Conventions
What does the acronym UPS strategy stand for?
Unpack, Plan, Solve
How does the setting in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow help develop the plot of the story?
The setting is a ghostly town that shows how scary it may be for Ichabod to discover the legend of the Headless Horseman.
The text structures that use dates, times, or sequence
What is Chronological ?
Explain a paraphrase.
What is expressing the writer's meaning of the text in your own words
The location of a prefix in a word.
What is at the beginning of the word?
What is the punctuation error and the spelling error in the following sentence?
The school bus was traveling to slowly across the street?
Punction: ? should be a .
To: should be too
The difference between a theme and a central idea
What is a theme being the overall message (lesson) and the central idea being what the passage mostly talks about
How does the author's use of exclamation points impact the meaning of the scientist's feelings?
"I had selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful! Great God!"
It shows that the scientist is enthusiastic about his creation of the monster. He feels happy to have succeeded in building the monster and how it looks.
What is the rhetorical appeal used in the following sentence?
The neighborhood church receives 30% of its donations from surrounding businesses.
Rhetorical Appeal: Logos
What is the meaning of the following word "eluded" using context clues?
The girl eluded her mom when she got home by going in through the back door and sneaking up the stairs.
Eluded means escape or evade
The punctuation marks that you put around something you directly copy from a text for evidence or support
What are Quotation Marks " "
The amount of lines in a sonnet poem.
The most famous poet known for writing Sonnet poetry
What are 14 lines?
What is William Shakespeare
How does the writer use reasoning to develop the argument in this paragraph?
Students need to get at least 8 hours of sleep each night. Too often, students come to school tired and barely stay awake during their classes. Without sufficient sleep, students will lack understanding of assignments, begin failing tests, and ultimately fail the class.
The author's argument is that students need to get 8 hours of sleep. The reasoning is that students are falling asleep in class and will fail their assignments/tests.
What is the literal meaning of the following use of a metaphor?
My mom was not feeling well and needed help around the house. I was exhausted trying to complete the chores alone because my brother was a couch potato.
The brother is being compared to a couch potato which is a literal meaning of saying he is lazy and not helpful.
What is a synonym for the following bolded word?
I rushed out of the room and continued a long time traversing my bed-chamber (bedroom), unable to compose my mind to sleep.
a. thinking
b. traveling
c. talking
B. Traveling (TRAVE)
The conjunctions for FANBOYS
What is For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
Identify the rhyme scheme in this poem:
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
What is A, A, B, B, A?
What is a claim? What is a counterclaim?
The claim is the author's opinion or your own opinion on a topic (ie taking a side). The counterclaim is the opposite opinion
The type of figurative language used:
The girl's hair was as long as an evergreen tree.
What is a simile?
Which word could replace the word supply without changing the meaning?
I had a large supply of chocolates that I collected from donations.
a. heap
b. contribute
c. store
A. Heap (amount)
As a result, the librarians must now be proficient curators to electronically input information, to compile resources, catalog, and to update reading collections.
A. No Change
B. Librarians cataloging,
C. To catalog,
C. To catalog
The theme of the following excerpt?
The Tortoise and the Hare had a race and the Hare said he was going to win. The Hare took off very fast and didn't slow down. The Tortoise took his time and kept a steady pace. At the finish line, the Hare had run out of breath and begin to slow down so much that the Tortoise passed him and finished in first place.
What is the theme being: Take your time and you will succeed
How do the following headings in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow help the reader understand the central idea of each section?
1. Ichabod Crane Came to Sleepy Hollow
2. No Tale Was Too Unpleasant or Monstrous for Him to Enjoy
1. It talks about the characteristics of Ichabod Crane (physical and how he was helpful)
2. It talks about how Ichabod enjoyed the sleepy hollow legends and scary stories and was curious to learn more
The phrase "break a leg" is an example of which type of figurative language
What is an idiom?
What is the antonym for the following bolded word?
How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe?
a. misery
b. accident
c. miracle
C. Miracle (opposite of a tragedy)