First Quarter Assessment Review

Five Parts to the test: Part 1: Reading (fiction) and Annotating Part 2: Literary Terms: Connotation, Denotation, Mood, Tone, and Point of View, figurative language, author’s purpose, symbolism, and characterization Part 3: Commas and Semicolons Part 4: Vocabulary in Context Part 5: Writing: Prewriting, Thesis, and Writing Response

Annotations Graded on: Connections you make with the text in the margins to other texts, movies, TV, or personal experiences. Predictions you make about the texts, the people, or how this may effect future events. Inferences you add to the text. Thoughts you have about the text. Identifications of main and supporting ideas: What's important information that should not be overlooked? Symbols: ! ? Sometimes just a symbol in the margin does the trick. Vocabulary: Key terms, people, places.

Literary Terms: (Connotation, Denotation, Mood, Tone, and Point of View, figurative language, author’s purpose, symbolism, and characterization) Connotation: The emotional response the verbiage of a passage evokes. Denotation: The dictionary definition of a word void of emotion. The Mood: The Overall feeling a piece of literature coveys. Tone: The feeling behind the speaker, narrator, or character of a piece. Figurative Language: Alliteration, assonance, simile, metaphor personification, imagery. Author’s Purpose: To persuade, to reflect, to entertain, or to inform a reader about a subject. Symbolism: An event, object, or place representing more than the obvious Characterization: Evidence from the story to helps establish the “personality” of a character. Point of View: First Person (I, me, my, us) Second Person (You, *Instructional) Third Person Limited (He, She, They, *Informational/ Non-fiction) Third Person Omniscient: (All knowing, *Literary)

Commas and Semi Colons Lists/ Series Introductory Phrases Extra Information Coordinators/ FANBOYS

Lists/ Series Comma separates the items in a list or series. EX: The best part of Fall is the changing leaves, cooler weather, colorful sunsets, and holidays. Where does the comma go? Cupcakes with sprinkles frosting sugar and color are delicious.

Introductory Phrases A subordinate word begins the phrase at the beginning of a sentence and is followed by a comma. Common subordinates: if, before, until, when, although, after, once since, unless, whenever, while. EX: While I have never cheated on a test, I hear cheating does happen in college. Where does the comma go? Whenever you bake cookies preset the oven to save yourself time.

Extra Information (appositive) Details that appear in the middle or end of a sentence and add to the overall meaning of the sentence. Placement does matter. EX: Betty grows tomatoes, in the backyard, to can in the winter. Wrong: Betty grows tomatoes to can in the winter, in the backyard. Where does the comma go? Stanley trying to be a hero runs into burning buildings.

Coordinating Conjunctions/ FANBOYS A conjunction placed between words, phrases, clauses or compete sentences. For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So EXs: The ducks kept Joey up all night, and he was late to work the next day. The chicks peeped, so the ducks quacked. The boys were loud, yet the girls were louder. Where does the comma go? The pickles were not on the burger so lunch was ruined.

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Vocabulary in Context Use the context clues, or surrounding words, to figure out the meaning of new or unfamiliar words. Look for: synonyms, antonyms, examples, explanations. Rely on: word segment meaning.

Writing Prewriting/ Brainstorming Thesis Writing Response: specific relevant provable debatable Writing Response: Thesis (underlined) Evidence (more than one piece) Analysis (NOT retelling or plot summary) Conclusion sentence Well structured Sentence variety Mindful of convention

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