Knowledge
Pt2
Vocabulary
Vocab/Language
Knoweledge
100

Which statement is NOT a characteristic of a personal narrative?

a. It is a fictional account

b. It involves the narrator

c. It is told in first person

It is a fictional account

100

Which text structure is generally used to organize a personal narrative?

Chronological sequence of events. 

100

The entire class was ecstatic about the announcement that school would be cancelled because of snow. What is the meaning of ecstatic in the sentence?

Very happy, thrilled. 

100

What part of the space craft carries the astronauts?

Orbiter 

100

What does it mean to find the main or central idea of a passage?

To find the main idea of a story or passage means to figure out the most important point the author is trying to make.

Think of it as the "big picture." If you had to tell a friend what you read in just one short sentence, that sentence would be the main idea

200

"The homemade turkey place mats waited patiently on the table for everyone to sit down and eat."

Which literary device dos this sentence use: simile, personification, or anthropomorphism?

Personification

200

"So my full name is Jennifer Lou. No middle name. Nothing. Everyone else in my family has their Chinese name as their English middle name. It’s on official documents, passports, licenses, and in my brother’s case, his birth certificate. The middle name field on my birth certificate? Blank."

Which words in the paragraph best show the author’s feeling of incompleteness and lack of belonging?

No middle name, nothing, BLANK.

200

The fire alarm  ____________________ shrieked until the fire department checked to make sure there was no fire.

ecstatically 

discernibly 

incessantly


incessantly

200

What is the difference and similiarities between a metaphor and a simile?

Metaphors do NOT use like or as

Simile use like or as

they are the same because they are describing something compare two unrelated subjects by highlighting their shared qualities 

200

What could be some evidence that shows a scientific purposes beyond just exploration?

What is this question asking?  

If we read a story, this question relates to details in the story that helps support ((evidence)) why it is related to science more than (beyond) searching/walking around in nature. 

Maybe there is science words in the story, they use science instruments to measure things. 

300

“¡Ay, Dios mío! Come over here!” Abuela yelled for me. “What is that blue thing?” she asked, alarmed by the pop-up timer in the turkey, which she hadn’t noticed before and I had forgotten to point out. “Relax, Abuela. It’s nothing. It’s supposed to pop when the turkey is cooked,” I explained. “Really? Cómo inventan los americanos. They make everything so easy,” she said, relieved."

What is the relationship between Blanco and His grandmother based on the dialogue from the passage?


They have a close relationship and trust each other. 

300

One repeating theme of Richard Blanco’s “The First Real San Giving Day” is the issue of conflicting American and Cuban cultures. Which two sentences best support that theme? Choose all that apply!

A. Blanco wants to have a traditional Thanksgiving meal to feel more like a “real American.” 

B. Blanco’s family celebrates this San Giving Day with both American and Cuban dishes.

 C. Blanco’s grandmother cooks only Cuban food for the San Giving Day dinner because that is what the family will expect 

A & B 

300

What is an article of clothing that might make someone easily discernible in a soccer game? 

bathing suit

a pair of shorts

long socks. 

bathing suit

300

What is a spectograph?

A spectrograph is attached to the space craft and takes pictures on outer space: planets, moons, outer layer of the earth. 

300

Why might have Jennifer Lou wrote about her narritative? Use at least to details from the passage to support your answer. 

Essay Question. 

Use quotes from the reading. 

Key Chains with names on them

Whitest name possible

Etc. 

400

Jennifer Lou's perspective changed over time as a child she had negative feelings about her name and identity. As an adult she had positive feeling about her name/identity. 

How did she feel when she was in highschool?

mostly neutral; content 

400

When the train pulled into Washington, I had never seen so many lights. It was like the world was on fire. As I gathered my stuff, the porter asked me again if I wanted the train job. “No,” I said. “I am finally in the city. This is what I have been waiting for all my life.” 

Which tone mostly describes the passage: calm, confident, nervous, angry. 

confident.

400

What does realization mean?

Understanding

400

Which sentence is NOT written with correct punctuation and capitalization?

 A. Jared said, “please put the peanut butter away”. 

B. “Would you please put the peanut butter way?” asked Ethan.

 C. “Please close the peanut butter,” said Amber.

A: the quotations are on the wrong side of the period. 

400

Why is tone important?

Because it can give the reader information about the authors perspective. 

Positive, joyful negative, calm, neutral, factual

500

"That train rolled on all day long, to the song of the metal against the tracks, the blur of the towns and villages moving past my eyes."

Bertie Uses sensory details to describe what he hears and sees on his first trip to Washington, why might have he used them?

a. to provide factual information about his experience. 

b. to show, not tell, the reader about his experience. 

c. create a mental picture in the readers mind. 

to show, not tell, the reader about his experience. 

500

Why does author Jennifer Lou call “Hello, My Name Is” a graphic essay?

She uses images to add meaning to her words in the text. 

500

What are vise grips designed to do?

Hold things in place.

500

What is personification?

When you give an inanimate object human characteristics

500

What is a compelling question? And what can you use to help figure it out?

The Big thing you are wondering about

supporting questions.