English exam review Flashcards
Charles
Shirley Jackson
Sugar babies
Keli Fargo anistine
Sugar babies main characters
Sierra
Charles main characters
Laurie
Freeing the pike
Richard Wagamese
Sugar babies summary
Sierra struggles with coming to terms with her mother, who was a teen mother who abandoned her when she was a child. In school, Sierra is forced to participate in an exercise in which she and a randomly assigned boy must care for a sugar baby in place of a real baby.
freeing the pike summary
“Freeing the Pike,” Richard Wagamese takes us on a spiritual journey on a summer day in his lonely childhood. Aboriginal by birth, but adopted into a white family, he describes the powerful connection he feels to the large fish he catches and releases back into the river.
Charles summary
Charles” relates the story of the boy Laurie’s first schoolday and his transformation from precocious toddler to selfsufficient schoolboy who relates his daily adventures to his family, especially the escapades of his classmate Charles, who is daily punished for his pranks.
Long way down is by?
Jason Reynolds
Long way down summary
It’s a novel that tells the story of an African American teen boy that has a tough life. Determined to avenge his 19-year-old brother’s death, Will, age 15, takes his brother’s gun out of their shared bedroom to kill the person he’s certain is the murderer.Feb
Yurtel the turtle summary
Yertle the turtle is the ambitious king of the pond who decides he wants to expand his kingdom. Yertle orders the turtles to stand on each other’s back to form a tall throne, ignoring the complaints of the turtles at the bottom. He then sits atop this throne and proclaims that he rules over all that he sees.
Yurtel the turtle is by?
Doctor Suss
Adjective?
An adjective is a word that describes nouns, such as large or beautiful
Adverb?
adverb is a word that describes how an action is carried out. Adverbs can change or add detail to a verb, adjective, or even a whole clause.
verb?
A verb is a “doing” or “action” word.
The most common conjunctions are:
and – addition
because – to give the reason
but – to express contrast
so – to describe a consequence
or – to describe an alternative
How do you use commas? What are the conjunction words?
Use commas to separate independent clauses when they are joined by any of these seven coordinating conjunctions: and, but, for, or, nor, so, yet.
Long walk to water is by?
Linda Sue Park
Long walk to water main character’s?
Nya and Salva
Simile def
Compare on using like or as
Alleration
replace of sounds
Theme
the main message
Plot
the series of events that make up the story
Tone
the feeling of the book
Predicate
did what?
Fragment
incomplete sentences
Conflict
The problem
The raven
Edgar allan poe
