Parts of Speech
Literary Techniques
Stories We Know
TIEES
Writer's Checklist
100

Beautiful, Ugly, Intelligent

All these words are examples of what kind of part of speech? 

What is an adjective?

100

Identify the characteristic:

Ember is determined when she fights for Gale to keep her dad's shop open.

What is determined?

100

This story talks about a young woman who fights to be free. She learns how to express herself through poetry. 

What is "Poet X"?

100

What does TIEES stand for?

What is:

Topic

Idea

Example 1+2 

Explanations 1+2 

Summary 

100

What are the 5 parts of the Writer's Checklist? 

What is capitalization, syntax, subject use, verb use, and punctuation?

200

Finish the definition:

Verbs are... 

What is action words? 

200

This is the definition of personification.

What is giving a non-human object human qualities?

200

This character never gave up on his dream, even though it took him 12 tries to get it! 

Who is Jose Hernandez?

200

What kind of sentence is this?

This example supports the central idea because Manolo follows his dreams even through his parents don't want him to. 

What is an explanation sentence?

200

Fix this sentence: 

One Example That Supports The Central Idea Is When Xiomara Goes To Aman’s House After Fighting With Mami.

What is:

One example that supports the central idea is when Xiomara goes to Aman’s house after fighting with Mami.

300

Identify the nouns in this sentence:

Xiomara learned to have bravery when performing at the poetry club.

What is Xiomara, bravery, and poetry club?

300

"The girl was a tired, slow sloth." 

What kind of literary technique is being used here?

What is metaphor?

300

This is the name of the character who was in love with Ember at the beginning of Elemental, but he was too young for her.

Who is Clod?

300

What do you need for a topic sentence to be complete?

What is the title, author, genre, and summary?

300

What does M.I.N.T.S. stand for?

What is Months, "I", Name, Titles, and Sentence? 

400

Identify the verbs in this sentence:

Ms. Sunun yelled at her students when they were found running around the classroom. 

What is yelled and running? 

400

What is the definition of imagery?

What is language that uses all five sense to describe what is happening in the story.

400

What caused Ember to get angry at Wade's house?

What is: Wade's mother offers her a job as an artist and she realizes that she no longer wants to run her dad's shop. She feels like she is trapped. 

400

Your summary sentence should be similar to your...

What is idea sentence?

400

Fix this sentence:

He angry about the homework, so trashed it out. 

What is he WAS angry about the homework, so he THREW it out. 

500

Write a sentence that has all four of the parts of speech (noun, verb, adjective, and pronoun).

What is....

500

What is tone? 

What is the way the director/author wants you to feel?

500

What is the central idea for A Million Miles Away and why? (Provide an example from the movie)

What is...

500

Why do we need an explanation sentence? 

What is:

We need it because we need to explain why the example connects to the central idea?

500

Fix this sentence:

he fought really hard to be an astronaut but she was so tired of helping the family alone that he and she both began to fight

What is :

Jose fought really hard to be an astronaut but Adela was so tired of helping the family alone that they both began to fight.