Sentence, Fragment or Run-On?
Figurative Language
Info Text Features
Analyzing the Text
Essay Writing 101
100
I have a baby sister she is so cute.
Run-On
I have a baby sister, and she is so cute.
OR
I have a baby sister. She is so cute.
100
The sun hid silently behind the grey cloud.
Personification
Hid silently
100
What informational text feature is this?
A. Caption
B. Index
C. Photograph
D. Glossary
C. Photograph
100
Which one is not an example that shows author's perspective?
A. Emotional Language
B. Statement of Opinion
C. The Title
D. Background Information
C. The Title
100
What is the first thing you should do when writing an essay based on a reading?
Read the question first!
200
What you often need.
Fragment
_________ is what you often need.
200
The wind howled as if it were an angry wolf.
Personification / Simile
The wind howled
As if
200
What informational text feature is this?
A. Photograph
B. Index
C. Glossary
D. Map
D. Map
200
Which one is not an example to find the central idea?
A. Quotations
B. Title
C. Last Paragraph
D. First Paragraph
A. Quotations
200
What transitional phrase should you use to finish you essay?
A. For example
B. Also
C. In conclusion,
D. Based on the text
C. In conclusion
300
Then calmed down about the situation.
Fragment
_________, and then calmed down about the situation.
300
The king was a furious lion.
Metaphor
Was a furious lion.
300
What informational text is this?
A. Diagram
B. Glossary
C. Caption
D Index
c. Caption
300
Soccer is known in some countries as football. It is a popular sport across the world, with over 200 countries playing the sport. It is estimated that over 250 million people, both men and women, play soccer. The sport has been part of the Olympic games from 1900 to 1928 and from 1936 to today.
What is the main idea of the paragraph?
A. Soccer is important at the Olympics.
B. Soccer is a worldwide sport.
C. Soccer is also called football.
D. Soccer is played by men and women
B. Soccer is a worldwide sport.
300
Which transitional phrase should you use to compare and contrast?
A. Also
B. In conclusion
C. Similarly
D. In the text it says
C. Similarly
400
Luna stood up.
Sentence
400
The children crept, quietly as a mouse.
Simile
Quietly as a mouse
400
What informational Text Feature is this?
A. Index
B. Glossary
C. Photograph
D. Caption
A. Index
400
Which is the most important, and why?
A. Claim
B. Evidence
C. Reasoning
C. Reasoning
It explains why your claim (position) is right.
400
What should a citation include?
Author and Page/Paragraph Number
500
Sometimes when it rains we have a family movie night.
Sentence
Sometimes, when it rains, we have a family movie night.
500
The trees were a prison, trapping the boy.
Metaphor
Trees were a prison.
500
What informational text is this?
A. Glossary
B. Caption
C. Index
D. Diagram
A. Glossary
500
Find the Main Idea
The Constitution of the U.S. has been amended several times to allow more citizens the right to vote. The 15th Amendment, ratified in 1870, extended voting rights to former slaves. The 19th Amendment, ratified in 1920, gave women the right to vote. In 1971, the 26th Amendment granted voting rights to those 18 years and older, changing the requirement that voters must be 21 years old.
A. The Constitution has been amended many times.
B. Women didn’t vote until 1920 but men could vote since the founding of the country..
C. Today, almost anyone can vote.
D. The Constitution has been amended several times to grant more citizens the right to vote
D. The Constitution has been amended several times to grant more citizens the right to vote
500
What should you include after every quotation?
A citation