Understanding Point of View
Context Clues
Inference
Language
Homophones
100
Jennifer was telling her friend Amber about her trip to the cabin last weekend.
What point of view would this story be from?
What is First Person?
100
As outlined in RL 2.4, this is what an author uses when they don't LITERALLY mean what they're saying (such as in a simile, metaphor, oxymoron...).
What is figurative language?
100
If I see on TV that rain is coming I would assume…
That I need an umbrella.
100
One way to determine the meaning of words we don't know is to use this two-word strategy that relies on the other words in the sentence.
What are context clues?
100
At the amusement park, Ashley read a sign to her younger brother
“You must be this tall two get on this ride.” : The sign should have used which version of “To, “Too”, or Two”?
What is To?
200
When you make an educated guess or "read between the lines" in a text.
What is make an inference?
200
Standard RI 2.6 covers this three-word term, which is another word for the author's perspective.
What is point of view?
200
If I keep eating junk food, you could assume that..
I will not be very healthy. I will get sick and have cavities.
200
The dictionary definition of a word is its denotation, but this is its meaning based on the emotions or associations it carries.
What is connotation?
200
On a test, Stephanie wrote for an answer: “You can find this over their”. She lost points but it could have been prevented if she used which version of “Their, There or They’re”
What is There?
300
This is what's known as the author's message or a universal truth found within the text.
What is the theme?
300
You might be asked to explain how an author's choices in how they structure a text affect this, which is covered by standard RL 2.5:
What is the plot?
300
If I have a new classmate who came in the middle of the school year, I could assume that…
The new classmate is nervous and may just need new friends.
300
This is the term for a type of figurative language where something non-human is given human qualities.
What is personification?
300
Jenny gave her her grandmother A homemade birthday card. It read “This is four you! I hope you have a birthday as great as you!”
What would have been the correct version of “For, Four or Fore”?
What is for?
400
For standard RL 2.6, you're asked to read a work of literature from outside of the United States and consider how differences in this (otherwise known as the attitudes, customs, and beliefs of a group of people) might impact the meaning.
What is culture?
400
If I went to sleep late at night, you could assume that…
I will be very tired and sleepy the next day.
400
When you're asked to evaluate something, you're being asked to do this... but you won't look quite like the image below:
What is judge?
400
After finishing her project board Christine wrote “Were very close to finding water on Mars”
What is the correct form of “we’re” or “were”?
What is We’re?
500
A verb that shows up in many standards that means to examine and pick apart.
What is analyze?
500
Standard RI 2.6 might ask you to analyze this, regarding the way an author advances their point of view or purpose.
What is rhetoric?
500
If someone said that they have a fever (coughing, sneezing and other symptoms), you can assume that..
I have some sort of illness like the flu or COVID
500
One part of the standards involves knowing language conventions, otherwise known as this.
What is grammar/usage?
500
Amber passed a note to her friend Jennifer saying “I like English more then Math”.
What is the correct form of “then or than”?
What is Than?