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Scrabble is a game that provides hours of challenging fun for you and your friends. In this game you use your letters to build new words from words already on the game board. Scrabble is a fun way to learn new words and meanings.

Yesterday was my birthday. When I woke up, I noticed my brother Josh hung up a big sign that said,"Happy Birthday, Charles!" Mom made spaghetti for dinner.

Someday we will all have robots that will be our personal servants. They will look and behave much like real humans. We will be able to talk to these mechanical helpers and they will be able to respond in kind! Amazingly, the robots of the future will be able to learn from experience. They will be smart, strong, and untiring workers whose only goal will be to make our lives easier.

Acorns are the seeds of oak trees. Many different animals enjoy acorns. Squirrels especially like acorns and collect them in the fall. Then they have food to eat in the winter. Acorns not eaten by animals can grow into new oak trees.

Bamboo is the most important plant in a giant panda's life. They spend at least 12 hours each day eating bamboo. Pandas grasp bamboo stalks with their five fingers and a special wristbone. They use their teeth to peel off the tough outer layers of the stalk to reveal the soft inner tissue. They also eat the leaves.

Giant pandas are only about the size of a stick of butter at birth, and they're hairless and helpless. The panda mother gives great care to her tiny cub, usually cradling it in one paw and holding it close to her chest. For several days after birth, the mother does not leave the den, not even to eat or drink!

Shirley Chisholm is an important historical figure. She became the first African American woman elected to Congress in 1968. She fought for civil rights, supported helping the poor and equal rights for woman. In 1972, she became the first African American woman to run for president. She is an inspiration for many African Americans women today.

Can a book or movie have more than one theme?

Can an author write a book that doesn't have a theme?

Can a book have a theme that the author didn't mean for it to have? Explain

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Charlie Bucket is a young boy who comes from a poor but loving family and would love nothing more than to find a golden ticket to enter the amazing chocolate factory run by inventor and owner Willy Wonka As luck would have it, Charlie find the last golden ticket and goes on this once in a lifetime adventures with his grandpa Joe and the other winners. One by one, the other winners, all greedy children, learn a lesson and Willy Wonka is left to pick Charlie as his grand prize winner

Beauty and the Beast: Prince Adam was cursed to a beast form by Enchantress who saw no love in his arrogant heart for others. The only way he could break the spell was to learn to love another and earn her love in return. Belle, a hostage, views him as nothing more than a monster, he views her as difficult and stubborn. But the two soon taste the bitter sweetness of finding the importance of being kind, accepting others as they are, and learning you were wrong. Bell helps Prince Adam break his curse in the end.

Mulan: Mulan is a girl, the only child of her honored family. When the Huns invade China, one man from every family is called to arms. Mulan decides to prove that she is worth something and steals away to fit her father's place in the Chinese army. She prays to her family's ancestors for protection and luck before learning as a man in her father's armor with her family's horse. The ancestors awake and decide to send Mushu, a little dishonored dragon to aid Mulan in her quest. Weeks later, Mulan and the other troopers have survived the training camp and are on the way north to stop the Huns. After being spotted and pursued by the enemies, an impasse situation in the mountains forces Mulan to come up with an idea. But then, her real gender will no longer be a secret. She decides to risk everything in order to save China.

How to Train Your Dragon: Long ago, up North on the island of Berk, the young Viking, Hiccup, wants to join his town's fight against the dragons that continually raid their town. However, his macho father and village leader, Stoik the Vast, will not allow his small, clumsy, but inventive son to do so. Regardless, Hiccup ventures out into battle and downs a mysterious Night Fury dragon with his invention, but can't bring himself to kill it. Instead, Hiccup and the dragon, whom he dubs Toothless, begin a friendship that would open up both their worlds as the observant boy learns that his people have misjudged the species. But even as the two each take flight in their own way, they find that they must fight the destructive ignorance plaguing their world.

Pinocchio: When the gentle wood carver Geppetto builds a marionette to be his substitute son, a benevolent fairy brings the toy to life. The puppet, named Pinocchio is not yet a human boy. He must earn the right to be a real boy by proving that he is brave, truthful, and unselfish. But, even with the help of Jiminy, a cricket who the fairy assigns to be Pinocchio's conscience, the marionette goes astray. He finds his nose grows every time he misbehaves or tells a lie. He learns that truth is very important in life.

Little Mermaid: Ariel, youngest daughter of King Triton, is dissatisfied with life in the sea. She longs to be with the humans above the surface, and is often caught in arguments with her father over those "barbaric fish-eaters". She goes to meet Ursula, the Sea Witch, to strike a deal, but Ursula has bigger plans for this mermaid and her father. Her friends stick by her side as Ariel triumphs over the sea witch. In the end her father grants her wishes of becoming human.

