Define the Word
Practicing Inferences
Summary Writing
A little bit of that
A little bit of this
100

Clearly Expressed, specified in a text, novel, story, or movie

Stated Meaning

100

Someone is sneezing and is holding kleenx

Has a cold or is getting sick

100

How many sentences is in a Summary Paragraph

5-6 sentences

100

What is a main idea? 

The central idea of the text. 

100
She is as tender as a May morning. 

What type of figurative language is this? 

Simile 

200

A guess that you make or an opinion that you form based on the information that you have

Inferences

200

A man walks to his car, with hands full of grocery bags, he starts to act frantic, and puts down the bags, and looks worried. What can we infer why the man is worried? 

He lost his keys

200

Define Objective Summary

A short statement that gives the main points or ideas of a text. Or it's a paragraph that tells what something is about but does not include irrelevant details or opinions

200

This is a comparison of two unlike things, not using like or as

Metaphor

200

I can never take my eyes off you

What type of figurative language is this? 

Hyperbole

300

Stating what the story is about in one sentence

Main idea

300

After reading Elie Wiesel's Nobel Acceptance Speech, what can you infer about Elie Wiesel? 

He's educated, he's gone through a lot, he cares about helping people who have suffered like him

300

Define Subject Summary

Information or writing based on person opinions, interpretations, and emotions and judgments. 

300

The wind was wailing aloud

What type of figurative language is this? 

personification 

300

The big bullying daisies

What is the figurative language

Personification

400

A person looks at their watch and yawns. 

Implied Meanings

400

You are at a stop sign and a car pulls up to the stop sign too. He barley stops and barley notices you were there. What can we infer about the driver? 

He's in a hurry or something is wrong. 

400

What is in the first line of a summary paragraph? 

Title of the text and author

400

What is being compared in the following Metaphor. Make sure you really look at it. 

The torn lantern of my hope trembles and sputters in the rain. 

Comparing his hope to a torn lantern

400

The moon came with a blinding glow

Which figurative language is being use? 

Hyperbole 

500

Statement that are backed up by reasons, facts, and examples of the topic

Strong Evidence

500
Give your own inference example

??

500

What is the title of the story you summarized in Unit 1 :)? 

The Necessary Transience of Happiness

500

In the short story we read by Aesop, The Farmer and the Snake, what happens at the end of the story? 

The Farmer died because he helped the snake and the snake bit him.

500

What is the Nobel Peach Price? 

A prize they give out to people who have done something heroic or promoting peace around the world. 
M
e
n
u