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100
This part of speech receives the action of the verb in the sentence.
What is a direct object?
100
This states the topic of a text and tells the reader the writer's point of view. It also tells the reader the specific point you are making about your topic.
What is a thesis statement?
100
This speech organization occurs when a speak uses transition words like first, next, and last.
What is sequential order?
100
This contains information that can be proved by research or by observation.
What is a fact?
100
The reason an author writes.
What is to describe, entertain, inform, or persuade?
200
Read this sentence. Identify the verb phrase, helping verb, and main verb(s). Makayla should have called home, but she forgot.
What is should have called home? What is should have? What is called and forgot?
200
This part of speech connect ideas together, and may be used between sentences and paragraphs to show time order of events.
What is a transitional word or transitional phrase?
200
This an effective way to engage your audience when speaking.
What is "making eye contact with your audience," or "speaking clearly"?
200
This is one person's belief about a subject. It might be based on accurate information, but it cannot be proved.
What is an opinion?
200
An essential part of a story that is reveal through facts and details about the character in stories to help readers form opinions and better understand the story.
What is characterization?
300
This part of speech describes a noun and compares two things by adding -er to the end of a word.
What is a comparative adjective?
300
This part of speech restates the topic sentence and sums up the paragraph.
What is a concluding sentence?
300
This involves restating the speaker's or writer's main idea and supporting information.
What is a summary?
300
A logical guess the reader makes based on the information in a text.
What is an inference?
300
Involves a problem a character has with robots, space technology, computer, or other aspects of technology.
What is person versus technology?
400
Correct this sentence. We was not hardly not surprised that of the two contestants, he was the best.
What is "we were hardly surprised that of the two contestants, he was better"?
400
Read this paragraph. Justin and Steve are identical twin brothers who were born minutes apart. Because they are twins, many people assume that they are exactly alike. However, the two brothers are quite different in many ways. , Justin likes to _______________ play sports and Steve prefers to read. In addition, Steve is a very good artist, but Justin prefers to spend his time doing mechanical tasks such as fi xing his bike. They feel that their differences complement each other and make them a better team. Choose the word or phrase that provides the best transition between the sentences and should be written on the blank line. A As a result B In contrast C Therefore D For example
What is "for example"?
400
When you determine the speaker's argument and how well he or she supports the argument with evidence. You also judge how well the speaker deliver the presentation.
What is a critique?
400
A comparison in which the first pair of words has the same relationship as the second pair of words.
What is an analogy?
400
The repetition of sounds at the beginning or middle of words.
What is alliteration?
500
Identify the prepositional phrases in this sentence. On Monday, the class of excited students visited the town near the lake.
What is "on Monday," "of excited students," and "near the lake"?
500
Read this sentence. “Students who attend school year-round tend to be far more successful students than those who do not,” explained Principal Walker. Which idea best supports the ideas in the sentence? F the names of some successful students who attend school on a year-round schedule G a list of schools that do not operate on a year-round schedule H the name of the school at which the speaker serves as principal J a list of statistics comparing grades of year-round students to those of other students
What is J (a list of statistics comparing grade of year-round students to those of other students)?
500
This team member keeps accurate notes about team discussions.
What is the recorder?
500
Uses multiple-meaning words or similar-sounding words to be humorous.
What is a pun?