Stories
What is put around dialogue in a sentence?
"quotation marks"
Which ocean is off the California Coast?
Pacific
Which restaurant is famous for its “Grand Slam” meal?
What is Dennys
What three types of essays might you see for your Performance Task?
Narrative, Explanatory, Argument
This sport is played by the Texans.
Football
Identify voice:
The flat tire was changed by Sue.
What is passive voice?
What is the name of the 2020 ESPN sports documentary miniseries that focused on Michael Jordan's final season with the Chicago Bulls?
The Last Dance
lines that are grouped together, like a paragraph
a stanza
A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels.
What’s the call sign of the president’s helicopter?
Marine One
Riddle: What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
This describes a noun
Adjectives
Ray Charles was famous for playing which instrument?
Piano
Short, fictional story usually involving animals that teaches a lesson
Fable
What was the first Pixar movie?
Toy Story
a group of words taken from a text or speech and repeated by someone other than the original author or speaker.
What is a quotation?
The central message/meaning of the text. Usually one word connection. Love, teamwork, bravery.
What song is the country’s national anthem?
Star Spangled Banner
How many colors are there in the rainbow?
Seven
Literary reference to a familiar person or thing. Ex: You are a bunch of Einsteins
Allusion
Which boxer fought against Muhammad Ali and won?
Joe Frazier.
Collected data, and clues collected from observations made.
What is evidence?
Tell in your own words what a passage is about including only the central idea and most important supporting details. Does not include opinions or judgement.
What is an objective summary?
How many bones does a shark have?
Zero
Unscramble the word:
TORREBH
Brother
Style of writing. Western, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Fantasy....
Identify voice:
Mom read the novel in one day.
What is active voice?
Which two NFL teams have won the most Super Bowls with 6 wins each?
Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots.
What is the direct object in this sentence? We sent a package to our relatives in lowa.
Package
In what city is the Empire State Building located?
New York, NY
Riddle: A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?
He was bald
Pickles start out as which vegetable?
Cucumbers
Ex. It's raining cats and dogs
idiom
The Olympics are held every how many years?
4 years
What are the two types of character motivation?
internal and external
The nation's capital is located where?
Washington D.C.
This is when 2 words means the same thing.
synonyms
Water freezes at what temperature?
What is ZERO degrees Celsius and/or 32 degrees Fahrenheit
I waited in line for a million hours until it was my turn.
hyperbole
PING, Callaway, Cobra, are all companies that mainly manufacture equipment used to play which sport?
Golf
Name all the points of views
First Person, Second Person, Third Person
Stage of plot where setting is revealed?
Exposition
Ms. Bates is how old?
31
Riddle: You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?
All the people on the boat are married.
What are the 4 things that must be included when making an argument (must be in order)
Claim, Reasons and Evidence (Support), Counterclaim, Refute
How many holes are played in an average round of golf?
18
Comparison of two dissimilar things. Ex: Glove is to hand as Sock is to Foot
Analogy
What are the names of the seven dwarfs in Snow White?
Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy, and Dopey.
The base word you start with before adding prefixes or suffixes
What is a root word?
An object representing another, to give an entirely different meaning that is much deeper and more significant.
What is a symbol
The Great Barrier Reef is located in which ocean?
Pacific
Unscramble the word:
KYDENO
Donkey
Comparing two things without using like or as ( EX: Rain is tears) to help the reader picture what the author is saying is called
metaphor
How many oceans are there on Earth?
5
Change to passive voice:
Great literature makes a lasting impression on its readers.
What is
A lasting impression is made by great literature on its readers.
What year did Disneyland open?
1955
What is the difference between theme and central idea?
Theme is the lesson in the story. Central idea is what the story is about.
A position, usually supported by evidence
Claim
Which three states share a border with California?
Arizona, Nevada and Oregon
How many kids do the Kardashians have all together?
13
the end or finish of a piece of writing
Conclusion
What is your body's largest organ?
Skin
Create a sentence in active voice using the following words:
kangaroo, baby, to carry, in her pouch
What is
The kangaroo carries her baby in her pouch.
Where is the Liberty Bell located?
Philadelphia
To quote a passage, book, author, etc.; to refer to an example
What is a citation?
the materials from which the writer gathers ideas and information
What are sources?
RIDDLE: What kind of band never plays music?
A rubber band
HAHA
Who is the speaker of the house?
The Speaker of the House is second in line to succeed the President, after the Vice President.
Mike Johnson
a statement that demonstrates what a writer intends to support and/or prove. Serves a clear roadmap for the direction of a paper.
What is a thesis?
a location connected to the Internet that maintains one or more pages on the World Wide Web.
What is a website?
To mark up the text with notes, questions, or other things that help you understand the text
What is annotate?
In Finding Nemo, what's the name of Nemo's mother?
Coral
These types of poems have a plot and characters
narrative poems
Conversation between characters
Dialogue
When was the first iPod released?
2001
What is CAs state flower?
California poppy
the information indicating whether a claim is true
Evidence
Which branch of the military did Mr. Gricewich serve?
Marines
What is denotation?
What is Connotation?
Dictionary definition, socially created definition
What was Mickey Mouses original name?
Mortimer Mouse
Identify the indirect object in this sentence: He told his parents a lie.
Parents