Words or phrases that connect ideas, details, or events in writing.
What are transition words?
300
The first thing you do on a test, before reading the passage.
What is read all of the questions?
400
These words can be used to combine to independent clauses to form a compound sentence. Often called FANBOYS.
What is a coordinating conjunction?
400
The exact, literal meaning of a word.
What is denotation?
400
Reasoning or facts given in opposition to an argument.
What is a counterclaim?
400
A nonfiction motion picture intended to document, or record, some aspect of real life, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record.
What is a documentary film?
400
This is used to support reasons or ideas given in a constructed response.
What is textual evidence?
500
This type of sentence has one dependent (subordinate) clause and two independent clauses. Here is an example:
Before I can go to bed, I have to iron my clothes, and I need to pack my lunch for tomorrow.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
500
The suggested or implied meaning or emotion associated with a word - beyond it's literal meaning.
What is connotation?
500
The art of using words to persuade in writing or speaking.
What is rhetoric?
500
A logical guess or conclusion based on observation, prior experience, or textual evidence.
What is an inference?
500
The strategy used to answer extended constructed response questions.