Inferencing
What you already know + ____________ = Inference
Text clues
Who tells the story and informs the “audience” or reader of background information.
Narrator
did you get you're log signed on wednesday. asked mrs davies
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These explain and support the main ideas or controlling idea.
Supporting Details
The life lesson, author’s message, or moral of a story.
Theme
Ms. Bell gives an assignment. Block 1 keeps talking, arguing, getting out of their seat, and eating Takis. What can you infer will happen next?
Ms. Bell will (fill in the blank)
What are periods of action that occur at specific places and times.
Scenes
_____ the baby is sleeping, I will take a nap.
What AAAWWUBBIS word goes with this sentence?
While
A _________ is the most important part of the paragraph.
The part of the plot that concludes the falling action by revealing or suggesting the outcome of the conflict.
Resolution
One of the world’s largest agricultural exports, coffee is a multi-billion-dollar global industry. It is one of the most valuable products exported by developing countries. Worldwide, more than 6.7 million tons of coffee are produced each year. About a third of the tap water used in Europe and North America goes toward the brewing of coffee.
Coffee is one of the most popular drinks in the world.
Can be directly stated or implied.
Theme
Name all the FANBOYS words
For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
Is this a main idea or supporting detail?
A Blue Whale can weigh up to 400, 000 lbs.
Supporting Detail
The introduction to a story, including the primary characters' names, setting, & POV.
Exposition
Kitti’s hog-nosed bat, better known as the bumblebee bat, is less than one inch at its longest, allowing it to easily perch on the tip of a human thumb. One of the most endangered species in the world, the bats are native to Thailand and hover like hummingbirds. Like all bats, they love caves. Their diet is composed of insects and spiders, most of which are caught mid-flight.
The bumblebee bat gets its name
from its size.
May be in italics, (parentheses), or [brackets]
Stage Directions
What do you need to make a Complex Sentence?
Independent Clause + Dependent Clause
or
Dependent Clause, + Independent Clause
Is this a main idea or supporting detail?
A Blue Whale is large.
Main Idea
True or False: A dictionary provides you with the pronunciation of the word.
True
As Michael slowly approached his teacher’s desk, a sense of dread came over him. “This is it,” he thought to himself, “I’m finished.” Michael had already been to detention twice that month; this was his third strike. He kept his eyes low, embarrassed for having been called out in front of his entire class. He could feel his teacher glaring at him, her eyes burning a hole through his skull. Finally, he looked up, ready to accept his fate.
Michael did something wrong during class.
What appears next to that character’s name.
Dialogue
Name all the AAAWWUUBBIS words
A....after
A....although
A....as
W...while
W...when
U....until
U...unless (sometimes)
B....before
B....because
I......if
S....since
The ice cream cone was invented in 1904. It all started at the St. Louis World's fair when an ice cream vender ran out of dishes for his ice cream. A man named Ernest Hamwi was selling waffles in the booth next door. He helped his neighbor out by making cone-shaped waffles to hold the ice cream. The rest, as they say, is history!
The ice cream cone was invented in 1904.
The time at which a situation starts to change in an important way.
Turning Point/Climax