Before choosing a position or side, you should

Which of the following is a major component of any thesis in an argumentative essay?

Which topic sentence DOES NOT belong with the thesis below?

The best kind of pet is a cat because they are friendly, low maintenance, and have great personalities.

The time and location of a story is called the .........

What is a "theme" of a story?

What kind of writing in considered nonfiction?

She could feel the grass between her toes. This is an example of :

Foreshadowing in literature is...................

What is the climax of a story?

What is the general atmosphere created in a story called?

Who is the antagonist in a story?

The flowers danced in the wind. What is the an example of?

A type of narrative perspective where the author uses pronouns like ''your" and "you."

Story based on real person/s or event/s from history, though story is NOT true.

Story (genre) which includes aliens, the distant future, dystopian society, &/or advanced technology.

Genre in which the story is true &/or factual.

Genre in which the story contains monsters, magic, &/or other supernatural elements & mythical beings.

Narrative point of view using "they" and "she"

What is included in the exposition of a story? Select all that apply.

What are the most important complications and events in a story that move the plot along?

Check all examples of literary devices authors may use in their writing.

Another name for the main character of a story..

If the main character is having a hard time making a decision, the type of conflict is...

My sister and I _______ at the HPU library right now.

She ______ to school every week.

Last month, I ______ Mr. Surya's house

When I was a child, I ______ my leg.

Last week, my teacher _____ us many English words

My friend ____ to school late this morning

Does she _____ English every night?

The lesson ___ interesting.

This program ___ very well.

He will ___ this situation.

Lose / Loose

Ellen and Juan put _________ phones on the teacher's desk.

________________ going to the movies this weekend.

Beyonce and Kylie cannot find _________ jackets.

Ruby is the __________ popular character in the show On my Block.

Which of the following IS NOT a pronoun:

The students __________ doing their homework.

Justin and Haylee ___ excellent students.

How is the title of a BOOK written?

Where should the comma go in this sentence?:

Yes we should go before it starts to rain.

Where should the comma go in this sentence:

However I don't think we should go.

Where should the comma go in this sentence?:

Yes we should go before it starts to rain.

Look at the underlined word. Which sentence is written INCORRECTLY?:

Read each sentence. Which sentence is not punctuated correctly?

“Haiti shares an island with the Dominican Republic doesn’t it?” asked Sal. Where should a comma be placed in this sentence?

The Shetlands are famous for two distinctive items their woolen sweaters and their ponies.

Where should a colon be placed in this sentence?

Which of these words DOESN'T need to be capitalized?

Which words need to be capitalized: Fish from lake winnipeg are marketed by the freshwater fish marketing corporation.

How many capitalizations are missing in the following sentence?:

when billy and johnny show up we should go to narrow gauge cinema to see the movie.

Read each sentence. Which sentence is not punctuated correctly?

They attended the concert last weekend.

The truck driver delivered the packages quickly.

Fast runners won all the awards at the track meet.

My friends and I walked home after school.

I wanted a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch yesterday.

She was counting the ballots during social studies class.

Hey! That is my seat.

Reggie saw the awesome sight from the air.

The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Read the sentence below. How would you rewrite it using a pronoun as a substitute?

We are looking for Jacob, Tyler, and Henry.

Choose an adjective to add to the sentence to describe the sun:

Jacob woke up when the sun shone in his room.

Choose the prepositional phrase:

The words is, was, were, be, will are:

This part of speech connects sentences.

This text structure shows "how are things in the text similar or different."

Ice-cream is a delicious frozen treat that comes in many different colors and flavors. Two of my favorite flavors are strawberry and chocolate. Though both of these flavors are delicious, strawberry may contain pieces of fruit while chocolate usually will not. Even though more chocolate ice-cream is sold across the country annually than strawberry, each flavor tastes great inside of a milk shake.

The ice-cream shop around the corner from my house has the best ice-cream in the city. When you first walk inside, there is a long chrome counter with matching stools extending to alongside the far wall. Right where the counter stops, the booth seating begins. There are lots of old-timey knickknacks on the walls and chrome napkin holders on all the tables. My favorite part of the shop is behind the counter glass, where they keep all of the ice-cream flavors. A rainbow of delicious sugary flavors is kept cool and delicious behind the counter glass.

Freezer burn may have wasted more ice-cream than sidewalks. If you don’t know, freezer burn is when ice crystals form on the surface of ice-cream. These ice crystals can ruin the texture and flavor of the ice cream. But you can prevent freezer burn. Since freezer burn is caused when melted ice-cream is refrozen, rather than eating your ice-cream from the container as it melts, scoop your ice-cream into a bowl and put the container back in the fridge immediately. Doing this ought to help you solve your issues with freezer burn.

No one knows the true origin of ice-cream, but the first published ice-cream recipe appears in “Mrs. Mary Eales's Receipts,” a cook book that was printed in London in 1718. Sometime around 1832, an African American confectioner named Augustus Jackson created multiple ice cream recipes and invented a superior technique to manufacture ice cream. Ice cream soda was invented around 1874, but the real breakthrough may have been at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, when the American ice-cream cone was unveiled!

