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What is the purpose of evidence
to prove that what you are saying is true.
What text structure gives you the steps to doing something
Sequence
What is the difference between a metaphor and a simile?
A simile compares using the words "like" or "as"
What is the definition of objective?
Stating only facts, no opinions
Mrs. Merrill plays in a sports league every week. What sport does she play in?
Pickleball
What should your expansion idea sentences expand upon?
Your topic sentence.
What text structures is usually a part of other text structures?
Description
What is personification?
Giving human-like qualities to unhuman things
Definition of opinion
An idea that you feel is true or correct -- not a fact.
Name one hobby that Mrs. Merrill does in her free time.
Reading, hiking, scrapbooking, playing/watching basketball or volleyball
What is the difference between objective and subjective?
Objective-stating facts and no opinions
Subjective-adding bias and opinions
Airplane engines can be incredibly loud, but noise-cancelling headphones can make flying more bearable.
What is the text structure of the text?
Problem and Solution
What figurative language represents the sound that it makes?
onomatopeia
An unclear or roundabout way of explaining a concept, causing a need for inference.
What is Mrs. Merrill's least favorite thing that students say?
6 7
What should be included in a parenthetical citation?
Author's last name and page number
There are many theories about why the dinosaurs vanished from the planet. One theory that many people believe is that a gigantic meteorite smashed into the Earth. Scientists believe that the meteorite was very big and that the impact may have produced a large dust cloud that covered the Earth for many years. The dust cloud may have caused plants to not receive sunlight and the large plant eaters, or herbivores, may have died off, followed by the large meat eaters, or carnivores. This theory may or may not be true, but it is one explanation as to why these giant reptiles no longer inhabit the Earth.
What text structure is this?
Cause and Effect
What kind of figurative language is "definitely maybe."
Oxymoron
Definition of analyze
to examine and break down or process the details of a text.
What two electives did Mrs. Merrill teach this year?
Poetry and Comic Books
What three things must you do in an explanation of a quote?
Say, mean, connect
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Some flamingos are pink. Not all flamingos are pink. The pink color comes from their diet. Flamingos that eat lots of shrimp will be pink. Flamingos that eat lots of algae will be pale or white.
What is the text structure?
Cause and Effect
What is the difference between assonance and alliteration?
Alliteration=repeated consanant sounds
Assonance=repeated vowel sounds
Definition of explicit
Fully and clearly expressed or demonstrated.
Mrs. Merrill referees on Saturdays during the spring. What sport does she reff?
Volleyball