Context Clues
It was an IDYLLIC day: sunny, warm, and perfect for a walk in the park.
Rainy
Perfect
Questionable
Sad
Perfect
comparison using like or as
simile
What are the types of author's purpose
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
Explain
What can be inferred from the following passage:
“I was so tired on Sunday. I had stayed up late the night before typing my essay that was due on Monday. I gave myself a few hours of rest before I did some last minute proofreading. I really needed to do well on this essay since I failed the last exam.”
A. The speaker worked hard on the essay.
B. The speaker is a student.
C. The speaker is failing the class.
B. The speaker is a student.
"I am still a beast at bay" is an example of _____?
What is a metaphor.
Her ANIMOSITY toward her sister had divided the family.
love
displeasure
hatred
generosity
hatred
comparison not using like or as
metaphor
What does the author mean when he says “thy name that is my enemy” in the following passage:
“O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name.
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I’ll no longer be a Capulet…
'Tis but thy name that is my enemy.
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.”
A. Juliet really hates Romeo’s name
B. Juliet hates Romeo because he is a Montague
C. Romeo should be her enemy because he is a Montague, but she doesn’t care
C. Romeo should be her enemy because he is a Montague, but she doesn’t care
What can be inferred from the following passage:
“Clair loves to play games with her brother. She also loves to play outside and help her mother cook dinner. Clair does not like doing homework or having to go to bed. Tomorrow, Clair and her mother will go to the park.”
A. Clair is the older sister.
B. Clair always listens to her parents.
C. Clair is a small child.
C. Clair is a small child.
“She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes”
Simile
Marty is GREGARIOUS, not like his brother who is quiet and shy.
generous
shy
unfriendly
outgoing
outgoing
What is an over-exaggeration?
hyperbole.
What does the author reveal about Odysseus in the following passage:
“I called out, and Polyphemus came to the edge of the seaside cliff. In his fury he tore up a huge boulder and flung it at us.
It landed in front of our bow, and the splash almost drove us back onto the beach. This time I waited until my panicked men had rowed a good bit further before I put my hands to my mouth to call out again. The men tried to hush me, but I was aquiver with triumph.
'If someone asks who did this, the name is Odysseus!’”
A. Odysseus is ashamed of his slow-witted nature
B. Odysseus’ pride is more important than even his safety
C. Odysseus’ strength is able to save them all
B. Odysseus’ pride is more important than even his safety
What can be inferred from the following passage:
“[Ophelia] Fell in the weeping brook. Her clothes spread wide,
And mermaid-like a while they bore her up,
Which time she chanted snatches of old lauds
As one incapable of her own distress,
Or like a creature native and indued
Unto that element.”
A.Ophelia kills herself
B.Ophelia does not mind that she fell into the water
C.Ophelia turns into a mermaid after falling in the water
B.Ophelia does not mind that she fell into the water
"Smash, Boom, Bam!" is an example of ______?
What is an onomatopoeia.
Some CELESTIAL bodies, such as planets and stars, can be seen with the naked eye.
having to do with the earth
having to do with the sky
having to do with water
having to do with the elements
having to do with the sky
a reference to another famous and well recognized work
allusion
What is most likely the author's purpose for writing a biography?
To inform
What can be inferred from the following passage:
“In this mansion of gloom I now proposed to myself a sojourn of some weeks. Its proprietor, Roderick Usher, had been one of my boon companions in boyhood; but many years had elapsed since our last meeting. A letter, however, had lately reached me in a distant part of the country – a letter from him – which, in its wildly importunate nature, had admitted of no other than a personal reply.”
A. The narrator feels a strong connection to Usher
B. Usher is very sick
C. The narrator is only stopping by for a short time
A. The narrator feels a strong connection to Usher
Peter Piper picked a pickled pepper is an example of ___?
What is alliteration.
Diane was LETHARGIC and didn't want to get out of bed.
tired
hungry
energized
defeated
tired
giving human like qualities to a non human object
Double points if you can create your own example
personification
How can you tell what the author's purpose is?
There are multiple answers
Word choice
Literature type
Subject matter
What can be inferred from the following passage:
“No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinized and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinize the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter.”
A. Humans have discovered life on other planets
B. Humans are selfish
C. Humans are slowly dying out
B. Humans are selfish
“Trees cried out in protest during the windy storm” would be an example of what?
personification