5th ELA Review

Question 1

True or False: Sub-claims are additional claims about a topic that authors make throughout the text.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

Fill in the blank: The last statement in our introduction and the answer to the essay question is called a ____________.

Accepted Answer

Thesis

Question 3

True or False: The purpose of a zoom out is to give a direct answer to the question.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

A non-fiction text about a person's life is called a...

Accepted Answer

Biography

Question 5

What are ALL of the parts of a strong introduction?

Accepted Answer

Titles and authors, main idea, summaries and thesis

Question 6

What kind of figurative language is in the following sentence? "Tom's eyes were ice as he stared at her with anger"

Accepted Answer

metaphor

Question 7

Fill in the blank: When we read a __________ text, we annotate for opening claim, subclaims, and author's claim.

Accepted Answer

Non Fiction

Question 8

True or False: We use SLATE to identify characterization.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

What are our opening annotations?

Accepted Answer

Genre, Topic, POV, and sometimes setting

Question 10

Out of the following options, which is the strongest example of context before evidence?

Accepted Answer

After Byron saves Kenny from drowning, he repeats, "[quote]"

Question 11

Fill in the blank. When we read fiction texts, we annotate for _________________.

Accepted Answer

4C's and Theme

Question 12

How many paragraphs is a middle school essay?

Accepted Answer

4

Question 13

What is the FIRST part of a strong argument sentence?

Accepted Answer

Title and author

Question 14

What kind of figurative language is in the following sentence? "The storm began as lightning danced across the sky"

Accepted Answer

personification

Question 15

What are the 4C's?

Accepted Answer

Conflict/Resolution, Characterizaion, Changes and Craft

Question 16

In our conclusion paragraph, the last sentence is called a 'Big Picture Statement'. What's the purpose of this sentence?

Accepted Answer

Explain what we can learn about life by reading the texts

Question 17

What does the A in SLATE stand for?

Accepted Answer

actions

Question 18

All of the following statements are true EXCEPT....

Accepted Answer

Argument sentences should be lengthy, run-on sentences that answer a prompt

Question 19

A universal life lesson in a story is called....

Accepted Answer

Theme

Question 20

True or False: Contrast is when the author highlights similiarities between characters, settings, etc. in a text

Accepted Answer

False

Questions 20