Academic Writing
Characterization
Afghanistan
ELA
"G"eography
100

What type of formal format is used when citing literature?

MLA Format

100

Explicitly describes a character

What is direct characterization.

100

Kabul

What is the capital of Afghanistan.

100

Framework for storytelling.

What is the Plot Diagram or the Freytag Pyramid.

100

More than a mile deep in some places, it's the natural wonder located right here in Arizona

the Grand Canyon

200

Identify what would go in the parenthetical citation:

(page number)

200

Implicitly describes a character using components of S.T.E.A.L.

What is indirect characterization.

200

Afghan resistance fighters fight Soviet and Afghan government forces.

Who are the mujahideen.

200

Interacting with a text to demonstrate thoughts and help with deeper understanding.

Annotating

200

This "colorful" place is the largest island in the world

Greenland

300

Identify each of the components of R.I.C.E.

What is Restate the prompt, Introduce quotes, Cite, Explain.  

300

Main character that drives the story.  Not always the hero.

VERSUS

Creator of conflict or friction.  

Not always the villian.

What is the protagonist and antagonist

300

King Zahir Shah is overthrown by his cousin who is then overthrown through a coup by the The People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA), who then makes Afghanistan what type of government?

A communist government.

300

Universal lesson to be learned that can be applied to humanity.

What is theme. 

300

Biggest city in Scotland

What is Glasgow

400

Identify each of the following parts of a body paragraph:

What is Topic Sentence, Context, Evidence, Elaboration, Concluding Sentence

400

Identify all the parts of S.T.E.A.L.

What is: Speech, Thoughts, Effects on Others, Actions, and Looks

400

Why does Soviet Russia occupy Afghanistan in 1979?

To support the communist government and maintain Communism in Afghanistan. 

400

Reading closely to make logical conclusions in a text and explaining  the relationship based on current evidence.

What is: Making an inference

400

Officially, it's known as the Hellenic Republic, but this is the name we usually use for it

Greece

500

A paragraph is identified in these main two ways:

A paragraph is indented.

A paragraph centers around one idea.

500

Selma could not stop reflecting on the answers to her test.  Although she studied, she questioned her responses.

What is "Thoughts."

500

Who is the group that takes advantage of the civil war in Afghanistan promising order and security?


The Taliban

500

Acronym.

English Language Arts.

What is the acronym for ELA.

500

Nearly half the people of this country, the most populous in Central America, descend from the Maya

Guatemala