A reference to either a historical event or another text meant to make a connection between them

A repetition of words or phrases to add emphasis

Something you think you see but is not actually there

A short story meant to draw in the audience and illustrate an idea.

Find the central idea Being a clown isn't all fun and games. Rodeo clowns expose themselves to great danger every time they perform. When cowboys dismount or are bucked off of bulls at riding competitions, rodeo clowns jump in front of the bulls and motion wildly to get their attention. In this way rodeo clowns provide an alternate target, and in doing so protect the rider. So you see, sometimes clowning around can be serious business

Rodeo clowns protect cowboys by putting themselves in danger.

Being a clown isn't all fun and games.

Clowns are good at riding bulls.

Do you ever wonder how you taste things? You owe your sense of taste to your taste buds. We have 9,000 taste buds just on the tongue alone. There are also taste buds on the roof of your mouth. You even have taste buds on the back of your throat. What does the author want you to learn about the passage?

Taste buds are found in different places.

Why we can taste only sweet things.

“The rain forest is home to many creatures. Monkeys, toucans and macaws live in the rain forest. Butterflies and anteaters also live in the rain forest.” What is the central idea?

The rain forest is home to many creatures.

Sloths and tapirs are other creatures that live in the rain forest.

Monkeys, toucans and macaws live in the rain forest.

What does it mean to persuade?

the author's goal is to convince a reader to agree with the author

the author's goal is to engage in a debate

the author's goal is to convince a reader that the reader is right

the author's goal is to convince the reader to accept multiple points of view

What is the purpose of an ARGUMENTATIVE PAPER?

To inform the reader about a topic

Entertain the reader with a story

What is the purpose of claims?

Share the authors point of view.

Parents should be fined when their children bully because it will send a message. Some say It is very difficult for parents to manage their children when they leave the house and go to school. Despite this, thirteen million kids are bullied each year and something needs to be done. The fines will encourage parents to focus on anti-bullying in the home. Which sentence is the counterclaim?

Some say it is very difficult for parents to manage their children when they leave the house and go to school.

Despite this, thirteen million kids are bullied each year and something needs to be done.

The fines will encourage parents to focus on anti-bullying in the home.

Parents should be fined when their children bully because it will send a message.

Dinosaur fossils teach us about animals that are now extinct.

Fossils have “recorded” much about the past of the Earth and its inhabitants.

Fossils of ferns found in the Arctic suggest climatic changes.

Seashell fossils found high in the mountains indicate that those areas were once covered by salt water.

Which sentence below is correctly punctuated?

My sister, the tall one, is about to enter high school.

My sister the tall one is about to enter high school.

My sister, the tall one is about to enter high school.

My sister the tall one, is about to enter high school.

Choose the correct sentence:

Those girls' humor and laughter are contagious.

Those girls humor and laughter are contagious.

Those girl’s humor and laughter are contagious.

Those girls’s humor and laughter are contagious.

Which of the following questions does not use quotation marks correctly?

Sam read a story about "sea turtles" to his class

"I like to read aloud," Sam told his mother.

His mother asked, "Will you read this story for me."

Then Sam read "The Hippopotamus" for her.

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"The sunlight kissed her head as the gentle breeze whispered in her ear." This is an example of ___________________________.

Rhythm

Structure

Style

Personification

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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_________________ means: The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or phrases

anaphora

epistrophe

antithesis

parallelism

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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"Life is a journey" is an example of what?

Define hyperbole.

"The eerie silence was shattered by her scream." This is an example of ___________________________.

_______________ means: a question someone asks without expecting an answer.

________________ means: a repeated grammatical pattern

"The sunlight kissed her head as the gentle breeze whispered in her ear." This is an example of ___________________________.

_________________ means: The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or phrases

An allusion is:

What is rhetoric?

______________ came up with the ideas of ethos, pathos and logos.

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