An educated guess that has evidence and reasoning from a text
What is inference?
100
The floor is covered in shreds of newspaper and Susan's dog has newsprint on his paws. What can you infer?
You can infer that the dog ripped up the newspaper before the ink dried.
100
I dream of silent verses where the rhyme glides noiseless as an oar? What is being compared?
Rhyme and oar
100
Max is a pig when he eats. What are the two things that are being compared?
Max and pig
100
Evidence that supports your answer specifically
What is Explicit evidence?
200
When you compare two things using like or as
What is a simile?
200
John hears a smoke alarm and smells burnt bacon. What can John infer about the smoke alarm?
John can infer that the bacon has burned.
200
Though they knew it not, their baby's cries were lovely as jeweled butterflies. What is being compared?
Baby's cries and jeweled butterflies
200
He is the Tiger woods of his golf team. What are the two things that are being compared?
He and Tiger woods
200
Evidence that isn't specific
What is implicit evidence?
300
comparing two things without using like or as
What is a metaphor?
300
A child tries a new fruit and makes a disgusted face. What can you infer about the child's face?
You can infer that the child's doesn't like the fruit
300
I will sing a slumberous refrain, and you shall murmur like a child appeased. What is being compared?
you shall murmur and child appeased
300
Her eyes were the fireflies. What are the two things that are being compared?
Eyes and fireflies
300
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
What is Hyperbole?
400
A sentence using words with the same letter in each word
What is alliteration?
400
Sally arrives at home at 4:30 and knows that her mother does not get off of work until 5. Sally also sees that the lights are off in their house. What can you infer about her mom?
We can infer that her mom wasn't home.
400
For she knows me! My heart, clear as a crystal beam/ to her alone, ceases to be inscrutable. What is being compared?
My heart and crystal beam
400
Mary's hair was a fierce lion's main; always sticking out in wild directions. What are the two things that are being compared?
Mary's hair and fierce lion's main
400
In the sentence that begins, On this trip, I learned that it takes much more than a snug tents and thick, hearty tea to survive," hearty is defined as "full of heart" Is this true or false
What is False?
500
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
What is personification?
500
Sherry's toddler is in bed upstairs. She hears a bang and crying. What can Sherry infer about about her toddler?
Sherry can infer that her toddler fell out of bed.
500
A fatal letter wings its way across the sea , like a bird of prey. What are the two things that are being compared?
Fatal letter and bird of prey
500
I was lost in a sea of nameless faces. What are the two things that are being compared?
sea and nameless sea
500
What is the name of the guy that David (in the bible) killed? Explain the story