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Explain what a counter-argument is:
What is .....
100
BOOM, BANG, DING-DONG, and SPLASH are all examples of.....
What is onomatopoeia?
100
This is how you will you know which information in the passage is the most important:
What is.... you will know because you have already looked at the questions?
100
These help you to figure out the meaning of a word that you are unfamiliar with:
What are context clues?
100
This is the category to which a piece of writing belongs:
What is the genre?
200
You can make these up to add to your persuasive essay......as long as they are realistic!
What are statistics/quotes?
200
"He was an angry tiger" is an example of this literary device:
What is a metaphor?
200
A writer can choose to write in either first person or third person ______________.
What is point of view?
200
These should always be at the beginning of your paragraphs:
What are topic sentences?
200
When Joey said "I'm gonna hit the hay!", he was using this to get his point across.
What is an idiom?
300
This is what it's called when an author includes clues as to what will happen later in the story:
What is foreshadowing?
300
This is a phrase that consists of two words that are contradictory:
What is an oxymoron?
300
Not all answers will be explicitly stated in the text. At times, readers will have to __________ the answer based on the details.
What is infer?
300
You should make this clear in the FIRST paragraph of your persuasive essay:
What is ...which side of the issue you are on?
300
The following question: What is this passage MOSTLY about? is asking you to find the __________ of the passage.
What is the main idea?
400
This type of figurative language appeals to the five senses:
What is imagery?
400
This is another word for the main character in the story:
What is the protagonist?
400
This is one way you can make sure you are comprehending what you are reading...a little bit at a time:
What is chunking and summarizing?
400
This is the sequence of events in a literary work:
What is the plot?
400
This is the paragraph where you should include your counter-argument in your persuasive essay:
What is the fourth paragraph?
500
Give an example of SITUATIONAL irony:
What is ....
500
Hogwarts, Camp Half-blood, and Panem are all examples of this:
What is the setting?
500
This is the reason for why an author wrote the passage:
What is author's purpose?
500
This is the author's attitude towards a subject/topic:
What is tone?
500
This is how much time you should spend planning before you start writing:
What is about 5 minutes?