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In language arts, what is meant by the word CONVENTIONS?
Rules for writing essays (paragraphs, intro, conclusion etc)
Grammar rules (punctuation, capitalization, spelling, etc)
All of the above
Rules for solving equations (variables, numbers, etc.)
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What is capitalization?
A thing we do to the names of places
Using pper case letters
Using proper grammar rules when writing proper nouns
All of the above
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What are concrete details?
Opinions about the story
None of the above
How I feel about the story
Talking to a friend about the text
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What is a definition?
A comparison
A claim
The meaning of a word
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What does contradict mean?
The opposite
To countdown to the end
The same
Changing your mind to something different
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What does tension in a story mean?
All of the above
The emotional part of the conflict in the story
A way to keep the reader emotionally interested in a story
A way a reader is hooked into a story
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What kinds of evidence from a story tells about a character?
The character's relationships with others
All of the above
The character's interactions with others
The character's actions
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What is a claim?
Support for my argument
An author's opinion about something
Evidence from a text
A fact
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What is a comparison?
Shows how ideas are different
Shows how good something is
Shows how ideas are alike
Shows how strong something is
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What is a conflict in a story?
The main solution
The main issue or problem
A fight or battle
The main idea
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In a story or narrative, who are the main characters?
The protagonist and antagonist
The first two people the author talks about.
The narrator and the leading lady
The artagonist and the prantagonist.
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How can a writer develop ideas in an essay?
Just write a bunch of stuff to make it longer
Use a really big font
Give evidence
Explain how the evidence relates to the main idea
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When you are asked to look at a word in context, what does this mean?
Guess a words meaning based on the what you think it means
Skim the story to determine them meaning of the word
Read the words in the sentence to determine the meaning
All of the above
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If you are asked to draw a conclusion, what is being asked of you?
All of the above
Tell your ideas about the whole story (summarize)
Use evidence from the text to come to a new idea
Talk about the ending
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Which of these could be the central idea in a reading?
Thesis statement
A conclusion
The theme
An introductory sentence
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When a question asks you to look at the language in a story, what should you do?
Look at specific words in the text for clues
All of the above
Look up the definitions of certain words
Analyze the words used in the story
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What is a counterargument?
The main argument
The same belief
The opposing viewpoint
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What does it mean to compare and contrast ideas in a reading?
Tell how they are the same
Tell how they are the same and different
Tell how they are different
None of the above
