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What is The Number Devil?
This fiction story attempts to entertain readers while informing them that math is fun and interesting!
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What is a signal word?
Both, alike, same as, also, however, different from, in contrast, and on the other hand are all examples of this.
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False
The protagonist is always the hero and the antagonist is always the villain.
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What is to inform?
Newspapers, textbooks, and encyclopedias exemplify this purpose for writing.
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What is a yearbook?
An informative artifact with an informal tone that helps people to remember and celebrate the past year at school.
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What is the Nasa Article -- 1969 Moon Landing?
This text about the Apollo 11 mission presents an objective, detailed view of the entire mission, from take off to landing.
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What is a protagonist?
Peter Pan, Harry Potter, the Little Mermaid, Katniss Everdeen, and Moana are all main characters in their stories, making them examples of this literary term.
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True
An author's opinion about a subject impacts their purpose for writing.
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What is compare and contrast?
"Cats and fish are both pets. Cats have fur and fish have scales." is an example of this type of text structure.
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What is an antagonist?
"Who is this story mostly about? Which characters seem to be bad? Who or what is causing the problem?" are good questions used to locate this in a story.
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What is the Bone Detective?
This biography tracks the work of a modern day forensic anthropologist.
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What is an antagonist?
Hook, Voldemort, Ursula, and Darth Vader are all villains in their stories, making them examples of this literary term.
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False
To contrast two things is to look at how the two are similar to each other.
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What is objective?
A writing with a neutral tone, facts, and a distant or removed feel displays a more ______ author viewpoint?
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What is cause and effect?
"When the river flooded, the main roads were closed." is an example of this type of text structure.
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What is Team Moon?
This text about the Apollo 11 mission presents multiple problems and solutions, in order to make the text more interesting to read.
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What is author viewpoint?
An author's attitude, opinion, or feeling towards a subject.
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True
Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast, and Sequence are all examples of common text structures.
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What is a Venn Diagram?
This type of graphic organizer will help you to compare and contrast two or more things.
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What is length/amount of text, inclusion of images, or tone?
One way in which multimedia projects differ from essays. (Multiple correct answers.)
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What is Bone Detective, Team Moon, and the Nasa Article?
These are three nonfiction titles that we have read this unit. (Must name all 3!)
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What is a subjective viewpoint?
When an author allows their personal feelings on a subject to show in the writing, the author is displaying this.
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True
An author's viewpoint and an author's perspective are pretty much the same thing.
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What is direct statements, details, or word choice?
A reader can examine this in a text in order to determine author viewpoint. (Multiple correct answers.)
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What is content and writing style?
To compare and contrast entire texts against each other, a reader should analyze these two aspects of the text. (Must list both.)
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