What strategy can be used to create a thesis statement?
What is topic+verb+idea
100
What are the three parts of a short answer response?
What is idea, text evidence and connection
100
What is the difference between a metaphor and a simile?
What is a simile uses the words "like" or "as." Both compare two things.
100
What does it mean to enhance?
What is to make better.
100
What is the difference between connotation and denotation?
What is the dictionary definition vs. the implied meaning.
200
Write a thesis statement to the following prompt using the topic+verb+idea format:
Please write an essay stating your position on which is better acting out of selflessness or acting out of selfishness.
What is
Acting out of selflessness. . .
Acting out of selfishness. . .
200
How many pieces of text evidence are needed in a connection short answer response?
What is two pieces of text evidence
200
What does it mean to infer?
What is to make an educated guess.
200
What does convey mean?
What is to show.
200
What is diction?
What is the choice and use of words.
300
What are the three parts that make an introduction?
What is a Hook, a Bridge, and a Thesis.
300
What is a theme that can be created from the topic of Family?
What is Blood is thicker than water or Family comes first or Families stick together.
300
What is symbolism?
What is an abstract idea or representation.
300
What does the word reinforce mean?
What is supporting an idea.
300
What is personification?
What is giving human like qualities to animals or objects.
400
What does a persuasive essay consist of?
What is an introduction, a body with 1-2 examples, and a conclusion.
400
What is a theme that can be created from the topic of Beauty?
What is Looks fade or Looks do not last forever or Beauty is what is on the inside or Don't judge a book by its cover.
400
What are tone and mood?
What is the author's attitude vs. the reader's feelings.
400
What does appealing mean?
What is attractive or sounding good.
400
Give one example of each:
Verbal Irony
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
What is give examples
500
What are the three persuasive techniques used in writing and what are their defintions?
What is ethos-credibility, logos-logic, pathos-emotion
500
What transition words can you use to introduce text evidence?
What is The author states. . . or The text states. . .
500
What is irony?
What is the opposite of what is expected?
500
What is the difference between cause and effect organization and chronological order?
What is an action and its results and a sequence of events.
500
Read the following sentence:
The girl trudged through the heavy and deep snow.
What does the word trudge mean? And which word has a similar meaning?
A. walked
B. trotted
C. lumbered
D. strutted
What is struggling to walk. The similar word is lumbered.