Figurative Language
“Food?” Jayden inquired, popping out of his seat like a pop tart.
What is a simile?
the feeling or emotion a reader experiences while reading a piece of writing
What is mood?
This is the most important idea of the story.
What is central idea?
What is missing from this sentence?
The boys and girls played jeopardy.
What is a capital "J" in Jeopardy?
Explain the writing strategy that you use for short responses
What is RACECE-C?
What is a metaphor?
the author's attitude or feeling toward the topic, audience, or character within a piece of writing.
What is tone?
This is the lesson, the moral, or what the author wants us to learn in the story.
What is theme?
In the text, the author stated, By the end of this book, you will love it. (3)
What are "quotations marks" around "By the end of this book, you will love it". (3)
Explain how you would know when to use RACECE-C or write an objective summary.
What is: When the question says to write an objective summary or summary, you write a summary. When the question doesn't mention summary, you use RACECE-C.
Dylan's dad is always working.
What is an hyperbole?
Mood: Anthony approached the task with sheer determination. He had studied his plans carefully, spent hours preparing and was sure of his approach. The hours he spent practicing were grueling and exhausting but he was ready. This was the year he would win the pie eating contest at school.
What is: Playful, Silly, Exciting, Amusing, Humorous, etc.?
Before you put on that skeleton costume and go door-to-door asking for candy, take a minute to reflect on this tradition. Halloween is believed to have come from an ancient Celtic festival dating back some 2,000 years. November 1st was the Celtic New Year and marked the end of summer to the Celts. They celebrated on its eve by wearing costumes made of animal skins and dancing around bon fires. Over the next two millennia, this primitive celebration grew to be the candy fueled costume ball that we know today.
What is: The celebration of Halloween began hundreds of years ago.
Tell the outline of an essay
What is: Introduction, Proof Paragraph 1, Proof Paragraph 2, and Conclusion
What are the parts of a summary or objective summary?
What is: tell the Central idea/ theme, tell what happened in the beginning, tell what happened in the middle, and tell what happened at the end.
What is personification?
Tone: Anthony approached the task with sheer determination. He had studied his plans carefully, spent hours preparing and was sure of his approach. The hours he spent practicing were grueling and exhausting but he was ready. This was the year he would win the pie eating contest at school.
What is: Serious, Intense, Optimistic (Positive), Determined, Passionate, etc.?
Barry liked playing board games, but he hated losing. He hated losing so much that he would do whatever it took to win, even bending or breaking the rules. He'd steal money from the bank and hide it under the couch cushions. He'd skip spaces while he was moving around the board. He'd shortchange others money that they were owed and argue with them about it. Barry's techniques were effective. He did win most of the games that he played, but the people whom he played with were his friends and family, and it didn't take too long until they caught on to Barry's tricks. They tried to tell Barry to stop cheating. They said that the game wasn't any fun when he cheated, but he didn't listen. He continued with his treacherous style of gameplay, until nobody would play with him anymore. Barry may have won a lot of games, but at what cost?
What is Cheaters never win; Cheaters lose in the end; No one likes a cheater.
Tell the parts of the Introduction and Conclusion
What is: Background/ Hook and the Focus Statements
What is the restatement of the Focus Statement and the Punch
Tell the meaning of the word:
Melodramatic: When D'syre got a tiny cut on her pinky finger, she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor.
What is: Exaggerated; overreacted; overdramatic; theatrical?
Elisee and Danny are the Romeo and Julliet of the school.
What is allusion? Reference to a person, event, or thing, or to another work of literature, often without explicitly stating the reference
Mood: Jesus wiped the sweat from his brow. The sun laid into him as he walked across the desert. He licked his lips but there was no moisture on his tongue. His mouth was dry. His lips were cracked. He held his hand on his forehead to block the sun, but he still couldn't see over the next dune. The waves of heat obscured his vision. Jesus looked up a saw the vultures circling. He felt his legs wobbling.
What is: Hopeless, Gloomy, Depressed, Deathly, Perilous, Dry, Weak, Parched, etc. ?
It was Sean's first day at a new high school. Most of the students had been nice to him, until he got into gym class. The coach had assigned two captains, Mike and Malik, and they were picking teams from the boys in Sean's class. As Mike and Malik made their picks, it became pretty clear to Sean who was popular and who was not. Since Sean was short for his age, Mike and Malik just assumed that Sean could not play basketball. As Mike and Malik's choices dwindled, Sean still remained amongst an ever-slimming pool of struggling athletes. Now there were only two students left: Sean and another kid who seemed nice but was reading a book. Mike and Malik joked about who was going to get stuck with whom, and then Mike made his last pick. It was not Sean. Sean sighed and reluctantly joined Malik's team. As soon as the game began, Mike became aware of the error that he had made. Sean quickly stole the ball from him and ran it back for a layup. "The new kid got lucky," Mike remarked, but it soon became clear that Sean had more going for him than luck. What Sean lacked in height, he made up for in speed, and he continued to dominate the action on the court for the remainder of the game. With Sean's blazing speed and crazy crossovers, Malik's team devastated Mike's, and that was the only time that Sean would be last pick at that high school.
What is: Never judge someone by their appearance; Never judge a book by its cover; Don't make assumptions about people because you could be wrong, etc.?
When writing a Constructed Response/ Essay, explain how you determine your Proof Paragraphs
What is: Turn the bullet points/ or questions into a proof paragraphs by restating and answering them. Use the RACECE-C writing strategy.
Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word:
Demeanor: My grandma’s demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest.
What is: attitude; behavior; manners?