Inferencing
In fact, more than 4,000 species of fish and marine life may populate a typical coral community.
In this sentence, populate means:
A) Construct
B) Disturb
C) Occupy
D) Recognize
C) Occupy
In order to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, you must first assemble your ingredients. You need bread, jelly, and peanut butter. Once you have them, take two pieces of bread out of the bag and place them face up on a plate. Then, open the jar of peanut butter. With a knife, spread peanut butter evenly on one slice of bread and jelly on the other slice. Put the slices together, cut it into triangles, and enjoy!
What is the organizational pattern/text structure?
Process/Procedure
A story about a family trying to stick together and survive through the Great Depression in the Midwest in the 1930s.
What is the author's purpose of writing this? (Think PIE)
To entertain. (Evidence: "story")
I have told you a million times to stop slamming that door!
Identify the figurative language.
Hyperbole.
a reflection of a writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject of a poem, story, or other literary work
What is tone?
Which sentence best explains the cooperative relationship between algae and reef-dwelling coral?
A)Coral and algae share the coral reef with other marine animals.
B) The algae plants grow on the coral reef, and the coral polyps live on the reef.
C) The algae share food with the coral, and the coral shelters the algae
D) Changes that affect the coral also affect how the coral appears to the algae
C) The algae shares food with the coral, and the coral shelters the algae
Cell phones have become a huge issue in schools. They are distracting students from their work and causing students' mental health to decline. In order to combat this educational kryptonite, school distracts have begun implementing new policies. In some schools, students aren't allowed to have their phones at all. In others, they are not allowed to have them except during lunch. Also, the tech team is working on blocking social media on all phones during school hours. Hopefully, with these interventions, student learning and mental health will return to pre-cell phone levels.
Identify the organizational pattern.
Problem/Solution
An article where the author argues that Amazon music is better than Spotify.
What is the author's purpose?
To persuade/persuasive.
Love is a young green willow / shimmering at the bare wood's edge.
What type of figurative language is this?
Metaphor
the feeling or atmosphere created in the reader by a literary work or passage
What is mood?
Which information best demonstrates the significance of coral reefs to our ecosystem?
A) Coral reefs are massive structures in the seas
B) Sea anemones attach themselves to the coral reefs
C) Coral reefs are made of skeletal calcium
D) Many ocean creatures depend on coral reefs for food or shelter
D) Many ocean creatures depend on coral reefs for food or shelter
All matter, all things can be changed in two ways: chemically and physically. Both chemical and physical changes affect the state of matter. Physical changes are those that do not change the make-up or identity of the matter. For example, clay will bend or flatten if squeezed, but it will still be clay. Changing the shape of clay is a physical change, and does not change the matter's identity. Chemical changes turn the matter into a new kind of matter with different properties. For example, when paper is burnt, it becomes ash and will never be paper again. The difference between them is that physical changes are temporary or only last for a little while, and chemical changes are permanent, which means they last forever. Physical and chemical changes both affect the state of matter.
Identify the organizational pattern.
Compare/Contrast
A booklet containing the school rules and the consequences for violating those rules.
What is the author's purpose?
To inform.
Harry is as stubborn as a mule when it comes to doing his homework.
Identify the figurative language.
Simile
1) CONCLUSION : ESSAY
A) theme : song
B) meal : dessert
C) parade : party
D) scene : play
D) scene:play
In the movie Aladdin, Aladdin meets a girl at the marketplace. He saves her from an angry shopkeeper after she accidentally steals an apple. Later, he takes her to his hideout that overlooks the palace and talks about how great it must be to live there. The audience knows she is a princess, but he has no idea.
What kind of irony is this?
Dramatic Irony -- we are in on a secret. WE know that Jasmine is a princess, but Aladdin does not.
Hurricane Katrina began as Tropical Depression Twelve over the southeastern Bahamas on August 23, 2005. The depression later strengthened into a tropical storm on the morning of August 24 where the storm was also named Katrina. Katrina continued to move into Florida, and became a Category 1 hurricane only two hours before it made landfall around Hallandale Beach on the morning of August 25. The storm weakened over land, but became a hurricane again while entering the Gulf of Mexico.
Identify the organizational pattern.
Chronological
A story written about a young boy who moves to a new school and is bullied, but he gains self-confidence by joining a sports team and learns to stand up for himself.
What is the author's purpose?
To entertain.
The alarm screeched a warning for children to head for safety.
Identify the TWO examples figurative language.
Personification AND onomatopoeia.
dis•tinct (dĭ- stĭngkt´) adj. 1. Not identical; separate. 2. Easily recognized; clear. 3. Obviously defined; unquestionable. [Lat. dīstīnctus, p. part. of distinguish]
Distinct comes from a word that means:
A) separate
B) unquestionable
C) clear
D) distinguish
D) Distinguish
The Scream movies are all very similar. Each one revolves around a group of friends who are being killed off by an unknown assailant in a mask. Throughout the movie, the group of friends is trying to figure out who the killer is. The audience is also trying to figure it out. At the end, the killer is revealed. Both the characters and the audience are surprised because the killer is usually the opposite of who you would expect.
What kind of irony is this?
Situational Irony -- the outcome is the opposite of what you expect, surprising both the characters and the reader/viewer.
Fast fashion is popular because the clothes are inexpensive and fashionable. However, there is a dark side to fast fashion. It depletes natural resources like water and energy. It pollutes waterways and contributes to greenhouse gas emissions. Furthermore, the "wear-it-once" culture that fast fashion promotes leads to massive amounts of textile waste ending up in landfills.
Identify the organizational pattern.
Cause and Effect
(Pretend you just read an article about jazz music in Harlem)
Which detail best supports the idea that Harlem was a center of growth for jazz music in America?
A) Harlem had nightclubs where musicians played jazz
B) Jazz musicians in Harlem were known for improvising
C) Famous jazz musicians pursued their careers in Harlem
D) Jazz helped musicians in Harlem express themselves.
C) Famous jazz musicians pursued their careers in Harlem.
An old willow with hollow branches / slowly swayed his few high tendrils / and sang:
What TWO examples of figurative language are there?
Personification and alliteration
words used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true
What is figurative language?