Past learning check
vocabulary
content vocabulary
figurative language
claim vs topic
100

How can we use headings, subtitles, footnotes, and other annotations to help our thinking when reading?

Presents information that allows us to understand the author and the reading more, allows us to understand how the text is organized.

100

disappointing

failing to fulfill someone's hopes or expectations

100

What is mood? 

Mood is the atmosphere of the text, how the reader is meant to feel

100

Simile 

Comparing two things using "like" or "as"

100

Schools should ban cell phones. 

CLAIM

200

If an author is writing humorous way, what is the purpose?

To entertain 

200

Temporary

only lasting for a limited amount of time, not permanent

200

What is tone?

expresses the writer's attitude towards a subject, influences the mood

200

Metaphor

comparing two things, without using "like" or "as"

200

Flamingos are pink and live in Florida. 

TOPIC SENTENCE

300

What is ethos, logos, and pathos? 

Ethos: creditbility

Pathos: Emotions

Logos: logic

300

intimacy

closeness with another person, develops through relationships 

300
What is a theme?
Message to be learned from the text, it applies to the main character, but can also apply to us in real life. 
300

Personification

giving a nonhuman, human characteristics/attriubutes

300

Students should not have to come to school the day after Halloween. 

CLAIM