Spring Review - Tumwater School District



1) Explain a conflict in “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.”

2) Explain a conflict in “Dirk the Protector.”

3) Explain a conflict in “What Do Fish Have to Do With Anything?”

4) Explain a possible theme for “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.”

5) Explain a possible theme for “Dirk the Protector.”

6) Explain a possible theme for “What Do Fish Have to Do With Anything?”

7) Describe the tone or mood of “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.”

8) Describe the tone or mood of “Dirk the Protector.”

9) Describe the tone or mood of “What Do Fish Have to Do With Anything?”

10) What is one successful step have you made toward your goal you set at the beginning of the semester?

11) What are four elements of a story?

12) Identify these elements of a story: the who, the where, and the why.

13) What are two types of conflict in a story?

14) Describe a conflict in the AR book you are currently reading.

15) How does plot differ from theme?

16) Define theme.

17) Explain a theme of the AR book you are currently reading.

18) What is tone, or mood?

19) Describe the tone or mood of the AR book you are currently reading.

20) Explain a conflict in “The Last Dog.”

21) Explain a possible theme for “The Last Dog.”

22) Describe the tone or mood of “The Last Dog.”

23) Explain a conflict in “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.”

24) Explain a possible theme for “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.”

25) Describe the tone or mood of “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street.”

26) What is a synonym for infer?

27) Define inference.

28) Show a place in your AR book where you can make an inference.

29) What is the difference between inferring and predicting?

30) Why is it important to predict while reading?

31) Use any vocabulary word in a meaningful sentence.

32) For what reading skill would you use a Venn diagram?

33) How is a cause-and-effect diagram different from a sequence of events?

34) What is a text feature?

35) Give three examples of text features.

36) Show two different text features in the Literature textbook.

37) How can you determine an author’s purpose?

38) What are the five main purposes for an author?

39) What is loaded language?

40) Show and explain an example of loaded language in your AR book.

41) State a white critical thinking question for any passage we’ve studied in class.

42) State a red critical thinking question for any passage we’ve studied in class.

43) How can you tell if a statement is a fact?

44) How can you tell if a statement is an opinion?

45) What are three Strategies for Active Reading?

46) What does Active Reading mean?

47) Why is it important to set a purpose for reading?

48) What is the difference between denotation and connotation?

49) What is a synonym?

50) Tell synonyms for any two vocabulary words.

51) What is an analogy?

52) What are dead words?

53) Tell three dead words.

54) Give three substitutions for the dead word things.

55) Give three substitutions for the dead word go.

56) Give two substitutions for the dead word do.

57) Give three rules for writing a final draft.

58) What are the five steps of the writing process (in order)?

59) What is the most important part of pre-writing?

60) What is one effective way to pre-write?

61) What is the #1 step to take to revise your writing?

62) Why does a writer need to remember his/her audience?

63) Elaborate on any character in the AR book you are currently reading using description – show instead of tell.

64) What are four ways to elaborate in your writing?

65) What elaboration technique should support every idea in an essay?

66) What is an anecdote?

67) For what purpose would you choose to elaborate using a quote from an expert?

68) What is the purpose of an introduction?

69) What is a hook?

70) What are three effective ways to hook your audience in your introduction paragraph?

71) What is the purpose of a conclusion?

72) What are three strategies to write an effective conclusion?

73) What are four Writing Traits?

74) How do you find and make good ideas for your writing?

75) What does Word Choice mean, as a writing trait?

76) What are two things you should look for when revising a piece of writing for Word Choice?

77) What does Voice mean, as a writing trait?

78) What does Sentence Fluency mean?

79) How do you revise a piece of writing for Sentence Fluency?

80) What is a transition?

81) What are Conventions, as a writing trait?

82) What are two things you should look for when proofreading?

83) State a simile.

84) State a metaphor.

85) State a hyperbole.

86) Give an example of personification.

87) Give an example of alliteration.

88) Give an example of onomatopoeia.

Spring Review

• Write answers on separate paper.

• Put your name on your paper.

• Use complete sentences for your answers.

1) What are four elements of a story?

2) Describe the plot of the AR book you are currently reading.

3) How does plot differ from theme?

4) What is tone, or mood?

5) Describe the tone or mood of the AR book you are currently reading.

6) Describe the tone or mood of “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street.”

7) Describe the tone or mood of “The Last Dog.”

8) Describe the tone or mood of “The People Could Fly.”

9) What are three Reading Traits?

10) What are four things that good readers do?

11) What is a text feature?

12) Give three examples of text features.

13) Show two different text features in the History Alive! textbook.

14) Define inference.

15) What is the difference between inferring and predicting?

16) Show a place in your AR book where you can make an inference.

17) Give five character traits.

18) Define the character of the AR book you are reading with at least two character traits.

19) What are two types of conflict in a story?

20) Define theme.

21) Explain the theme of the AR book you are currently reading.

22) Explain a possible theme for “Last Dog.”

23) Explain a possible theme for “A Crush.”

24) Explain a possible theme for “Amigo Brothers.”

25) Explain a possible theme for “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.”

26) Explain a possible theme for “Sir Gawain.”

27) Explain a possible theme for “The People Could Fly.”

28) What is the difference between denotation and connotation?

29) Explain the difference between the denotation and a possible connotation of any vocabulary word from this year.

30) What is a synonym?

31) Tell synonyms for any three vocabulary words.

32) Use pensively in a sentence.

33) Use discreetly in a sentence.

34) Use dispel in a sentence.

35) Use foresighted in a sentence.

36) Use languish in a sentence.

37) Use antagonism in a sentence.

38) Use defiant in a sentence.

39) Use demeaning in a sentence.

40) Use daunting in a sentence.

41) What are dead words?

42) Tell three dead words.

43) What are three Writing Traits?

44) Elaborate on any character in the AR book you are currently reading using description – show instead of tell.

45) What is one effective way to pre-write?

46) Give five ways to elaborate.

47) What does every idea or argument in an essay need to be supported by?

48) What are two writing “tricks” you can use to elaborate?

49) What is a call-to-action?

50) What was the call-to-action from your persuasive essay?

51) What is a thesis statement?

52) What was the thesis statement for your persuasive essay?

53) What is an anecdote?

54) What is the purpose of an introduction?

55) What is a hook?

56) What are three effective ways to hook your audience in your introduction paragraph?

57) What was the hook for your persuasive essay?

58) What is the purpose of a conclusion?

59) What are three ways to write an effective conclusion?

60) What is a transition?

61) Give an example of a transition that shows time.

62) Give an example of a transition that shows cause/effect.

63) Give an example of a transition that shows a comparison.

64) What does Word Choice mean, as a writing trait?

65) What are two things you should look for when editing a piece of writing for Word Choice?

66) What does Voice mean, as a writing trait?

67) What does Sentence Fluency mean?

68) What are Conventions, as a writing trait?

69) What are two things you should look for when editing a piece of writing for Conventions?

70) What is alliteration?

71) Give an example of a sentence using alliteration.

72) What is a simile?

73) Give an example of a simile.

74) What is a metaphor?

75) Give an example of a metaphor.

76) What is personification?

77) Give an example of personification.

78) What is onomatopoeia?

79) Give an example of a word that is onomatopoeic, and explain why.

80) What is hyperbole?

81) Give an example of a hyperbole.

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