Inference
When an authors communicate ideas indirectly, a reader has to guess based on evidence and make a logical conclusion
What is an inference?
The message the author is sending.
What is theme?
Shows similarities and differences between two or more things.
What is compare and contrast?
The fresh snow was like an enormous white blanket.
What is a simile?
A pattern of stressed and unstressed sounds that creates a rhythm (ex: hickory dickory dock, the mouse went up the clock)?
What is meter?
When you infer if someone around you is having a bad day, clues are?
What is someone is mad/ sad face, mopes around, aggravated
Themes are often cliché such as, "Actions speak louder than words." (T/F)
What is false? or what is a Cliche?
Presents dilemma and how to solve it.
What is problem and solution?
Tyler talked to Taylor on the telephone.
What is an alliteration?
A similarity of ending sounds in words (ex: The cat sat on the hat.)?
What is a rhyme?
Reagan's mom noticed that she was squinting as she read her book, which was only a few inches away from her face. She scheduled a doctor's appointment for the next week, and when the doctor said Reagan needed glasses, she tried on every single pair in the office. After spending an hour looking at glasses, mom suggested that perhaps she should sleep on it and come back and decide in the morning. Reagan agreed, but she kept talking about the pros and cons of each pair all night long.
What can you infer about Reagan?
What is Reagan has trouble making decisions?
The theme for the story "The Boy Who Cried Wolf"
What is don't be dishonest, because you won't be trusted?
What text structure did the author use when he wrote the passage below?
Buying a computer can be a frightening and overwhelming task, but don't let that prevent you from getting the right one. The first thing that you have to do is figure out which one you want. Start by researching on the internet: read reviews and compare features. Decide what's important to you and how much you are willing to pay. Once you have found the right computer, it is time to compare prices. Search by the model number of the computer. Check prices from at least three websites before you make your purchase, and don't forget to factor in the cost of shipping and handling. Also Google the name of the website on which you are planning to buy the computer and read reviews to make sure that they are reputable before placing your order. If it looks good, enter your information, await your shipment, and enjoy your new computer!
What is chronological order/ sequence?
He’s a real snake and shouldn’t be trusted.
What is a metaphor?
Call a grouping of two or more lines, what paragraphs are to a story.
What is a stanza?
Every day after work Jordan took his muddy boots off on the steps of the front porch. Alexis would have a fit if the boots made it so far as the welcome mat. He then took off his dusty overalls and threw them into a plastic garbage bag; Alexis left a new garbage bag tied to the porch railing for him every morning. On his way in the house, he dropped the garbage bag off at the washing machine and went straight up the stairs to the shower as he was instructed. He would eat dinner with her after he was "presentable," as Alexis had often said.
What type of relationship do Jordan and Alexis have?
What is they are husband and wife?
When Curtis transferred to our high school from some fancy private school, I was assigned the job of showing him around our building. First, I showed him our trophy case. Our school has done put together some quality teams and programs over the years, so our trophy case was pretty full. Curtis was not impressed. He claimed that the trophy case at his old school was at least twice as big as ours and much more crowded. Next I showed him our swimming pool. Not every high school has a swimming pool, so we were proud of ours, but Curtis couldn't care less. "The swimming pool at my old school is bigger and more modern. This one looks kind of dirty," he said with disdain. I continued to guide Curtis around the school, showing him our cafeteria, gymnasium, and even our garden, but Curtis seemed disappointed with everything that he saw. He'd quickly compare it to his old school, which in his words was superior to ours in every way. The last thing I showed Curtis was the front door. I told him that he would like this one best because he could walk through it and go back to his old school.
What is the theme of the story?
What is do not criticize things that are dear to others?
What text structure did the author use when he wrote the passage below?
