Nonfiction Questions
What is the difference between a fact and an opinion?
A fact can be proven. An opinion cannot be proven.
A question that does not call for an answer
Rhetorical Question
Name 3 ways to use a colon
2. Time
3. To introduce a list
What phrase informs the reader what the word "instantaneous" means in the sentence below:
"When extremes of temperature collide, a hot and cold front, winds generate instantaneously behind a hill and crush you without warning" (page 36, paragraph 4).
Without warning
What is a claim?
The author's position on a topic; the central idea of the argument.
What best describes the author's claim in "Is Survival Selfish?"
A: Heroes don't abandon others in a time of crisis.
B: Survivors are not selfish or unselfish because each survival situation is unique.
C: People who save others are heroes, and all survivors should be like them.
D: People do not have a survival instinct.
B: Survivors are not selfish or unselfish because each survival situation is unique.
A statement that is false
Fallacious reasoning
Used to separate 2 independent clauses.
Semicolon
What phrase informs the reader what the word "awry" means in the sentence below:
"...climber Simon Yates was attempting to rope his already-injured friend Joe Simpson down a mountain in bad weather when the belay went awry. Simpson ended up hanging off a cliff, unable to climb up..." (paragraph 10, page 25)
Simpson ended up hanging off a cliff.
What is the difference between mood and tone?
Tone= author's attitude toward a subject/topic. Mood=how the reader feels toward a subject/topic.
What is an example from "A Chance in the World" that contributes to the inspirational mood of the story? (p. 7)
Results may vary
What is the purpose of the rhetorical questions in paragraph 3 (page 24):
"But is survival really selfish and uncivilized? Or is it smart? And is going in to rescue others heroic? Or is it sometimes stupid"
This sets up the claim that survival is an _________.
Instinct
Re-write the following sentence with a semicolon in the correct location.
My sister likes to be on her phone she probably spends thirteen or more hours a day on there.
My sister likes to be on her phone; she probably spends thirteen or more hours a day on there.
What phrase informs the reader what the word "cacophony" means in the sentence below:
"I loved...the cacophony of birds that twittered as they flew by, the bumblebees the hovered by my head before moving on to more interesting things"
Birds that twittered
Check your annotations from "The Leap" (page 35-43). Write a piece of evidence that shows the mother stays calm in dangerous situations.
Results may vary
Which word best describes the attitude of the general public when Bruce Ismay saved himself? (page 23)
A. Surprised
B. Critical
C.Amused
B: Critical
"Ismay was savaged by the media" "His reputation was ruined"
Read paragraph 12 on page 26. Why is the final sentence an example of fallacious reasoning?
It goes against the author's original claim.
Rewrite the following sentence with the colon in the correct location.
When you arrive to class you should get out the following items a pencil, your notebook, and your textbook.
When you arrive to class you should get out the following items: a pencil, your notebook, and your textbook.
What phrase informs the reader what the word "consumed" means in the sentence below:
"Very few in the plane, which was soon consumed by smoke and fire, did"
Smoke and fire
Read paragraph 6 of "The Leap" (page 37-38). Which best describes the mood of paragraph 6?
A. Somber
B. Calm
C. Inspirational
D. Traumatizing
A: Somber
"Lips destined to never meet again"
"There came a rumble of electrical energy, drowned out by the sudden roll of drums."
Re-read paragraph 7, page 24 of "Is Survival Selfish?" Which TWO of the following contribute to the author's thoughtful tone.
A:So what is the responsibility of those who hold it together?
B: Nobody was moving toward the emergency exits, even as smoke began to fill the cabin.
C: Very few others in the plane [survived]
D: I remember she battled a lot of guilt for saving herself.
C & D
What is the purpose of this rhetorical question from paragraph 8, page 24?
Could she have really saved herself? Probably not, and certainly not from the back of the plane.
To emphasize...
She cannot be considered selfish. Her situation was unique.
Rewrite the following sentence with a colon in the correct location.
John went to the party for one reason only to get revenge.
John went to the party for one reason only: to get revenge.
What phrase informs the reader what the word "edict" means in the sentence below:
"On the one hand, we're told to put our own oxygen masks on first, and not to jump in the water with a drowning victim. But then the people who ignore those edicts and survive to tell the tale are lauded as heroes." (paragraph 9, page 25)
Revisit paragraph 20, page 40 of "The Leap." What inference can we make about the narrator?
She is calm like her mother in dangerous situations.