Have you ever had an ice-cream headache? That’s when a painful sensation resonates in your head after eating something cold (usually ice-cream) on a hot day. This pain is produced by a nerve center in the roof of your mouth. The nerve center is overreacting to the cold by trying to heat your brain. Ice-cream headaches have turned many smiles to frowns.

Why should we use descriptive words in our narrative essays?

What is narrative writing?

What resource(s) can help me find descriptive words and/or their meaning?

What is the first step of the writing process?

What is the second step in the writing process?

Fill in the blanks.

_______ I went to the store and _______ I made dinner.

Why is it important to use transition words/phrases in our narrative essays?

A more descriptive word for "happy" is....

What change if any should be made to this sentence?

"Can we go to the park later today? asked Todd.

What change if any should be made to this sentence?

Yesterday we build a fort at recess.

Do you enjoy kites? If you order right away, we will give you directions for making kites out of all kinds of materials-sticks, straws, socks, and more. All of this for only $10.95. Hurry! Time is limited.

What is this ad trying to get the reader to do?

Amy opened the door to the bathroom. “What is that dripping sound? Why is the carpet wet and squishy all around the bathtub? The rest of the carpet is dry. Oh no!”

What is the problem?

Darin and Gary had worked all winter down in the basement putting together a model radio controlled airplane. Darin instructed Gary how to make every part, but he allowed Gary to do all the work himself. Gary had to cut out all of the balsa wood parts, glue the pieces together and attach the special skin onto the wooden body of the plane. They even practiced flying a radio controlled model plane on a computer program. Darin drove them to a field to test out the plane. When they returned home, Gary came home crying with his plane in a box. He never worked on a model plane again.

How old do you think Gary is?

Georgia decided to take a sewing class, but felt

very frustrated when she couldn’t sew a straight

line on the first day. “This looks so easy, but it’s not! Clearly I’m just terrible at sewing!” she complained.

Even though she felt frustrated, she continued

to go to class week after week. Each week, her

sewing instructor helped her. By the last week of

class, Georgia finally completed a project all by

herself! She created a rectangular pillow for her

bed... with four mostly perfect straight lines.

Choose the best theme:

Lucy was furious about her spelling grade. She kicked her desk and ran out of the classroom.

Why does the author use the word furious instead of mad in the example above?

A short description of what happens in a story is called_________.

When another old cave is discovered in the south of France, it is not usually news. Rather, it is an ordinary event. Such discoveries are so frequent these days that hardly anybody pays heed to them. However, when the Lascaux cave complex was discovered in 1940, the world was amazed. Painted directly on its walls were hundreds of scenes showing how people lived thousands of years ago. The scenes show people hunting animals, such as bison or wild cats. Other images depict birds and, most noticeably, horses, which appear in more than 300 wall images, by far outnumbering all other animals. Early artists drawing these animals accomplished a monumental and difficult task. They did not limit themselves to the easily accessible walls but carried their painting materials to spaces that required climbing steep walls or crawling into narrow passages in the Lascaux complex. Unfortunately, the paintings have been exposed to the destructive action of water and temperature changes, which easily wear the images away. Because the Lascaux caves have many entrances, air movement has also damaged the images inside. Although they are not out in the open air, where natural light would have destroyed them long ago, many of the images have deteriorated and are barely recognizable. To prevent further damage, the site was closed to tourists in 1963, 23 years after it was discovered.

Which title best summarizes the main idea of the passage?

When another old cave is discovered in the south of France, it is not usually news. Rather, it is an ordinary event. Such discoveries are so frequent these days that hardly anybody pays heed to them. However, when the Lascaux cave complex was discovered in 1940, the world was amazed. Painted directly on its walls were hundreds of scenes showing how people lived thousands of years ago. The scenes show people hunting animals, such as bison or wild cats. Other images depict birds and, most noticeably, horses, which appear in more than 300 wall images, by far outnumbering all other animals.

Early artists drawing these animals accomplished a monumental and difficult task. They did not limit themselves to the easily accessible walls but carried their painting materials to spaces that required climbing steep walls or crawling into narrow passages in the Lascaux complex. Unfortunately, the paintings have been exposed to the destructive action of water and temperature changes, which easily wear the images away. Because the Lascaux caves have many entrances, air movement has also damaged the images inside. Although they are not out in the open air, where natural light would have destroyed them long ago, many of the images have deteriorated and are barely recognizable. To prevent further damage, the site was closed to tourists in 1963, 23 years after it was discovered.

According to the passage, which animals appear most often on the cave walls?

When another old cave is discovered in the south of France, it is not usually news. Rather, it is an ordinary event. Such discoveries are so frequent these days that hardly anybody pays heed to them.

The words pays heed to are closest in meaning to _______.

Identify the type of sentence: Marking the page with a red sticker immediately.

Identify the type of sentence: Green is the color of growth I use green flags for difficult topics requiring extra study.

Identify the type of sentence: Red stickers are for high-priority passages, and yellow stickers are for low priority passages.

Identify the type of sentence: Blue, the color of smooth sailing.

Identify the type of sentence: Important information is not always difficult to understand I mark this type of passage with a blue flag.

Identify the type of sentence: For example, after reading a brief reference to ostrich farms.