You might think that cats get a ridiculous amount of attention from people today but that’s nothing compared to how they were treated in ancient Egypt. Since cats were believed to represent the Egyptian war goddess Bastet, the ancient Egyptians literally worshipped cats. Their admiration was expressed in ways that we might find funny or shocking today. They liked cats so much that killing a cat in ancient Egypt, even on accident, was punishable by death. The Greek historian Herodotus wrote that when a cat passed away, the household would go into mourning as though a member of the family had died. Family members would even shave off their eyebrows to show their loss. Another way in which ancient Egyptians showed love and respect for cats was through mummification. Cats were often mummified after dying, a process normally reserved for kings and nobles. Hundreds of thousands of cat mummies have been found preserved in and around Egypt. So the next time you see someone fawning over a cat video on YouTube, remember that it could be worse.
What is cause and effect?
Bend over backwards
What is an idiom?
How do the speaker's feelings become clearer in the last verse/stanza of the lyrics?
If I could start again
A million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way
What is he wishes he could start over, but he realizes it is too late?
Caitlyn was enjoying her vacation in the California sun. She was lying on a raft in the ocean. This was perfect, Caitlyn thought. There was no noise—no children screaming, no horns honking—and there were no tests to study for. All she could hear was the crashing of the waves onto the beach. Caitlyn sighed and looked around her at the beauty of the ocean. Then she saw something long and gray coming toward her on an approaching wave. She thought, “This could only be one thing!” and started yelling for help. She paddled back to shore as quickly as she could. She made it to the shore in one piece, but she realized that many people were laughing at her.
We can infer that the "thing" was not a...
What is a shark?
Alan had very few responsibilities, but one of them was to clean his room. It did not take long, but Alan still didn't like doing it. One day Alan thought of a way to save some time. Rather than putting everything neatly back in its place, he decided to just throw all the stuff on the floor into his closet. His mom would think that he had cleaned his room, and it would only take a fraction of the time. Alan was pleased with himself for thinking of this brilliant idea. He figured that this would save a lot of time and energy. The next time his room got messy, he piled everything up in the closet and the pile grew. It grew and grew. Then Alan's friend Steve called. "Alan, everyone is playing baseball at the park. Do you want to play too?" Alan loved baseball. "That sounds great, Steve. I'll be right there." Alan went to grab his baseball mitt when he realized that it wasn't in its usual place. Alan thought to himself, I guess it's in the closet. When he opened up the closet door, he was faced with a huge, unnavigable mess, some of which poured out as he opened the door. Alan began digging through the pile in a frantic attempt to find his mitt. He dug and dug, and as he dug his room got messier and messier. Soon his room was the messiest that it had ever been, and he still hadn't found his mitt. Alan sighed in despair. By the time he found his mitt, the boys had long concluded their game and Alan had hours of cleaning ahead of him before he'd be allowed to leave.
What is the theme of the story?
What is a thing worth doing, is worth doing correctly; cutting corners comes at a cost; it is better to do a thing once the right way than many times the wrong way?
What text structure did the author use when he wrote the passage below?
Computer viruses are scary. If an attacker gets control of your computer, they can snoop through your files, steal your sensitive information, and even use your computer’s webcam and microphone to spy on you. But just because there are scary things on the Internet, doesn’t mean that we should stay off of the Internet. Instead, practice safe habits such as installing virus protection. Virus protection will not protect you against all attacks, but it may stop the most common ones. It also helps to keep your software up to date. Software updates close security holes. By installing updates from software providers, you will have a stronger system. Perhaps the most important thing that you can do is to be smart about how you browse. Don’t click on suspicious links and don’t open attached files unless you are expecting them. The Internet can be a dangerous place, but you’ll be safer if you take a few precautions. Happy browsing!
What is problem and solution?
I'll never reach the end of the race.
What is a hyperbole?
How does the underlined phrase " Bag lady, you gon' miss your bus" help impact the theme of the song/poem?
Bag lady, you gon' miss your bus
You can't hurry up 'cause you got too much stuff
One day he gon' say, "You're crowding my space"
One day he gon' say, "You're crowding my space
What is if you continue to hold on to the past/mistakes, you won't be able to see what your future has in store for you?