Focus Phrases
Where should you write your focus phrases
The first page of your notebook
Consistency means what?
The same throughout
True or False: Nightgaunts is a short story about a man haunted by faceless monsters.
false: it is a poem
This teacher got paid today
Cartwright
I can edit paragraphs for...
Flow and consistency
Audacity means what...
Bold and daring (rude)
The article of the week this week was about...
Chocolate and health
This teacher used to be a police officer
Sica
What two things are apostrophes used for?
Contractions and possession
Setting is the... (2 things)
Time and Place in a story
Talos was the first what
Robot
Dupre used to be called...
Matthews
What are the three type of irony?
Dramatic, situational, verbal
What two things do sentences need to "Agree on"
Informational texts want to do what?
Inform the reader
The setting of the story A Spider's Thread was what?
Hell/Heaven
True or False: We are coming back to school next week on November 2nd
False: 3rd
What is the meaning of the word "Aching" in the poem below
The sound of her silk skirt has stopped.
On the marble pavement dust grows.
Her empty room is cold and still.
Fallen leaves are piled against the doors.
Longing for that lovely lady
How can I bring my aching heart to rest?
Hurting from emotion
What are transition phrases used for
To connect ideas and create flow (anything even slightly similar to this will be correct)
The 12 archetypes are
The Roman version of Romeo and Juliet was called
Pyramus and Thisbe
This teacher used to be my teacher
Montemayor
Name 3 literary devices in the poem below
Dreamily over the roofs
The cold spring rain is falling,
Out in the lonely tree
A bird is calling, calling.
Slowly over the earth
The wings of night are falling;
My heart like the bird in the tree
Is calling, calling, calling.
Rhyme
Rhythm
Imagery
Repetition