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NYC is parallel with two of these cities.
What are Madrid, Istanbul, Beijing, etc.
When people are stressed what types of foods will people most of the time grab for.
What are ultraprocessed snacks?
This major city in the United States was known as the center of the meat packing industry.
What is Chicago?
The central idea of the short story, "The Party"?
What is to "Be Who You Are"? or "Don't Let Others Judge You"?
This is the language that authors use that states exactly what they mean.
What is Literal Language?
These are the days of the week that you participated in the NY State ELA Grade 7 Exam (You need the days of the week and month).
What are Tuesday April 21st and Wednesday April 22nd?
These are the number of snow days that students in New York City had this year (This includes remote school days as well as traditional "no school" days off.
What are two?
This book that was written by Upton Sinclair that exposed the horrors of working in meat packing plants?
What is "The Jungle"?
The central idea in the short story, "The Fan Club"?
What is that people act in surprising ways to fit in with others?
These are the types of strategies/devices that writers often use to illustrate the messages that they want to convey to their readers.
What are literary devices or rhetorical devices?
These are the social media companies that were found liable for causing damage to teens' mental health.
What are You Tube and Meta?
What do you call the hunger that people have when they seek pleasure and try and avoid pain.
What is hedonic hunger?
This is the type of language that that uses vocabulary that expresses a point in way that really conjures up imagery of how good or how bad things are.
What is "Loaded" language?
In order to defend your thesis statement you generally need to include this.
What are two pieces of evidence from the text?
This is the technique that authors use when they compare two things without using like or as.
What are metaphors?
These are the train lines that you can take to get to MS 319.
What are the A, C, and 1 Trains?
This is the name of the town in the television show the Gilmore Girls.
What is Star's Hollow?
This is a journalist who sought to expose corruption, scandal, and the like in government and politics.
What is muckraker?
This author wrote during the Harlem Renaissance poetry and short stories. One story was about a young man who tried to rob an old woman in order to buy blue suede shoes.
Who is Langston Hughes?
A reference to a famous person, event, or story.
What is allusion?
This disease currently has no cure but there are treatments that do help the patients that have this. One such treatment involves the use of pets such as dogs.
What is dementia or Alzheimer's?
This type of problem usually occurs during heavy snows which can cause things to get buried in them and then people may need to be rescued. What is the name of the problem and who are being utilized to help rescue people (You need the type of problem and rescuers).
What are avalanches and puppies?
This movement that took place between 1890-1920, was known due to efforts to reform American society. Changes were made to politics, economics, and everyday life in order to improve the conditions of the American people.
What is the Progressive Movement?
This woman learned about social justice and equity from her father. She enforced one of the first state laws limiting the number of hours women and children could work in Illinois. She worked to fight for the eight hour work day and minimum wage laws. She also fought for workplace safety.
Who is Florence Kelley?
Explain the acronym R-A-C-E when completing a writing assignment.
What is
R (Restate): Restate the question in your own words.
A (Answer): Clearly answer how Gordon Parks used his art to address social issues.
C (Cite): Provide at least two specific examples from the text (such as his photography or films).
E (Explain): Explain how these examples show the impact of his work on society.