Name that Historical Figure!
He wrote a letter to Thomas Jefferson.
Who is Benjamin Banneker?
Theme is the underlying ____ about life in a story.
What is message?
"I can do it!" "I'll save her!"
Who is the might muskrat?
The R and A stands for _______ in the RACES writing strategy.
What are restate the question or prompt and answer the question?
A compound sentence has ____ independent clauses.
What is two?
He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Which is not a theme from "The World on Turtle's Back"?
a. Dreams are powerful tools that influence reality.
b. Women are foolish and reckless.
c. The tiniest creatures or things can make an impact.
d. Perseverance is essential when trying to accomplish a goal.
What is, b. Women are foolish and reckless?
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
A claim or a thesis states your ____ and ____ on a topic. It is usually in the introductory paragraph.
a. position and opinion
b. counterclaim and rebuttal
What is A?
Subordinating conjunctions signal a _______ ______.
What is a dependent clause?
He delivered a famous speech on September 11, 2001.
Who is President George W. Bush?
What is the main difference between THEME and CENTRAL IDEA.
a. Theme is a universal lesson and main idea is what a story is about.
b. Theme is what a story is about and main idea is the universal lesson it teaches.
What is A?
Sir,
I am fully aware of the greatness of the freedom I am taking in addressing a person of your distinguished and
dignified station.
Who is Benjamin Banneker?
The C in the RACES strategy requires you to...
a. write your own reasons and thoughts
b. revisit the text and find evidence
c. create a claim
d. use quotations with statements from other texts.
What is b?
This term describes the feeling associated with a word
What is connotative or connotation?
These people believed that the world began on a turtle's back.
a. The Iriquois
b. The Modoc
c. The Onondaga
d. The Navajo
Who is C, The Onondaga?
Fill in the blank.
Themes are usually not directly _____, so they are ____ by the author.
What is stated and implied?
"I must make amends with the Sky Chief before I die".
Who is the mother of the grizzly bears?
What is the purpose of William Bradford's of Plymouth Plantation?
What is to inform?
This author chose 3rd person-limited point of view to write his famous journal.
Who is William Bradford.
Name another author/editor, besides Thomas Jefferson, of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Roger Sherman of Connecticut, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Robert R. Livingston of New York, and John Adams of Massachusetts.?
Read this excerpt from "The Origin of the Robin."
His father visited him regularly every morning, to encourage him to perseverance, describing at length
the honor and renown that would attend him through life if he accomplished the full term prescribed.
According to this excerpt, which best describes the father’s hope for his son?
A. that he will be physically strong.
B. that he will be smarter than all others.
C. that he will be revered and respected.
D. that he will be clever and cunning.
What is C, that he will be revered and respected.?
Tonight, I ask for your thoughts and prayers for all those who grieve, for the children whose worlds have been shattered.
Who is President George W. Bush?
These should be used to connect ideas and examples throughout a paragraph or essay.
What are transition words.
Describe the difference between a pilgrim and a settler?
What is a pilgrim emigrates from their home seeking religious freedom; a settler is a new immigrant to a land.