Toy Story: Toy Story is about the 'secret life of toys' when people are not around. When Buzz Light-year, a space-ranger, takes Woody's place as Andy's favorite toy, woody doesn't like the situation and gets into a fight with Buzz. Accidentally Buzz falls out the window and woody is accused by all the other toys of having killed him. He has to go out of the house to look for him so that they can both return to Andy's room. But while on the outside they get into all kinds of trouble while trying to get home. Despite many challenges the toys return home to Andy.

Finding Nemo: When his son, Nemo is taken from him by a diver, Marlin the clown fish sets off on a journey to rescue him. Together with Dory, a blue tang fish with short memory loss, they set off through the oceans whilst joining a club with sharks, dodging jellyfish and hooking a ride with turtles. Marlin and Dory become friends despite the fact that Dory can very often be annoying to Marlin. Whilst this is happening, Nemo and his new tank friends hatch a plan to escape from their new home.

The Lion King: A young lion prince is born in Africa, thus making his Uncle Scar the second in line to the throne. Scar plots with the hyenas to kill King Mufasa and Prince Simba, thus making himself King. The Kind is killed and Simba is led to believe by Scar that it was his fault and so flees the kingdom in shame. After years of exile he returns home to accept responsibility of his pride and overthrow his Uncle and claim the kingdom as his own thus completing the 'Circle of Life'

Dumbo: The stork delivers a baby elephant to Mrs. Jumbo, veteran of the circus, but the newborn is ridiculed because of his truly enormous ears and dubbed "Dumbo". Dumbo is transferred to the circus' clown acts; it is up to his only friend, a mouse, to assist Dumbo to achieve his full potential. When Dumbo shows everyone what he is capable of, people begin to accept him for who he is.

Theme is

When determining theme, think about what __________ the author is trying to convey.

This is an educated guess based on prior knowledge.

Everything I currently know, understand or have experienced

the beginning of the story

Events leading up to the climax

Most exciting moment of the story; turning point

End of the story where loose ends are tied up

Events after the climax, leading to the resolution

Position

Paragraph

Suggest

Description

Convey

Emotions

Include

Information

Selection

Different

Predict

Effect

Cause

Article

Boxed Information

Inform

Informational Text

Statement

Objective

Provide

Like

Unlike

Concerns/concerning

Primarily

Portrayed

Important

Both

Matches

Describe

Significant

Shows

Conclude

Offer

Encourage

Mention

Explain

Indicate

Demonstrate

Common

Emphasize

Remind

Employ

Reader

Advice

Refer

In Order To

Clarify

Example

Review

Author

Feel

Edit

Revise

Effective

Combine

Clarity

Lacks

Improve

Change

Transition

Insert

Replace

Realize

Correct

Analogy

Contradict

Contrast

Compare

Element

Explore

Visualize

Summary

Illustrate

Understand

Context

Interpret

Reflects

Figurative

Reason

According

Expression

Aspect

Fact

Believe

This includes direct relation to the topic, currency of information, author's expertise, reputation of publication, and inclusion of supporting information.

This is to separate a whole into its parts.

This is a persuasive technique in which speaker mentions an important event or person to lend importance or credibility to his argument.

This involves one or more reasons presented by a speaker or a writer to lead the audience or reader to a logical conclusion.

This is the kind of writing that tries to persuade readers to accept an author's opinions.

This is the reason for creating written work.

This is an argument that states that everyone else is doing something so others should as well.

This is the ability to trust something as true or credible.

This is a prejudice that is leaning toward a positive or negative judgment on something; a personal judgment or opinion about a particular person, position, or thing.

This is a propaganda technique and the term comes from stacking a deck of cards in your favor. It is used to slant a message. Key words or unfavorable statistics may be omitted in an ad or commercial, leading to a series of half-truths.

This rhetorical strategy contains a statement that is an arguable interpretation of the facts. It is present when people can disagree about the definition of the category to which the object or person belongs.

This is the process of forming a specific consequence from general observations.

This is a type of persuasive technique in which writers or speakers appeal to fear, anger, or joy to sway their audience.

This is placing a value or rank on a piece of writing or speaking.

This is information that supports a generalization.

This is reading between the lines. It is taking something that you read and putting it together with something that you already know to make sense of what you read.

This is a type of real-world writing that presents information that is necessary or valuable to the reader.

This is a rhetorical strategy that uses language in a way to imply or bring about a particular answer.

This is prose written with the primary purpose of explaining, arguing, or describing in an objective, straightforward manner. It includes such genres as 'biography' and 'autobiography'.

This is a statement that reflects a writer's belief about a topic , and it cannot be proved.

In writing, this is the trait of order, structure and presentation of information; It is the writing trait which measures logical sequencing of ideas, details, or events.

