Research Rules
A strong research topic should be this.
What is focused or meaningful?
This movie features a time-traveling DeLorean.
What is Back to the Future?
The acronym FANBOYS helps students remember these.
What are coordinating conjunctions?
Friendship and loneliness are major themes in this novel.
What is Of Mice and Men?
Instructions telling actors how to move are called these.
What are stage directions?
Government websites are usually considered this type of source.
What is credible?
The scientist in Back to the Future is this character.
Who is Doc Brown?
“Because,” “although,” and “while” are examples of these.
What are subordinating conjunctions?
Technology surviving after humanity is a theme in this story.
What is “There Will Come Soft Rains”?
Spoken conversation between characters is called this.
What is dialogue?
An author’s prejudice or preference is called this.
What is bias?
This movie is based on a Harper Lee novel.
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
A sentence beginning with “Although” usually contains this type of clause.
What is a dependent clause?
Justice and racism are explored in this novel/movie.
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
Romeo and Juliet is divided into these major sections.
What are acts?
Evidence is used to do this in argumentative writing.
What is support claims?
The flux capacitor powers this.
What is the time machine?
“I studied hard, so I passed” is this type of sentence.
What is a compound sentence?
Dangerous traditions are explored in this short story.
What is “The Lottery”?
Mercutio’s death changes the play’s mood and this literary element.
What is conflict?
A research question helps narrow this.
What is a topic?
Back to the Future explores this theme.
What are choices and consequences?
“Because I studied, I passed the test” is this type of sentence.
What is a complex sentence?
Equality and civil rights are major themes in this speech.
What is “I Have a Dream”?
Shakespeare often used this literary device where audiences know more than characters.
What is dramatic irony?