Name the Story Title
Esperanza tells stories about her life living on Mango Street.
"House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros
The author's the central or most important point in an article.
Main idea
Compares two things using "like" or "as."
Simile
Joanne's mother had to come to the school to pick up the phone the principal had confiscated.
Take away or remove.
Esperanza
"The House on Mango Street"
An apartment community in Cleveland work together to turn a vacant lot into a community garden.
"Seedfolks" by Paul Fleischman
The lesson or message an author is using a story to teach you.
Theme
Comparing two things directly, not using "like" or "as."
Metaphor
Denise thought it was peculiar that she saw no one else on the bus on the way to school.
Weird, strange, unusual.
Jacqueline
"Brown Girl Dreaming"
Jacqueline Woodson tells the story of her life growing up in Ohio and South Carolina through poetry.
"Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson
Restate, Answer, Cite, & Explain
Giving something that is not human the traits or abilities of a human.
Personification
Dad discarded his old phone after he bought a new one.
Throw away or get rid of.
Ana
"Seedfolks"
A Hispanic boy experiences racism at school and is expelled after he fights a another kid who bullies him.
"It's That It Hurts" by Tomas Rivera
Figuring out what a new word means using the words around it in the sentence.
Context Clues
An extreme exaggeration.
Tammy murmured the answers to her friend who didn't study for the test.
Whispered, spoke quietly to, mumbled.
Lauren
"Freak the Geek"
Lauren & Kayley are targeted by the popular girls in their school's annual prank day.
"Freak the Geek" by John Green
Sentences that have meanings beyond what they say literally.
Figurative Language
A sound affect, like "Bang!" or "Boom!"
Onomatopoeia
The teacher gave the students detention after she observed them fighting.
Saw, witnessed, watched.
Nenny
"House on Mango Street"