Context Clues
Central Idea
Text Evidence
Test-Taking Strategies
Figurative Language
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When you use Context Clues to figure out the meaning of an unknown word, this is what you are doing.
What is looking at the words and phrases around the unknown word to determine its meaning/
100
Central Idea means the same thing as these two literary terms.
What is theme or main idea.
100
When you cite textual evidence, you do this.
What is go back in the text to find the answer.
100
This is when you cross off the multiple choice answers that you know are wrong.
What is Process of Elimination.
100
This is a comparison that uses "like" or "as". Example: You are as bright as a star.
What is a Simile.
200
The word "subsidy" means this in the following sentence: The government gave the small farm a large subsidy to help with their dying crop, but the farmer did not know how to spend all of the money.
What is a grant/sum of money given by the government to groups or individuals to remove some type of burden but is also considered to be in the best interest of the public
200
Central Idea is the author's _____________________.
What is main point or message.
200
In an open response, when you provide an example word-for-word from the text and you put quotation marks around it with the paragraph # in parenthesis, you have cited this type of text evidence.
What is a Direct Quote.
200
This is the acronym you should follow when writing an Open Response.
What is ABC - Address the Prompt, Back it Up, and Write a Conclusion. (Don't forget your transition words)
200
This is a comparison that does not use "like" or "as". Example: You're a sky full of stars.
What is a Metaphor.
300
This type of Context Clue is when an unknown word has the same meaning as another word in the sentence.
What is a synonym context clue.
300
This is the definition of an objective summary.
What is a short version of the events within a story without your opinion.
300
When you provide text evidence by putting the text in your own words, you are doing this.
What is paraphrasing.
300
Before you should even read the story, you should read these and do this!
What is read the questions and make note of them in the margins.
300
This is the meaning of the phrase "pull the plug" in the following sentence: It would be very unwise to “pull the plug” on the production of electric cars right now.
What is stop the process.
400
This type of context clue is when a word or phrase within the sentence means the opposite of the unknown word.
What is Antonym Context Clue
400
These are the 3 types of author's purposes.
What is entertain, persuade, or inform.
400
What you do when you make an inference.
What is draw a conclusion based on what the text says and your prior knowledge.
400
Taking notes in the margins is called?
What is marginalia?
400
The word "unwavering" means this in the following sentence: The students have a predictable and unwavering schedule.
What is steady.
500
This is the type of context clue for the word "impose" in the following sentence. I do not like to impose my beliefs on others; for example, I do not like trying to persuade others into my political beliefs.
What is an Example Context Clue. Impose--Force
500
This is the Central Idea of the following paragraph: "Kids’ schedules are many things, but reliable isn’t one of them. As anyone who has children will say, kids have unscheduled band, choir, soccer, football, and dance practices. They occasionally get sick and need to be taken home. They even, from time to time, must stay late at school."
What is "kids have unreliable schedules."
500
In the following paragraph, this is the BEST text evidence to support why electric car batteries are hazardous. "A Journal of Industrial Ecology report found that manufacturing electric vehicles produces over double the carbon dioxide gas of building traditional gas automobiles. Burning gasses like carbon dioxide are believed to cause climate change, which can hurt the environment. In addition, electric vehicles are charged with electricity from burning oil and other fuels. Electric car batteries also contain toxic chemicals."
What is "Electric car batteries also contain toxic chemicals"
500
4 areas of the M-Step for ELA
Day 1: Speaking and Reading Day 2: Writing and Research
500
This is when a word or phrase is used figuratively and not literally. Example: James was being a real "stick in the mud." In this example, the phrase "stick in the mud" means "party-pooper"
What is an idiom.
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