Review 4/21/23

Almost all nonfiction paragraphs have a main idea which may or not be directly stated in a topic sentence. If the paragraph does have a topic sentence, it is most likely the _____ sentence.

Answer explanation

Recognizing whether a paragraph has a topic sentence is important when summarizing.

Information from a text which supports your argument (opinion) is called _____.

Answer explanation

Good evidence must be both true and convincing.

All fictional stories have events which happen to the characters. These events are part of the story's _____.

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The plot of most fiction is laid out in chronological order (a sequence based on when the events occurred).

When you show how two or more things are different, you are showing how they _____.

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Contrast can show how two people or things are exact opposites, but it can also show how they are only slightly different.

The order in which events happen is called their _____.

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Cause and effect is a type of sequence because the cause must always happen before the effect.

Man vs Man, Man vs Self, Man vs Nature, Man vs Society are all types of _____.

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Conflict is necessary for a fictional story to occur. No conflict means there is no story.

The person who tells the story, and who is sometimes a character in that story, is called the _____.

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Fiction has both narration and dialogue.

Donnie's sophomoric (immature) behavior got him into a lot of trouble with his teachers.

What type of context clue is used to help you figure out the meaning of sophomoric.?

Answer explanation

Definition clues are often set off by punctuation such as parentheses, brackets, commas, or hyphens.

Mr. Smith has a heart of gold.

Since it is impossible for a human to actually have a heart made out of gold, this sentence must be _____ language.

Answer explanation

Metaphors, similes, hyperbole, etc. are types of figurative language.

The monarchy ¹ in Great Britain is as old as the country itself.

The raised number 1 is called a _____ and it lets you know that the word "monarchy" is defined or explained at the bottom of the page.

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They follow the luminaries down a winding⁵ path to a field where Mom and Dad serve steaming mugs of stew⁶

under the oak tree. Laughter wafts⁷ through the air.