Syllabus Breakout

1. In Mr. Whitmore’s classroom, M.I.N.I.O.N. stands for Most Important Neophytes In Our Niche. What is the technical term for a word created from the first letters of each word in a series of words?
4. What is the first thing that you should do when you enter class each day? Grab the ________!
5. What is the name for the punctuation mark that is used to show possession?
8. How much credit is deducted from a classwork assignment that is turned in 2 days late?
10. One of your mandatory supplies
12. What is the English term for the overall message found in a literary text?
14. What should you do when you’re unsure about past assignments or notes, the current day’s activities, or upcoming lessons?
15. Something you can bring to eat as long as you clean up all of your trash (also, teenage slang for someone who’s lookin’ good!)
17. What type of figurative language takes advantage of exaggerations?

2. One of our classroom rules: Take care of ______________.
3. How much credit is deducted from a performance assignment that is turned in 3 days late?
6. What is the name of FZN’s mascot?
7. What is the English term for a physical object within a story that embodies a larger thematic meaning?
8. What is the point-of-view of a story that is told by a narrator who is not a character in the story, and the readers get to hear the thoughts and feelings of only one of the characters?
9. When should your phone be out?
11. What is the English term for the author’s main argument within an informational text?
13. What is the English term for the feeling invoked by a text?
16. What is the English term for quotes used in an essay to defend a writer’s claim?