Word Work (Vocabulary & Context Clues)
What is one strategy you can use to figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word?
What is using Context Clues?
What do we call a writer’s use of figurative language, tone, and structure?
What is style or author’s craft?
What is the main goal of a persuasive text?
What is to convince the reader of an argument or idea?
What is the theme of a story?
What is the central message or life lesson?
What is a common structure in nonfiction texts?
What is cause and effect, compare and contrast, or problem and solution?
What do prefixes and suffixes help you determine?
What is the meaning of a word?
What literary device is used in “The wind whispered secrets through the trees”?
What is personification?
Which rhetorical appeal uses logic and reasoning?
What is logos?
What does it mean when a character is static?
What is the character stays the same throughout the story?
Why is text structure important in understanding a passage?
What is it helps organize ideas and reveals how the author builds meaning?
If a dictionary gives you a word’s denotation, what gives you its connotation?
What is the context or emotional tone?
How does foreshadowing affect a story?
What is it builds suspense or hints at future events?
How does an author establish ethos in writing?
What is by showing credibility or expertise?
How can you identify a theme?
What is by analyzing character decisions, conflict, and resolution?
What signal word indicates a comparison?
What is “similarly” or “like”?
What type of reference book would you use to find synonyms?
What is a thesaurus?
What is point of view, and how does it shape the story?
What is the narrator’s perspective; it influences what we know and how we feel?
What’s one way an author achieves purpose in an argumentative text?
What is through word choice, structure, and rhetorical devices?
How do character interactions develop theme?
What is by revealing values, struggles, or consequences of choices?
How do authors develop their ideas over time in a nonfiction text?
What is through examples, explanations, and logical progression?
“Pathos” appeals to what in the audience?
What is emotion?
How do authors use structure in literature to build meaning?
What is through plot organization, flashbacks, pacing, or parallel storylines?
Identify a rhetorical question and explain its purpose.
What is a question asked for effect, not an answer—to make readers think or emphasize a point?
How do two different texts develop the same theme differently?
What is through different characters, settings, conflicts, or tone?
In informational texts, how do sections or paragraphs often build on each other?
What is by introducing a point, supporting it with evidence, and expanding it further?