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WRITING
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states the main information of the story/paragraph
What is a summary?
100
It is why something happened and the result of what happened.
What is cause and effect?
100
recorder, reporter, information gatherer, leader, timekeeper
What are group responsibilities?
100
instructions/directions, letters, memos, emails, reports
What are work-related texts?
100
the main point or idea of an essay
What is a thesis?
200
a document or physical object which was written or created during the tume under study. Some examples are interviews, letters, diaries, and newspapers.
What is a primary source?
200
When one comes right out and tells you what he/she means. When something is not stated; you have to think about what the author meant.
What is stated or implied?
200
1. contribute appropriate and useful information and ideas 2. understand the purpose for working as a team 3. understand the responsibilities of various roles within the team
What is participating productively in a team?
200
1. setting 2. problem 3. the events that led up to the story 4. the events after the climax that lead to the end 5. where everything is tied together (be sure to list in order)
What are conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
200
to inform, to describe, to explain, to persuade, to entertain
What is author's purpose?
300
a document or recording that relates or discusses information orginally presented elsewhere. Some examples are reference books, periodicals, internet, and biographies.
What is a secondary source?
300
making an educated guess about what is going to happen next
What is a prediction?
300
makes sense and is consistent
What is logical and coherent?
300
1. when the narrator is telling the story from the inside 2. when the narrator is telling the story from the outside (2 answers)
What are first person and third person?
300
chronological, cause and effect, compare-contrast, sequential, problem-solution
What are types of organizational structures?
400
a conclusion reached based on evidence and reasoning. How to: find the clues, put them together with your own knowledge, and make a guess
What is an inference?
400
bandwagon, loaded terms, testimonial, name-calling These are used to convince a consumer to feel the same way.
What are persuasive devices?
400
1. eye contact 2. adjust speaking rate when needed 3. use a loud voice without yelling
What is effective methods for engaging an audience during a presentation?
400
poetry, biography, autobiography, drama, nonfiction, novels, and short stories
What are genres?
400
hyperbole, simile, metaphor, personification, idiom
What is figurative language?
500
person vs. person-2 or more people not getting along person vs. self-upset with your own decisions, actions, feelings, etc person vs. environment-examples are storms, sharks, floods, falling trees, etc person vs. technology-examples are getting electrocuted, having issues with a computer, etc
What are types of conflict?
500
headings, key words, captions of pictures, pictures, footnotes, maps, charts, graphs, time lines, tables, diagrams They give extra information about the text you are reading.
What are text features?
500
not connected with or relevant to something. It doesn't belong.
What is irrelevant?
500
accent, alliteration, onomatopoeia, repetition, rhyme Often used in poetry
What are sound effects?
500
1. a person, place, or thing 2. a word which shows action or state of being 3. a word that describes a noun 4. a word that takes the place of a noun or noun phrase 5. a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb List answers in order listed above.
What are nouns, verbs, adjectives, pronouns, and adverbs?