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2nd Semester Week 2 Vocabulary Quiz (Monday, February 23) 1. verse-a poem or piece of poetry 2. stanza-a verse 3. tone-the way the author feels 4. alliteration-the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter, 5. imagery-figurative description or illustration; rhetorical images collectively. 6. repetition-the act of repeating; repeated action, performance, production, or presentation. 7. personification-giving human traits to animal or plant 8. hyperbole-obvious and intentional exaggeration 9. onomatopoeia-the proccess of wich writing the word is the same way it sounds ex: zoom,zip,& thump 10. metaphor-a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance 11. simile-an instance of such a figure of speech or a use of words exemplifying it.

Week 17 Vocabulary Quiz (Friday, January 16) 1. fact-something that can be proven 2. opinion-your own personal idea or thought 3. persuade-to convience 4. source-were info came from 5. excerpt-a small part from a bigger thing 6. passage-a small summary 7. pamphlet-brojure or a booklet giving information 8. implies-to go together 9. support-a piece(s) of something proves another thing 10. Internet keywords-main idea or thought 11. keyword entry-enter a key word 12. begin an online search-research

Week 15 Vocabulary and Spelling Quiz (Friday, December 12) Spelling 1. your 2. you're 3.there 4. their 5. they're

Vocabulary 6. caption-a sentence wich explians a picture or idea 7. factual report-a paper(s) that is full of facts 8. book review-review a book 9. business letter (Dear Sir or Madam:)-to give a idea or express your thoughts about a business descision 10. personal letter (Dear Bella,)-to greet 11. personal narrative-your own

Week 14 Vocabulary Quiz (Friday, December 5) 1. news magazine-a magazine of recent dramas or (news) 2. editorial page-a page were people who print or work for the paper can give their oppinion 3. editorial-some oone who edits 4. letter to the editor-a letter to a person that edits something 5. business news-news about a recent thing in a business 6. classified advertisements-a business advertising in certain places 7. local news-recent happenings 8. front page-the biggest stories 9. opinion page-people who read the paper can give their own opinion

Week 12 Vocabulary Quiz (Friday, November 21) 1. expository writing-long

(patterns of organization) 2. chronological order-were the place is 3. spatial order-from time and place 4. compare and contrast-to compare how 2 things are alike and different 5. comparison-two things are alike 6. order of importance-to put things in order of how important they are 7. cause and effect-the thing that happen and the thing that caused it to happen 8. problem and solution-a difficultty and a way to solve it

Week 11 Vocabulary Quiz (Thursday, November 13) 1. historical fiction-happened in history 2. topic sentence-your main sentence in the intro of a report or essay 3. thesis statement-your statement about the theme 4. supporting detail-details supporting a main idea 5. evidence-something that proves another 6.aliteration 8. inform-to give information 9. novel-a book

Week 4 Vocabulary Quiz (Friday, September 26) 1. first person narrator-first person saying 2. third person narrator-some one speaking in third person 3. plot-events in a story 4. autobiography / autobiographies-a person writing about their own life 5. biography / biographies-a person writing about another ones life 6. support-some thing(s) proves another 7. quotation-something someone said

Week 3 Vocabulary Quiz (Friday, September 19) 1. short story-a short story 2. myth-something that is passed down to generation to generation but may or may not be true 3. theme-the lesson or saying of the story 4. plot-evnets in a stroy 5. qualities-something unique 6. first person-saying it ur self 7. third person- 8. narrator- 9. fiction- 10. fictional

Week 2 Vocabulary Quiz (Friday, September 12) characteristics of fiction 1 character-some one in a story 2 climax-the place where a big problem is solved 3 conflict-a problem 4 events-things that happen in a story