TEXTUAL EVIDENCE
Pop Culture or ELA
VOCAB
Miscellanous
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
100
Numbering paragraphs, reading all the way through, circle unfamiliar words are all the first steps of this reading strategy.
What are "close" reading strategies?
100
A lesson the author wants the reader to learn. ie. Don't judge a book by it's cover
What is theme?
100
To think deeply about something that makes one unhappy.
What is brood?
100

What is Ms. Balthazar's first name?

Sharon

100

The technique being used is: Drip—hiss—drip—hiss fall the raindrops / on the oaken log which burns, and steams, and smokes the ceiling beams. / Drip—hiss—the rain never stops.

onomatopoeia

200
Words around another word that can help you figure out the meaning of the word.
What are context clues?
200

2026 Grammy Song of the Year

" Wildflower"

200
An object or color which represents a deeper meaning.
What is symbolism?
200

What sport does Maddox play?

Volleyball

200
The lake waves were flakes of red gold.
What is a metaphor?
300
Used around textual evidence to show that it's the author's words and not yours.
What are quotation marks?
300

Who won 2025 Grammy BEST new artist

Chappell Roan

300
An educated guess made from observations.
What is an inference?
300

What is the name of the WRMS mascot?

Jimmy Falcon

300
A watery light Touched bleak the granite bridge, and white Without the slightest tinge of gold, The city shivered in the cold.
What is personification?
400
Using a mixture of the author's words and your own to prove an answer.
What is paraphrasing?
400
the acquisition of knowledge or skills through experience, study, or by being taught.
What is learning?
400
The place, time, period, and atmosphere of a story.
What is the setting?
400

Why is there no school on Monday 2/16?

President's Day

400
The technique being used is: I do not care to talk to you although / Your speech evokes a thousand sympathies,
What is a hyperbole
500
Making notes while reading to help with understanding and answering questions.
What is annotation?
500

Who won the 2025 Superbowl?

The Los Angeles Dodgers

500
Direct words from a passage to prove an answer.
What is textual evidence?
500

Are Narwals real?

Yes

500
Your lips, light as the wings of the dragon-flies...
What is a simile?
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