Character Feelings
This is how someone feels when their face is really red and they have a frown.
Angry or mad
I tripped and fell over the garbage can.
What is the cause?
The boy ran as fast as a cheetah!
Simile
The sun smiled down on us.
Personification
Inferences are made base on what you read and what you _______?
Already know
This is how someone feels when they trip and fall and others are watching them.
Embarrassed
The cloudy weather brought showers in the afternoon.
What is the effect?
The rainbow looked like the colors in a box of crayons.
Simile
The story jumped off the page.
Personification
This is what the text is mostly about.
Main Idea
This is how someone feels when they lose something.
Sad or Disappointed
My mother was upset at me for not cleaning my room when she asked me to do it.
What is the cause?
My mother's eye were diamonds.
Metaphor
The light danced on the surface of the water.
Personification
This is a guess you make based off of clues in the text.
Prediction
Happy
The girl couldn't find her shoes and then realized that she forgot them at her friends house when she had a sleepover.
What is the effect?
Metaphor
My feet are killing me!
Hyperbole
Use titles, pictures, and supporting details.
This is how you feel when you can't figure something out by yourself.
Frustrated
The whistle blew during the soccer game and the player was ejected from the game for tripping someone.
What was the cause?
The water glistened like the stars in the sky.
Simile
I love you to the moon and back.
Hyperbole
These are what you can use to help you find the meaning of words or a sentence.
Context clues