Tuesday, November 24, 2015


Monologues

Jericho
Juxtaposition
Hyperbole "crown jewel"
Understatement "Humbly" "For you consideration" "And it's worked out  pretty well so far"
Repetition "That's how, That's how"
Jargan "Incoroprate our repulsor technology"

Language?
Ideas?
Story?
Setting?
Tone?
Character?

10 things I hate about you
Repetition "I hate, I hate"
Rhyme
Opposites "Laugh, Cry"

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Kahoot questions about inference from The sound of Thunder



Paragraph about inference:

Which is the best hook for a paragraph that uses inference from the sound of thunder? "There was a sound of thunder", There was a noise of thunder, there was a big loud sound, "Boom"

Which is the best thesis? The author uses inference effectively in the story, inference is used in the story, "There was a sound of thunder which has inference.....", This infers us......

Which is the best introduction?
Inference is the process of reaching a conclusion about something from known evidence
Inference is something used in a story
Inference is a way of expressing something
Inference has a great effect to the story

Which is the best example?
When the author writes "There was a sound of thunder" for the first time it infers the roar of the dinosaur
The shot infers to the Sound of Thunder
The sound of Thunder uses Inference
Inference is an effective way to write something

Which is the best explanation?
The roar of the dinosaur inferes us to The sound of Thunder. "It ran, it's pelvic bones crushing aside trees and bushes, it's taloned feet clawing damp eart, leaving prints six inches deep wherever it settled its weight" this is the quote from the story which suggests the inference of the sound of thunder
In the story "There was a sound of thunder" the author uses a lot of inference in it to express the story in a different way and give it a powerful touch to it
The roar of the dinosaur inferes us to The sound of Thunder. "It ran, it's pelvic bones crushing aside trees and bushes, it's taloned feet clawing damp eart, leaving prints six inches deep wherever it settled its weight" this is a random quote from the story that might help you understand inference better




Which is the best conclusion?
The sound of thunder uses a great deal of inference to make us want to read even more and also to give us a clue to the conclusion of the story
When the author writes  "The sound of Thunder" the first time it inferes the roar of the dinosaur
The reason why there is inference in the story is because it is the authors favorite way of making a story sound more interesting and catchy




What are the things that should go in a paragraph? Hook- introduction-thesis-examples-explanation and conclusion, Hook-hook- introduction-examples-explanation and conclusion, conclusion- explanation-examples-thesis-hook, Introduction-hook-conclusion-examples-explanation and thesis

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Kahoot questions


What is the purpose of a hook? To catch the reader's attention, To make fishing possible, The main idea, To restate the topic

What is the purpose an introduction? To introduce the reader to the main idea, To tell them the whole paragraph, to tell your opinion, introduce the book for the reader

What is a thesis? The big idea!, Something to make the reader want to read more, Something that restates the topic, A rough explanation about the paragraph

What is an example? Something taken directly from the text to help prove your point. The big idea of the story put into smaller parts, an idea of what you thought would give your story a great effect, a quote from the author 

What is an explanation? It explains the examples, It explains the thesis, It refers to the conclusion, your opinion about the story, It is 50-70% of the story 

What is the purpose of a conclusion? To restate the topic, To re-explain the whole paragraph, To make the reader want to read even more,


Where does the hook go? At the very beginning, Just before thesis, Right after the introduction, After each example

Where does the introduction go? Just before the thesis, After the hook, Before every example, At the very beginning

Where does the thesis go? Just after the introduction, At the very end of the paragraph, Before the introduction, Before the conclusion

Where does the examples go? Just after the thesis, After the whole explanation, Before each example, After the hook

Where does your explanation go? After each example, Before the introduction, At the end of the paragraph, Before the hook

Where does the conclusion go? At the very end of the paragraph, Before the explanation, After the thesis, Before the introduction


When do you write the hook? As the last thing you write, The first thing you write, Before you write the thesis, After the introduction

When do you write the the thesis? As the first thing you write, The last thing you write, After the conclusion, as the third thing in the topic

When do you write the introduction? As the fourth thing you write, As the fifth thing you write, The second thing you write, The very last thing you would write

When do you write the examples? As the second thing you write, The third thing you write, The fourth thing you write, After you wrote the explanation

When do you write the explanation? As the third thing you write, Just before you write the example,

When do you write the conclusion? As the fifth thing you write, Before the examples, The second thing you write, The very first thing you write (purple)


Paragraph about inference:

Which is the best hook for a paragraph that uses inference from the sound of thunder? "There was a sound of thunder", noise of thunder, there was a big loud sound, "Boom"

Which is the best thesis? The author uses inference effectively in the story

Which is the best introduction? Inference is the act or or process of reaching a conclusion about something from known facts or evidence,

Which is the best example? When the author writes "There was a sound of thunder" for the first time it infers the roar of the dinosaur, The shot infers to the Sound of Thunder, The sound of Thunder uses Inference, Inference is an effective way to write something

Which is the best explanation?

Which is the best conclusion?


What are the things that should go in a paragraph? Hook- introduction-thesis-examples-explanation and conclusion, Hook-hook- introduction-examples-explanation and conclusion, conclusion- explanation-examples-thesis-hook, Introduction-hook-conclusion-examples-explanation and thesis

Why is it so important to know how to write proper paragraphs? Because you need it a lot in the future, because you need to learn it, Because Mr. Holmes want us to,

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Metaphors


Metaphor 

the transference of a 'quality' from one thing to another

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Inference: A sound of Thunder


Outline:

Example 1: When they hear a big loud noise in the woods, it inferes us to the fact that there will come a dinosaur
Example 2: In the end of the story Eckels gets shot and this sound of a gun inferes to the sound of thunder by using the same term in a different way 

Thesis: The author uses inference effectively in the story


Paragraph:
  
   
   "There was a sound of thunder"
Inference is the act or proccess of reaching a conclusion about something from known fact or evidence. The author uses inference effectively in the story. When the author writes  "The sound of Thunder" the first time it inferes the roar of the dinosaur. The roar of the dinosaur inferes us to The sound of Thunder. "It ran, it's pelvic bones crushing aside trees and bushes, it's taloned feet clawing damp eart, leaving prints six inches deep wherever it settled its weight" this is the quote from the story which suggests the inference of the sound of thunder. "Travis shifted his rifle, clicked the safety catch and raised his weapon. There was a sound of Thunder". The sound of the gun when Eckels is shot by Travis, inferes to The sound of Thunder. The sound of thunder uses a great deal of inference to make us want to read even more and also to give us a clue to the conclusion of the story.