Throwback Thursday

What can contribute to the development of theme?

• All of the answers listed

• change in character

• symbolism

• Setting

Which piece of evidence is the strongest to show that Phaethon was not ready to handle the job?

• "But that was a lot of horse power for a young inexperienced man to handle"

• "He thought of himself as a better driver than he was."

• "Helios gave him all the pointers he could."

• " I want to carry the un across the sky . . . just once"

Juelz Davenport a street poet may visit our digital ELA classes. Which is the correct use of commas?

• ,a street poet,

• Davenport,

• poet,

• ELA,

An ellipsis is used to .

• omit nonessential information

• join independent clauses

• add in appositives

• combine sentences

Why might an author use symbolism?

• to make their writing longer

• to confuse a reader

• to develop theme

• to provide context

Which of the following is not a role that conflict plays?

• guiding the plot

• adding tension and action

• changing the reader’s mind

• making the story more interesting

You should write your summary . . .

• In your own words with complete sentences

• In one draft without revising

• In a secret language that you make up

• In fragments without punctuation

Read the sentence; choose the word that should be capitalized: My friend Jemima went to see her favorite baseball team, the yankees, play last week.

• friend

• team

• Yankees

• week

Which of the following words should be capitalized. I am taking algebra as my math class in high school class in the fall.

• Algebra

• math

• high school

• fall

How do you create a complex (i.e. AAAWWUBBIS) sentence?

• By linking an independent clause with a dependent clause

• By linking two dependent clauses

• By linking two independent clauses

• By never adding commas to a sentence