This is a writer's point of view about a particular subject, and is often influenced by their beliefs or by events in their lives.

This is to convince.

These are techniques used to convince. They include repetition, sentence variety, understatement, and overstatement.

This is the perspective from which a story is told.

This is an extreme form of persuasion intended to prejudice and incite the reader or listener to action either for or against a particular cause or position.

This is a persuasive technique in which a word, phrase, or entire sentence is repeated to reinforce the speaker's message.

This is a propaganda technique used to make a person desire to be a part of an elite, upper group and not part of the masses.

These are simplified images that narrowly define certain groups of people.

This is a persuasive technique in which someone will testify that he used or bought an advertised product which did indeed help, so it will work for the reader or audience, too.

This is the main body of a piece of writing or any of the various forms in which writing exists, such as a book, a poem, an article, or a short story.

This is the attitude that an author takes toward the audience, the subject, or a character.

This is a propaganda technique that is an attempt to move the prestige of a positive symbol to a person or an idea.

This is a statement that is sound or just, well-founded.

This is an expression of an opinion or standpoint.

Afterword

Bibliography

Bold Print

Caption

Cause And Effect

Central Argument

Central Idea

Central Message

Chart

Chronological Order

Compare And Contrast

Constructed Response

Content

Controlling Idea

Denouement

Detail

Diagram

Directions

Expository Text

First-person Point Of View

Footnote

Foreword

Glossary

Graphic Adj.

Graphic Organizer

Graphic Source

Heading

Illustration

Implicit Directions

Implied Meaning

Infer

Introduction

Main Idea

Narrative Text

Omniscient

Order Of Importance

Paraphrase

Prewriting

Problem-Solution

Reflective Writing

Relevant

Rising Action

Schematic Diagram

Sequential Order

Sidebar

Subheading

Subject

Summarize

Supporting Evidence

Supporting Sentence

Synthesize

Table

Table Of Contents

Technical Writing

Text Features

Thesis

Third Person Limited Point Of View

Timeline

Title

Transitional Device

Universal Theme

metaphor

text structure

significance

author's attitude/tone

author's purpose

theme

rhyme scheme

point of view

personification

simile

connotation

conflict

internal conflict

external conflict

summary

purpose

dialogue

to infer

to persuade

to advance

to develop

the selection

to convey

assumption

evidence

central (main) idea

effect

figurative language

oxymoron

excerpt

rhetorical question

stanza

setting

denotation

diction/word choice

archetype

allusion

supporting details

anecdote

assonance

consonance

analogy

hyperbole

mood

TPEQEA

Imagery

Motif

Dramatic Irony

Verbal Irony

Situational Irony

Dynamic character

Static character

Accuracy Of Sources

Analyze

Appeal To Authority

Argument

Argumentation

Bandwagon

Believability

Bias

Emotional Appeal

Evaluate

False Analogy Technique

Inductive Logic

Leading Question

Limited View

Loaded Language

Logic

Logical Fallacy

Name Calling

Opinion

Organization

Peer Pressure

Perspective

Persuade

Persuasive Appeal

Persuasive Techniques

Persuasive Text

Plain Folks Technique

Point Of View

Propaganda

Propaganda Techniques

Repetition

Snob Appeal

Testimonial

Text

Transfer

Valid

Viewpoint

Sequence

Internal and External

Internal conflict

External conflict

Exposition

Rising action

Falling action

Conclusion/resolution

Suspense

Foreshadowing

Flashback

Mood

Tone

Character

Protagonist

Antagonist

Trait

Character motivation

Dialogue

Dialect

Jargon

Slang

Informal language

Formal language

Narrator

Point of view

Fiction

Fantasy

Biography

Autobiography

Stereotype

Symbol

Allusion

Irony

Euphemism

Idiom

Oxymoron

Figurative language

Figures of speech

Simile

Metaphor

Hyperbole

Personification

Alliteration

Onomatopoeia

Stanza

Refrain

Author's purpose

Voice

Satire

Inference

To imply

Nonfiction

Primary source

Secondary source

Text structure

Rhetorical question

Chronological/Sequence

Cause/Effect

Problem/Solution

Compare/Contrast

Descriptions

Parallel Structure

Topic

Supporting Details

Summarizing

Support

Development of an Idea

Topic Sentence

Text Structure

Author's Purpose

Evidence from the text

If I know the author's purpose, I will have a better idea of what the central idea of the text is.

Objective Summary

Literature

Genre

Purpose

Prose

Academic Vocabulary

Author's Viewpoint

explicit

inferred

Elements of Story

Setting

Characters

Conflict

Climax

Theme

Plot

Resolution

Evidence

Diction

Details

Structure