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TKAM Characters
TKAM Story
Persuasive Essay
Editing and Revising
Wild Card
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What is the full name of the narrator of the novel?
Jean Louise Finch
100
What one trait is Dill most known for?
Exaggerating
100
What is the purpose of a persuasive essay?
Convincing someone to agree with you on a debatable topic.
100
What is the difference between editing and revising?
Editing= Technical (Dough) Revising= Style (Toppings)
100
What should you do with your bag/backpack during semester exams?
Do not bring them to school. (Goes to AP for search/storage during the day)
200
Who are Jem and Dill?
Jem= Jeremy Finch, Scout’s Brother Dill= Charles Baker Harris, summertime friend of Scout and Jem
200
Why does Cal serve as the family’s housekeeper?
The children’s mother died when they were younger.
200
What is the position statement of a persuasive essay?
The side of the argument you are on/your stance on the topic.
200
What process is used to correct spelling/punctuation errors?
Editing
200
What is a synonym?
Two words that have the same meaning.
300
What character is a state legislator, lawyer, and deadly shot?
Atticus Finch
300
What are two ways the children know that Boo is still alive?
He laughs when Scout runs into the house in the tire, he mends Jem’s pants, he hasn’t been carried out.
300
What are three appeals you can use to explain/make your argument?
Ethos, Pathos, Logos.
300
What are two things that can be changed during revising?
Word choice, sentence variety, adding description.
300
If we don’t know a word and don’t have a dictionary, how can we find the meaning?
Use the words/sentences around the word. Context Clues
400
What man is responsible for threatening Atticus, Scout, and Jem?
Bob Ewell
400
What three pieces of evidence shows Tom is innocent?
His left arm is useless due to an accident, he had helped Mayella many other times, Bob Ewell was more likely to commit the crime.
400
Explain why/why not this position statement is effective: Cell phones can be good or bad depending on the situation.
Not effective
400
What type of sentence is the following: I love to write essays I would write them everyday if I could.
Run on
400
What is the difference between an expository essay and a persuasive essay?
Expository= Explaining, directions, describing Persuasive= convincing
500
What character won a spelling medal that was later discovered by Scout and Jem?
Arthur “Boo” Radley
500
Explain this quote: “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”
Courage is doing what is right/what should be done even if there is no way you will win/succeed.
500
Why is learning how to write and speak persuasively important?
Answers will vary
500
What is a fragment?
A clause or phase that isn’t a complete sentence. (When you finally take the test)
500
What should you do if you want to redeem credits or get ahead on credits?
Go to summer school