1. accentuate 2. alliteration 3. analogy 4. antibody 5. aspire 6. bamboozle 7. bizarre 8. boisterous 9. boycott 10. camouflage 11. chronology 12. commemorate 13. cower 14. decorum 15. deduction 16. deign 17. despondent 18. dialogue 19. divulge 20. eclectic 21. ellipse 22. embargo 23. enthusiastic 24. exponent 25. exult 26. fallacy 27. flourish 28. formidable 29. gargoyle 30. guerrilla 31. guru 32. heritage 33. hieroglyphic 34. hologram 35. hypocrisy 36. immune 37. impertinent 38. inference 39. introspection 40. jaunty 41. jovial 42. kilometer 43. labyrinth 44. laconic 45. lichen 46. light-year 47. maneuver 48. marsupial 49. metaphor 50. mosaic

51. mutation 52. nebula 53. nocturnal 54. nuisance 55. omnivore 56. outrageous 57. ozone 58. parasite 59. participle

FlashCards

Identifying Poetic Devices

Directions: Write which technique is being used on the line.  There may be more than one correct answer; you 

may write more than one answer.  Then, explain how you know your answer.  Slashes represent line breaks.   

Answers: alliteration, rhyme, onomatopoeia, idiom, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification. 

Example 1. This falling spray of snow-flakes is / a handful of dead Februaries 

What technique is being used? Personification and Alliteration 

Alliteration, Rhyme, Onomatopoeia, Idiom, Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole, or Personification 

Explain how you figured it out: 

  Februaries can’t die like humans can; therefore it is an example of personification.  Also, many words 

begin with the letter “F” or “S”, so it also has alliteration.   

Story elements

                              “When Gertrude Grew Great”  

1. Author’s Purpose: inform  

Why did the author write this? 

2.  Genre: fiction    Subgenre: Informational 

Ex: Nonfiction, fiction, or folklore           Ex: Autobiography, science fiction, fable, informational writing, etc. 

last Summary hit.

                        The notebook 
                     By Nicholas Sparks

      
 The notebook is about Noah, a man who fell in love with this girl named Allison, She comes from a privileged family.They met in the summer time in New Bern, North Carolina. They had a good relationship,but the only problem was Allison's parents Disapproved of the relationship so much they left North Carolina. Years have passed and Allison is now engaged to this man named Lon, When Allison tells Noah the news I think part of him had died because he was upset,and he kept begging her not to merry him.At the end of the book,both Allison and Noah are very old and in a retirement home.Allison has had alztimers for awhile and always forgets that noah is her husband. So to remind her he would read her her own diary that talks about how they fell in love. The book ends with both of them laying in the bed together, and then they both die together.

vocab flash card hits 2 and 3

Author's purpose

Makes Predictions/Inferences/Draws Conclusions:
RL.02.RS.09.01
“Thank You Ma’am” by Langston Hughe

"Thank you ma'am" Summary

I. Protagonist- The protagonist is Rodger.
  A. Rodger takes Mrs. Jones purse because he wanted
   money for blue suede shoes.

My inside story flash cards

Apse, Toadstool, Rime....

My favorite book.

I would have to say my favorite book is Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman. I think it is a good book because of the relationship between the characters, the adventure they had to go though, and the ending.(:

What i did today

Today I got done with most of 2nd and 3rd hit in authors purpose. 

My predictions 2

I think that maybe her mom or dad is in the military and she is waiting looking out the window wondering when her mom or dad will come home. I think this because she looks sad and lonely.

My predictions

I think that who ever took the picture was trying to get the baby to smile, but the baby didn't want his picture taken at the moment so he turned his head and smiled like ' heres your picture '

My Reading Standard

The standard number I want to focus on is RL.10.ST.10.01

Which says, States an author's purpose and audience

To get the standard I am going to do Ms.Carton's author purpose activities.

I am going to finish this standard by 1-26-11