Understanding Characters
Read the sentence. Nancy turned down the invitation to the holiday party so she could stay home with her French vocabulary flashcards. Based on this sentence, what is Nancy probably like?
Energetic Fun-loving Studious Shy
Studious
Read the text below.
Are weeds taking over your garden? Hire Green Thumb Gardeners to prepare your garden for spring.
What is the text's most likely purpose?
To Persuade
Put these in the correct order:
small lamp a reading
a small reading lamp
Remember, idioms are expressions that aren't to be taken literally:
What is the meaning of face the music?
Mackenzie wished she could ignore the fact that she scratched her brother's car, but she knew she had to face the music.
To accept unpleasant results of one's actions.
Narratives have paragraphs. Poems have stanzas. What do dramas have?
Character Lines
Read the sentence.
Her parents asked her to leave the room, but Beth stayed hidden behind the doorway, listening to them talk.
Based on this sentence, what is Beth probably like?
lazy nosy responsible calm
nosy
Read the text below.
A hurricane is an enormous storm that forms over the ocean. The center of the hurricane is called the eye, and it is the calmest part of the storm.
What is the text's most likely purpose?
To inform
Put these in the correct order:
carpenter skilled the young
the skilled young carpenter
Remember that similies compare using the words "like" or "as."
What is the meaning of the simile?
The girl climbs like a monkey.
The girl is good at climbing.
How do characters know how to move around and speak their lines in a drama?
Stage Directions
Read the sentences.
The soup she had been served was not even hot, but Christine didn't want to complain about it. She didn't want to cause a problem.
Based on these sentences, what is Christine probably like?
selfish confident timid organized
Timid
Read the text below.
Raymond gasped. A bird was in his living room, flying in circles.
What is the text's most likely purpose?
To Entertain
Put these in order:
Italian woman middle-aged the
the elegant middle-aged Italian woman
Remember that metaphors compare without using the words "like" or "as."
What is the meaning of the metaphor?
The moon was a silver dollar in the sky.
The moon was round and bright.
Verses
Which point of view does the narrator use in the passage?
I stood in the sun and bounced up and down to keep warm. It was one of our usual California summer days. Later on, it would be hot. But right then I needed the sweatshirt that was buried in the big rubber dry bag.
First person
It is tempting to think that your eyes are simply mirrors that reflect whatever is in front of them. Researchers, however, have shown that your brain is constantly working to create the impression of a continuous, uninterrupted world. For instance, in the last 10 minutes, you have blinked your eyes around 200 times. You have probably not been aware of any of these interruptions in your visual world.
What is the main purpose of this passage?
#2 To explain the way visual perception works
Put these in order:
sweater yellow beautiful wool the
the beautiful yellow wool sweater
Read the text. The figure of speech is shown in bold.
There was once a very large lake here, the largest lake in Texas. That was over a hundred years ago. Now it's just a dry, flat wasteland.
There used to be a town of Green Lake as well. The town shriveled and dried up along with the lake, and the people who lived there.
What does this metaphor tell you?
It suggests that the town failed.
What is a poem called that does not rhyme?
Free verse
Which point of view does the narrator use in the passage?
Long ago, there was no king in the land of the Danes, and they all wanted one. When a ship without sails or sailors came drifting in from sea, they went to meet it looking for a wonder, and sure enough, there was a child in the ship. The child was curled asleep on a sheaf of ripe corn, with gold and swords heaped round about him.
Third Person
Read the text: The Williams sisters, Serena and Venus, are both great tennis players. Of the two, Venus is older by about fifteen months. However, Serena has won more matches than Venus. As of January 2020, they'd played thirty-one official matches head-to-head. Of those, Venus won twelve, while Serena won nineteen. The sisters share interests besides tennis, too. For example, both of them run fashion businesses when they're off the tennis court.
Which text structure does the text use?
Compare/Contrast Sequence Cause/Effect
Compare and Contrast
velvet a tight jacket green old
a tight old green velvet jacket
Read the text. The figure of speech is shown in bold.
"Mom!" Henry wailed. "That's what you always say!" Henry was getting tired of standing on tiptoe and the phone booth was getting warm. "Mom, please say yes and I'll never ask for another thing as long as I live!"
"Well, all right, Henry. I guess there isn't any reason why you shouldn't have a dog."
What does this example of hyperbole tell you?
It shows how important a "yes" is to Henry.
List 4 elements of a drama.
Character List, Character Lines, Acts, Scenes, Stage Directions